United Veterinary Care is delighted to host veterinary students for externships across our network of over 100 hospital locations in more than 20 states. This clinical experience allows you to apply your classroom knowledge in a real-world hospital setting of your choice.

Our hands-on externships are designed for clinical-year students at AVMA-accredited schools, typically in their 3rd or 4th year. You will share your goals at the start of your rotation and be quickly integrated into the team through participating in case discussions, collaborative problem-solving, and hands-on patient care in GP, ER, and specialty settings.

With opportunities across a wide variety of partner hospitals, you will gain diverse experience, mentorship, and confidence in your clinical skills. Students often describe their externships as transformative and highly supportive.

To help make these opportunities accessible, stipends are available to offset travel and lodging costs (unless prohibited by your veterinary school).

 

 

 

             
Androscoggin Animal Hospital is a top-of-the-line general practice veterinary hospital located in breathtaking Topsham, Maine.  Our hospital offers a diverse array of medical and surgical services to serve our fantastic clients and patients.  Our team of doctors have varied interests, including exotics, soft tissue surgery, ultrasound, dentistry, feline medicine, and emergency cases.  If you are looking to expand your confidence and skills in advanced medicine, dentistry, and surgery, spending your externship time at Androscoggin Animal Hospital would be the ideal choice!

 

 

Dogs; Cats; Pocket pets/small mammals; Reptiles

 

 

Ultrasound; Soft tissue surgery; Dentistry; Wellness/Preventative care; Medical appointments

 

 

During your externship, you can expect to actively participate in cases and further your development towards becoming a veterinarian.  Throughout your time with us, you will always be supervised by an experienced veterinarian and skilled support staff.  Expect to be included in surgical cases, dental procedures, emergencies, sick patient workups, and routine medical appointments.  You will discuss these cases with your supervising veterinarian and have them confirm your exam findings to verify whether you are on the right track with your plans before moving forward with the case as a team.  We truly enjoy hosting externs and having new graduates join our teams since with new team members comes new shared knowledge!