VT Sophomore Clinical Externship. Clinical Externship Sign-up Sheet

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1 VT Sophomore Clinical Externship Clinical Externship Sign-up Sheet MANOR COLLEGE 700 FOX CHASE ROAD JENKINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA (215) The sophomore clinical externship will occur in two 6 week rotations and represents the fifth full semester in the Program. One rotation is spent at a core site, and the other is spent at an elective site of your choosing or at another core site (if space permits). Students may complete all 12 weeks of externship at the following sites if space permits it: emergency, critical care and specialty practices; USDA-registered laboratory animal and research facilities; excellent practices in very rural areas. Please consult the Student Program Cost Analysis handout for tuition and fees. As with most VT Programs, Manor College divides the total cost of the Program over five semesters including the offcampus externship. You should therefore plan to pay a full semester of tuition for this 5 th semester. Name: Live on campus? Yes No Phone on campus: _ Street Address: City/State/Zip Code: #1: _ #2: Home Phone: _ Cell Phone:_ 1. Please check all that apply: a. Semester choice: I would like to complete my externships during the following semester: Summer Fall I do not care, summer or fall are both fine with me b. Your overall plan: Check below where appropriate. 1. I would like to complete one core sites and one elective site. I understand that the elective site must be approved by the Program Director. My proposed elective site is: 1

2 Full Name of Elective Site: Address of Elective Site: City: State: Zip Code: Name of Elective Site Supervisor: of Elective Site Supervisor: Phone of Elective Site Supervisor: 2. I would like to complete two core sites. 3. I would like to complete both rotations at an emergency, critical care and specialty practice. 4. I would like to complete both rotations at a USDA-registered lab animal facility. 5. I would like to complete my externship at one ECC&S practice and one general practice. 6. Other. I would like to complete my externship at: 7. I will be completing my externship far away from Manor and will not use any of Manor s core sites. I have entered more information about my plans in part d below. 8. I have applied for a competitive preceptorship (university, zoo, etc) and am waiting to hear if I have been accepted. If I am not accepted, refer to the choices above for my alternative plan. c. Where will you be living during externships? At home. (Refer to address above) I don t know yet. Not at home. My new address will be: City: State: Zip: Contact person: d. Scheduling Issues: The Externship is a challenging, full-time educational clinical experience that will include written and on-line homework and studying. Therefore, students should not attempt to work during this 12 week semester, if possible. Please check those items below that relate to you. 2

3 I am starting a 4-year college in the fall, so I must complete externships in the summer. (I understand that I may not be eligible for financial aid in the summer). I have a family obligation Dates and time:_ Other scheduling issues: I have no scheduling constraints during externships. 2. Signing Up for Externship sites: 1. First, rank the TYPE of practice you most want to attend (ie. Companion animal, equine, etc) by placing a number (1, 2, 3 etc) on the ranking line at the top right corner of the categories in which you are interested. You only need to rank the type of practices that you are interested in attending. 2. Second, within the TYPE of practice, list your first, second and third choice of the specific practices that you are interested in attending. Place the numbers in the spaces to the left of the practice names. TYPE: General Companion Animal Practices: Animal Clinic of Westtown Village West Chester, PA Doylestown Animal Medical Clinic Doylestown, PA Flowersmill Veterinary Hospital Langhorne, PA Horsham Veterinary Hospital Horsham, PA Princeton Animal Hospital Princeton, NJ Rau Animal Hospital Glenside, PA Quakertown Veterinary Clinic Quakertown, PA Washington Crossing Animal Hospital Washington Crossing, PA Society Hill Veterinary Practice (Elective) Ranking 3

4 _ World of Animals at Rittenhouse (Elective) Type: Emergency and Specialty Practices Center for Animal Referral and Emergency Services. (CARES) Langhorne, PA Ranking: A. B. Berks Animal Emergency & Referral Center Shillington, PA Garden State Veterinary Hospital Tinton Falls, NJ (near the shore) HOPE Veterinary Specialists Malvern, PA Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital Valley Forge, PA Northstar Vets- Veterinary Emergency Trauma And Specialty Center Clarksburg, NJ Red Bank Veterinary Hospital Tinton Falls, NJ Valley Central Veterinary Referral Center Whitehall, PA Veterinary Consortium in Malvern, PA A. MA Vets East B. MA Vets West Veterinary Specialty Center of Delaware New Castle, DE Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Clinic (VSEC) Levittown, PA VSEC Philadelphia Type: Feline Practice: Carnegie Cat Clinic Ranking_ 4

5 Princeton, NJ Type: Equine Practice: Virginia Tech Marion DuPont Scott Equine Medical Center Leesburg, VA (Application and in-person interview is required) Ranking Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists Elmont, NY (long island) Cornell University (application and phone interview required) Ithaca, NY Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital (Elective- observation only) Lexington, KY (application required well in advance) Type: Lab Animal Sites: University Laboratory Animal Research (ULAR) Ranking: Retinal Disease Studies Center, New Bolton Center Temple University ULAR (12 weeks only) Children s Hospital of Phila (CHOP) (Research) Type: Practices Treating Exotic Species (as well as companion animals) _ Chestnut Hill Veterinary Hospital Erdenheim, PA North Star VETS Robinsville, NJ Ranking: Red Bank Veterinary Hospital Tinton Falls, NJ Elkins Park Veterinary Hospital (Elective) Elkins Park, PA 5

6 Type: Zoo or Wild Life Medicine These are all Elective Sites Ranking: Animal Health Center, Philadelphia Zoo (This is often not available) Tristate Bird Rescue Newark, DE Maryland Zoo Baltimore, MD Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium Pittsburgh, PA Type: Internship at University Teaching Hospitals (requires pre-application and admission) University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN Cornell University (large animal recommended) Ithaca, New York Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Marion Dupont Equine Center Ranking: University of Florida (Seeks to hire applicants, no externship program) Gainsville, FL 6