Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine (pending funding)

The Foster Hospital for Small Animals, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is offering 6 (pending funding) competitive internship positions beginning June 16, 2008 and ending June 30, 2009. This rotating internship provides the strong clinical experience and didactic training necessary for future success as residents and independent veterinarians. This internship consists of rotations through Internal Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care, Surgery, Neurology, Oncology, Cardiology and Ophthalmology. If desired, additional elective time may be scheduled on the Radiology, Anesthesiology or Exotics services. Specific time allocations to various subspecialty rotations will be adapted to both intern and clinic needs. The objectives of Tufts internship program are to enhance the intern’s clinical, diagnostic, problem-solving, communication and technical skills, and prepare individuals to advance to a residency program. The interns will participate in primary patient care, daily rounds, and instruction of 4th year veterinary students. Attendance and participation at regularly scheduled lectures, seminars, journal clubs and clinical rounds are required and are an integral part of the internship program. The School’s library also provides the interns with access to current literature. Each intern is expected to prepare and present one formal seminar. A certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the program.

The Foster Hospital for Small Animals is located in North Grafton, MA, about 40 miles west of Boston and provides inpatient and outpatient care for more than 20,000 cases per year. Tufts also has one of the strongest and largest training programs in Emergency/Critical Care. This allows the hospital to provide around-the-clock care of critically ill cases. Interns acquire part of their emergency training while working under the supervision of ECC faculty and residents. The ICU is equipped and able to provide care to patients at the highest level, including positive pressure ventilation, dialysis (peritoneal and hemodialysis) and other advanced life-support techniques.

Prior interns have successfully obtained residencies in Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Radiology, Cardiology, Emergency and Critical Care, Anesthesiology, Clinical Pathology and Oncology.

Applications consisting of a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, veterinary college transcript and 3 letters of reference must be submitted. We do not perform in-person or telephone interviews for the rotating internship. However, interested applicants are welcome to schedule an informal visit or externship (contact Dr. Lilian Cornejo or Dr. Mike Stone).

Candidates must possess a DVM/VMD degree or equivalent. Interns participate in the University group medical benefits program and professional liability coverage is provided by the University. Two weeks of vacation are provided during the program.

Please take note of the following:

• Only original documents will be accepted by the program (i.e. do not email or fax your application).
• Applications that arrive after the due date will not be accepted.
• All requirements must also be received by the due date to be accepted.

FOREIGN APPLICANTS: - TOEFL, ECFVG, & NAVLE are NOT prerequisites for application.
Foreign transcripts must be translated to English (official translation required).

Applications with return e-mail address should be submitted to Gail Barbour.

Tufts University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Employer.