AAB Pre-Veterinary Summer Fellowship
Instructor: Jeffrey D. Wyatt DVM, MPH, ACLAM dipl
Director of Animal Health and Conservation
Associate Professor and Attending Veterinarian
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Program: Five-week, funded, research and clinical fellowship for pre-vet college students to occur between the end of the second week of May and the end of the first week of August.
Please note: Housing
will be provided at one of the University
of Rochester
dormitories. A car is highly desirable since public transportation is
limited.
Objective: Familiarize an academically qualified, pre-veterinary college student with exotic animal medicine and conservation by:
Completing a retrospective or cross-sectional research project jointly identified between the student and Dr. Wyatt (10 hours per week).
Assisting and observing the veterinary staff with implementation of the Zoo's preventive medicine program including clinical rounds, chemical immobilizations, quarantine procedures, necropsies, diagnostic techniques and surgeries (20 hours per week).
Rotating through all of the Zoo's animal care areas and learning husbandry practices for and normal behavior of animals including marine mammals, penguins, primates, elephants, carnivores, birds and reptiles (10 hours per week).
The Zoo's pre-veterinary fellow will:
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Gain first-hand experience with research methodologies employed in a Zoo based conservation institution. The student's final report will be filed in the Zoo Animal Hospital Library.
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Understand important aspects of a preventive medicine program essential for all fields of veterinary medicine.
- Become proficient with both routine laboratory diagnostic tests employed at the Zoo hospital.
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Gain a working knowledge of husbandry practices unique to maintaining healthy exotic animals.
MINIMUM qualifications:
- Two years of undergraduate pre-vet studies must be completed by the start date of the program.
- The successful applicant must have at least 100 hours of experience in a traditional companion animal (dog, cat, horse) and/or food animal (cow, pig, sheep) veterinary practice.
- At least a 3.0 GPA
Please note: Applicants are objectively scored and ranked for this highly, competitive position.
Application process:
- Application materials must be received by 5 p.m. on the second Friday in January (January 7, 2011). All applicants will be notified within two weeks of the application deadline regarding the award of the position. Application materials may be submitted in one packet or separately to: Dr. Jeff Wyatt, 2222 St. Paul Street, Rochester NY 14621.
- Submit a college transcript in the application materials (unofficial copy if OK).
- Submit a personal statement indicating what you would bring to the program and what the program could do
for you.
- Submit a recommendation form. CLICK HERE to download the recommendation form and please have a veterinarian familiar with you experience and skill set fill it out.