Rotating Internship in small animal medicine, surgery, and emergency

For over 30 years, Friendship Hospital for Animals has provided veterinary graduates with an outstanding opportunity to develop their clinical skills in a high quality practice environment. Friendship has the resources, experience, and knowledge to provide interns with a solid foundation in both specialty medicine and progressive general veterinary practice. The internship is set up to support both interns who would like to continue their education through to a residency and those who would like to solidify their education to be an innovative, well-rounded general practitioner or emergency clinician. Graduates of our internship program have advanced into many different areas of veterinary medicine including residency programs and practice ownership.Friendship's professional support includes a staff of 38 veterinarians, including full time boarded and board eligible members of the ACVS, ACVECC, ACVIM (Neurology, Internal Medicine, and Oncology), ACVR, ACVAA, ACVP, and consultants in Zoo Medicine (ACZM). The majority of our specialists have finished their academic residency and joined our practice within the past five years and maintain a healthy relationship with their peers in academia. The support staff at Friendship includes a well-trained team of 150+ full time personnel. Friendship, newly renovated, resides in a state-of-the-art facility located in affluent Northwest Washington, and is the only 24 hour care facility within the District of Columbia. We have a full-service in-house laboratory as well as daily courier pickups for a large reference laboratory. The Diagnostic Imaging Service is equipped with digital radiology, ultrasound, CT and MRI. Our high-tech dentistry suite was recently renovated and includes digital dental radiography. Our state-of-the-art surgery suites provide fluoroscopy, arthroscopy and laparoscopy capability. In addition to its cutting edge facilities, Friendship is a leader in veterinary information technology and progressive veterinary business management techniques. All records are maintained electronically using an easy to master electronic medical record program. The internship begins with a three week orientation period that provides significant overlap with the outgoing class. Interns then rotate through hospitalized case management, general surgery and dentistry, emergency, primary care, and specialty services. Additionally, FHA maintains relationships with the Washington Humane Society and the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC. Interested interns may be able to spend elective time with WHS and limited opportunities may exist for interested interns with the Smithsonian National Zoo. The internship is distinguished by the relative autonomy and concurrent level of responsibility afforded interns. This autonomy is balanced by continual guidance and support from our large network of specialists, emergency veterinarians and primary care veterinarians, all of whom are enthusiastic about and experienced in the process of intern education. Each intern is assigned a staff doctor or specialist as a mentor, depending on the intern's interests. Interns have access to a large online library as well as many textbooks and journals. In addition to in-depth cage side rounds twice daily, further educational opportunities include teaching rounds an average of six mornings per month (format may include formal lectures, radiology reading, journal club, and morbidity and mortality rounds). There are also opportunities to remotely participate in didactic rounds through the Smithsonian National Zoo. All interns are required to present one lecture during their time at FHA. We also encourage interns to attend local CE seminars when possible. Friendship recognizes that supporting our interns through didactic rounds, daily rounds, and primary case responsibility is paramount in providing new veterinarians with the best foundation possible to support their future endeavors.Friendship recognizes the important role that pets play within the family and the stress that a sick pet can cause family members. In addition to self-motivated and professionally well-prepared candidates, Friendship seeks interns who understand the importance of the human-animal bond and the critical role that the veterinarian plays in its support. Friendship is dedicated to client service and nurturing client communication - skills that are vital for a successful veterinarian to master. Successful candidates will also be mature, articulate, and capable of conveying how much they care to pet owners. The Friendship vision revolves around respect for animals, owners, and fellow team members. The successful candidate will share this philosophy and commit to the Friendship vision.Benefits include health and liability insurance, DC Veterinary License and DEA fees, AVMA dues, VIN membership, five personal/vacation/sick days, pet employee health care discount, discounted gym membership, and scrubs/uniform dress shirts. For more information or to set up a personal interview, please email [email protected]. Please visit www.friendshiphospital.com and our Facebook page for more information about the hospital!