Mentorships Descriptions

PreClinical Mentorships are an approved, one-week (minimum 40 hours), off-campus experience for preclinical veterinary students to engage with a DVM mentor during academic breaks (fall break, spring break, semester break, or summer break). They are designed to promote mentorship, while gaining required basic clinical skills for veterinary practice through a variety of setting options.

VCS892 B

Food Animal (Mixed) Practice Mentorship

Credit: 1 semester hour (40 contact hours)
Prerequisite: 1st, 2nd or 3rd year veterinary student
Certificate : Food Animal Medicine (Optional course)
Grading: credit / no credit

Course description
This is an off-campus approved one week externship for preclinical veterinary students designed to promote mentorship while gaining required basic clinical skills for food animal clinical practice. Each enrolled student will submit a proposal for their food animal practice mentorship, maintain a daily log of activities, and submit a list of completed skills. Each mentor (approved private veterinary practitioner) will be required to submit an evaluation of the veterinary student’s performance within one week following the end of the mentorship activity.

Post-mentorship required documents:
Clinical Skills List (pdf)
Student Evaluation of Mentorship Experience
Mentor Evaluation of Student

VCS892 C

Small Animal Practice Mentorship

Credit: 1 semester hour (40 contact hours)
Prerequisite: 1st, 2nd or 3rd year veterinary student
Grading: credit / no credit

Course description

This is an off-campus approved one week externship for preclinical veterinary students designed to promote mentorship while gaining required basic clinical skills for small animal clinical practice. Each enrolled student will submit a proposal for their small animal practice mentorship, maintain a daily log of activities, and submit a list of completed skills. Each mentor (approved private veterinary practitioner) will be required to submit an evaluation of the veterinary student’s performance within one week following the end of the mentorship activity.

Post-mentorship required documents:
Clinical Skills List (pdf)
Student Evaluation of Mentorship Experience
Mentor Evaluation of Student

VCS892 D

Non-Traditional Veterinary Practice Mentorship

Credit: 1 semester hour (40 contact hours)
Prerequisite: 1st, 2nd or 3rd year veterinary student
Grading: credit / no credit

Course description

This is an on or off-campus approved one week experience for preclinical veterinary students designed to promote mentorship while gaining exposure to non-traditional / specialty veterinary practice. Acceptable experiences include following a board-certified specialist or a practice that is specialty specific, examples include: exclusive swine practice, exclusive avian practice, public health practice, food safety practice, governmental clerkships, veterinary research experience, industrial veterinary medicine practice, specialty training area - cardiology, neurology, dentistry...etc. Each enrolled student will submit a proposal for their non-traditional other / mentorship and maintain a daily log of activities. Each mentor will be required to submit an evaluation of the veterinary student’s performance within one week following the end of the mentorship activity.

Post-mentorship required documents:
Daily log activities documentation
Student Evaluation of Mentorship Experience
Mentor Evaluation of Student

VCS 892 F

Equine Practice Mentorship

Credit: 1 semester hour (40 contact hours)
Prerequisite: 1st, 2nd or 3rd year veterinary student
Grading: credit / no credit

Course description

This is an off-campus approved one week externship for preclinical veterinary students designed to promote mentorship while gaining required basic clinical skills for Equine clinical practice. Each enrolled student will submit a proposal for their equine practice mentorship, maintain a daily log of activities, and submit a list of completed skills. Each mentor (approved private veterinary practitioner) will be required to submit an evaluation of the veterinary student’s performance within one week following the end of the mentorship activity.

Post-mentorship required documents:
Equine Clinical Skills List (pdf)
Student Evaluation of Mentorship Experience
Mentor Evaluation of Student

VCS892 J

Pre-Clinical Exotic Zoological Practice Mentorship

Credit: 1 semester hour (40 contact hours)
Prerequisite: 1st, 2nd or 3rd year veterinary student
Certificate: Exotic Animal / Zoological Medicine Certificate (Mandatory course)
Grading: credit / no credit

Course description

This is an off-campus approved one week externship for preclinical veterinary students designed to promote mentorship while gaining exposure to Exotics or Zoological practices. Each enrolled student will submit a proposal for his/her mentorship and maintain a daily log of activities, and submit a list of completed clinical skills. Each mentor is required to submit an evaluation of the veterinary student’s performance within one week following the end of the mentorship activity.

Post-mentorship required documents:
Daily log activities documentation
Student Evaluation of Mentorship Experience
Mentor Evaluation of Student

VCS892 K

Shelter Medicine Practice Mentorship

Credit: 1 semester hour (40 contact hours)
Prerequisite: 1st, 2nd or 3rd year veterinary student
Certificate: Shelter Mecidine Certificate (Mandatory course)
Grading: credit / no credit

Course description

This is an off-campus approved one week externship for preclinical veterinary students designed to promote mentorship while gaining required basic clinical skills for shelter clinical practice. Each enrolled student will submit a proposal for their shelter practice mentorship and maintain a daily log of activities. Each mentor (approved private veterinary practitioner) will be required to submit an evaluation of the veterinary student’s performance within one week following the end of the mentorship activity.

Post-mentorship required documents:
Daily log activities documentation
Student Evaluation of Mentorship Experience
Mentor Evaluation of Student

VCS892 L

Sustainability Practice Mentorship

Credit: 1 semester hour (40 contact hours)
Prerequisite: 1st, 2nd or 3rd year veterinary student
Certificate: Sustainability Certificate (Optional course)
Grading: credit / no credit

Course description

The veterinary sustainability experience is designed to engage the student in sustainability focused areas in the veterinary community. The experience should require the student to think about animal health and welfare practices from a sustainability point of view. Many different experiences could qualify for this credit and some are listed below. Students will need to search out and develop their own sustainability mentorship, which needs to be approved by a faculty mentor. Students, along with the supervisor at the business/facility, will design a project in which the student will be working to enhance sustainability of the business/facility. Students will write a report on their mentorship and what they learned.

Examples of Veterinary Sustainability Mentorships

• Develop animal health protocol with supervising veterinarian and client to reduce antimicrobial use in livestock operation
• Develop new or update training program for wildlife refuge employees to improve recovery and release of injured wildlife
• Develop waste or energy management protocols for veterinary teaching hospitals and clinics
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Report Activities
Student Evaluation of Mentorship Experience
Mentor Evaluation of Student