Philosophy of Internship: To provide quality training and experience in a supportive and instructive team setting. To allow for the development of knowledge and skills in the areas of equine medicine, surgery and health management by offering a diverse caseload in a high-quality equine practice. This will be in exchange for insight into new procedures and protocols. To experience dealing with a range of clients and patients and develop confidence and good communication skills. The intern should become comfortable at critically assessing patients and developing a diagnostic and treatment plan, with the support of experienced veterinarians. Active research into cases is encouraged and weekly rounds presentations are geared toward answering questions and furthering the interns knowledge base. This year should provide further experience and training to assist the intern in achieving their goals of entering a residency program or a high quality equine practice. Please contact internship coordinator Dr. Pete Knox (pknox@idahoequine.com/ (208)-899-2361) with questions regarding the internship.

Internship Duties: The 3 interns rotate between internal medicine, surgery and a third rotation (sports medicine, reproduction,  other rotations based on interest and caseload) every two weeks. This allows the opportunity for exposure to the health management section as well as surgery, allowing for the opportunity to work with each senior veterinarian. Interns will have opportunities for training in dentistry, anesthesia, podiatry and ophthalmology. While on medicine or surgery rotation, the interns will work closely with the senior veterinarian on referral and primary care cases. They will assist in the work-up of all cases, as well as being primarily responsible for overseeing the assessment and treatment of all hospitalized patients, under the supervision of senior veterinarians. They will also be responsible for assisting in maintaining the medical records and ensuring that hospital orders are complete and correct on any cases that they tend to. As the surgery intern, they will scrub into all surgeries, and work closely with the senior clinician on lameness examinations and other surgical cases. Primary emergency call duty is split evenly between the 3 intern veterinarians. After an initial period of supervision interns receive emergencies independently with the on call veterinarian available for in person or phone consultation. There is technical support to assist with overnight treatment and monitoring of in house patients.

Prerequisite Application Process:Completion of a DVM or VMD degree from an accredited (or equivalent) university. The applicant should posses and interest in equine practice, a good work ethic, and professional conduct. They must be eligible for a veterinary license and accreditation to practice in the state of Idaho. Although not a prerequisite for an internship position, preference may be given to those who have completed an externship. Send (email to pknox@idahoequine.com) a letter of intent with a resume, 3 letters of reference, as well as veterinary school transcripts. A telephone interview will then be set up if performing an externship prior to the selection date is not possible.