AAHA Student Chapter Webinar Internship Myths, Externships & - - PDF document

AAHA Student Chapter Webinar

Welcome!!

Internship Myths, Externships & Mentoring

Tom Kendall, DVM, CVPM

• Past AAHA Board Of

Directors

• AAHA Mentoring Taskforce
• Past AVMA Vice President
• 65 Senior Externs since

1976

• Contact Information:
• E-mail: tkendall @aol.com
• Mobile Phone: (916) 952-

9447

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Kate Knutson, DVM

• AAHA Board of

Directors

• AAHA Student Advocate
• Unv. Minnesota
• Works with VBMA
• Contact Information:
• E-mail:

drkateknutsonAAHA@g mail.com

• Phone: (952) 884-8248

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Mark Russak, DVM

• AAHA Vice President
• Assistant Clinical Professor,

Director of student affairs & AAHA Student Advocate Mississippi State University

• Lectures nationally
• Contact Information:
• E-mail:

russak@cvm.msstate.edu

• Phone: (662) 325-3432
• Cell:

(662)-518-1380

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Robert Proietto UPenn-11

• Past president of AAHA

SC at U Penn.

• Senior at U Penn.
• Masters in Animal

Science and Nutrition

• Senior externship with
• Dr. Jim Wilson
• Internship at Red Bank

Veterinary Hospital

Desirae Knode ISU-13

• Sophomore Iowa State

University

• Registered Veterinary

Technician

• Worked Iowa

Veterinary Specialties-Emerg & Referal

• Worked Banfield The

Pet Hospital

Smitha Srinath UCD-13

• Sophomore at UC Davis
• Worked in Private

practice as non- registered Vet Tech.

• Volunteer at Mercer

Clinic For Homeless in Sacramento

• Goal: Work in AAHA

Small Animal/Exotic practice

Do you Need To Do An Internship to be an Excellent Practitioner?

• NO
• Most VMTH’s run by

Specialists.

• 40% of new graduates apply

for internships

• Self esteem of new graduates

is low.

• Veterinary Students need

more primary care experience

Internships and Specialty Practice

• Private Internships
• University Internships
• Good Internships offer good

mentoring.

• Do working interviews
• Do Externships prior to accepting

an Internship

• 1995- 100 Internship programs
• 2010 - 200 Internship programs

If you want to become a specialist

• r join academia you

need to do an internship as part

• f that process.

Is there a difference between private and academic internship

• Academic Internships

– + Diadactic time less cases – Tertiary care – Academic Specialist

• Private Internships

– +Emergency care – Business principals – Client relations – 10-30 cases/day

How do I find the BEST externship?

• Mentorship
• Use the AAHA Student

Externship list.

• Externship location
• Improve specific practice skills
• Use School Extern data base

but call prior Externs

• Gateway to Best job or Best

Internship

Signing up for an Internship

• Veterinary Internship & Residency

Matching Program

– www.virmp.org – September-October-Prgm. Sign up – October 15Aapplicant sign up – December 7 Application deadline – January 15 Last day Applicant to rank

• rder

– January 22 Last day Prgm rank order – February 8-MATCH DAY

How could the National Internship Matching Program be improved?

• California state law for

temporary license

• GPA, GRE, Class ranking &

letters

• No approval process for

Internships

• Match Day-based on luck
• Decide what your will do it

you don’t get your matrch

Internship Salaries

• Match salaries set
• AVMA Survey Mean SA Intern

salary: $28,545

• AVMA Survey Mean SA Exclusive

salary: $69,154

• Interns salary $8-$15/hour
• Dr. Kent Talcott-Non-Match

Internship

Mentoring Guidelines

• Highest Professional Standards
• Set achievable goals
• Choice of Mentor
• Ability to listen
• Be there when needed
• Types of Mentor, Formal,

Informal, Virtual, Face to Face, Peer to Peer

Mentoring Contract In Process

by Dr.Nicole Moulin

UCD-2008

October 2008

Contributions To Internship Data

• Dr. Anna Worth-AAHA President-Private

Practice

• Dr. Paul Pion-CEO Veterinary Information

Network

• Dr. Meghan Stalker-Past VBMA President-

Internship

• Brandon Wilson-Senior Student-Internship on

Graduation

• Dr. Andy Roark-Past VBMA President-

Mentored First Year

• Dr. Don Klingborg-Associate Dean of

Students-Former Intern

• Dr. Michael Moyer-Shelter Medicine

Instructor-AAHA President-Elect

• Dr. Link Welborn-Past AAHA Presdent-

Offers Private Practice Internships

• Dr. Tom Carpenter-Chairman AAHA

Mentoring Task Force 2007

• Dr. Brent Calhoun-Private Practice

Internship Program Director

• Dr. John Albers-Former AAHA Executive

Director

• Dr. Nicole Moulin-Private Practice

Mentoring Contract

• Dr. Kent Talcott-Private Internship Program

Director-Former Intern

• Dr. Paul Gambardella-Private Internship

Program Director-Former Intern

• Dr. Jim Wilson-Priority Veterinary

Consultants-Lectures at 23 veterinary schools annually.

Jennifer Pultz CSU-12