Employment Information
Practice name
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital
Last Updated
September 10, 2024
Internship Type
Ambulatory
The ambulatory interns work primarily with a senior ambulatory mentor but assist and shadow other practitioners. The ambulatory interns provide herd health to our ambulatory clients as well as help with reproductive evaluations and treatments, neonatal and foal evaluation and treatment, lameness and pre-purchase exams, sales radiographs and evaluations. Interns are involved with our emergency service and rotate on emergency duty for the ambulatory practice. Opportunities to follow field cases into the hospital are always available, and interns are encouraged to work with clinicians in their areas of interest. The ambulatory internship is designed to expose the interns to a large and variable caseload with the goal of establishing solid diagnostic skills and critical thinking in a field setting. Exposure to the large group of experienced clinicians in all equine disciplines will facilitate a broader knowledge base and serve as a source and referral base in the future.
5
- Equine general practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Theriogenology residency
- Dentistry residency
- Imaging residency
Start date
June 2, 2025
End date
June 8, 2026
Application Deadline
October 31, 2024
Does the practice offer externships?
Yes, please email the practice contact for details
Is an in person visit or externship with the practice required to be considered for an internship?
No, but recommended
Contact Information
Lexington
[USA] Kentucky
Fayette
40511
2150 Georgetown Road, Lexington, KY 40511
Practice Mailing Address
PO Box 12070, Lexington, KY 40580
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
50-75%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
No
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
Weekly
Weekly journal clubs held
Yes
M&M or other specialized rounds held
Yes
Intern has opportunity to attend a professional CE meeting
Yes
Intern has opportunity to complete a study or publication
Yes
Intern has access to current medical textbooks
Yes
Intern has access to online journals
Yes
In the past 5 years, how many studies/cases have been published by interns as the primary author from work pursued primarily during their intern year?
10
Equipment the intern has exposure to within the practice
- Arthroscopy
- Laparoscopy
- Fracture repair sets
- Gastroscopy
- Endoscopy
- Dynamic airway endoscopy
- On site diagnostic lab
- MRI
- CT
- Digital radiography
- Ultrasound linear probe
- Ultrasound macroconvex probe
- Ultrasound endorectal probe
- Nuclear scintigraphy
- Shockwave
- Stall side orthobiologics
- Stem cell capability/utilization
- Embryo Transfer
- Advanced podiatry/therapeutic farriery
- Power dentistry
Any additional information the practice would like to share on their internship program:
Rood and Riddle has always promoted excellence in equine practice and advancement in the equine profession. We strive to provide the best training experience to our interns and clinicians as a group. We promote research, continuing education, and collaboration with top research facilities across the country. A clinic-owned recipient herd of approximately 300 mares allows for the opportunities to practice veterinary skills and techniques, conduct labs, and be involved in research if interested. Rood and Riddle supports interns in attending local lectures and educational opportunities with numerous outside programs, including The Gluck Research Center, The Kentucky Horse Park, and The Kentucky Farm Manager’s Club.
The practice organizes several wet labs taught by in house clinicians specifically for the incoming interns. These labs typically take place within the first 2-6 months of the start of the internship. The Rood and Riddle Reproduction facility owns over 300 recipient mares facilitating wet labs which include abdominal ultrasound, joint injection, radiology, rectal palpation, bandage, and suturing. In addition to providing expenses for attendance at one approved veterinary conference of the intern’s choice, the practice hosts several regional and local CE events in which the interns are encouraged to also attend.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
197534
Total number ambulatory cases
184607
Total number in-house cases
12927
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the busiest time of year
25-50
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the least busy time of year
5-10
Significant seasonality to the caseload
Yes
Seasonality description
The Lexington facility is located in the hub of the horse world. As such, interns are exposed to large commercial equestrian operations involved in training, sales, and reproduction in many different breeds and disciplines. Our workload is highly cyclical, with eight to nine months of intense activity where demands are consistently high followed by intermittent periods of a lighter caseload.
Species other than equids
No
Number of specialty certified clinicians
Number of clinicians in direct support of program
20
Diplomats of the following specialties (including their European Equivalents)
ACT – American College of Theriogenologists - 4
ACVA – American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists - 1
ACVIM – American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - 6
ACVO – American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists - 1
ACVS – American College of Veterinary Surgery - 8
AVDC - American Veterinary Dental College - 1
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
The clinic offers a fully functioning podiatry facility with several veterinary podiatrist including 4 journeyman and serveral certified farriers.
Additional certifications/area of expertise represented in the practice
Acupuncture certification, Chiropractic certification, MBA, Certified journeyman farrier (CJF)
Technician present on ambulatory calls
Yes
Overnight technical staff (if hospital present)
Yes
Other details about technician support of intern doctors
All treatments, including after-hours and holidays, are performed by technicians or assistants. During hours emergencies there is access to technicians and assistants, however none are scheduled after hours. Additional technician support can be arranged as needed.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$46-50k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
No
Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).
No
Benefits
Benefits offered
Yes
Click here to download the Benefits Worksheet
Value of total annual compensation
5,800
Housing offered
No
Housing Type
Other
Housing Amount
$
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
7
PTO stipulations
Scheduled time off must be approved through your mentor and is typically taken in the slower months (November, December, or January)
Health insurance offered
No
Dental insurance offered
Yes
Life insurance offered
Yes
Short-term disability insurance offered
No
Long-term disability insurance offered
Yes
Liability insurance offered
Yes
CE stipend offered
Yes
License/DEA fees reimbursed / stipend offered
Yes
State license required
Yes
USDA license required
Yes
DEA license required
Yes
Association fees reimbursed / stipend offered
Yes
Student loan payments reimbursed / stipend offered
No
401K program offered
Yes
Employer matching offered
Yes
Employees are eligible to join our 401k program after being employed with the practice for a year.
Clothing / logo wear stipend offered
Yes
Phone or phone stipend offered
Yes
Maternity / paternity leave offered
Yes
Discounted pet care and / or a pet medications policy offered
Yes
Practice vehicle or mileage reimbursement offered
Yes
Other benefits offered
Please see the attached benefit sheet for additional benefit information.
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital will reimburse $450 plus exam fees for a Kentucky veterinary licenseas well as background check and fingerprinting with proper receipts. The practice will also reimburse $80 to have the NAVLE Score transferred to the Kentucky License Board. In addition, Rood and Riddle will cover the intern’s student AAEP upgrade and AVMA membership renewal in January.
Ambulatory interns have the option of using a vehicle, gas card, and veterinary box provided by the clinic.
Contract
Non-compete clause required
Yes
Non-compete details
Intern agrees that they will not be employed as an equine veterinarian within the Kentucky counties of Fayette, Clark, Madison, Scott, Jessamine, Bourbon, or Woodford at any time within one year after the termination of his/her internship hereunder. Intern agrees that the Corporation will be entitled to injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, enjoining and restraining intern and any others engaged with him/her from competing with Corporation in violation of this Section.
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Is visa support provided?
Yes
Visa support is conditional. Veterinary intern applicants must be proficient in spoken and written English to be accepted. Applicants whose native language or language of instruction is not English must take the TOEFL and have a minimum score of 25 in listening, 22 in writing, 22 in speaking, and 23 in reading.
Method internship offers are made
By phone
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
August 15th
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
October 31st
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
2 weeks
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
Since 1998
Avg number of interns who completed the program per year for the past 5 years
5
Number of interns that haven’t completed the program over the past 5 years, with explanation
There has been one intern that did not complete the internship. The decision to terminate the internship was mutual between the intern and RREH.
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
7
Number of interns from this program who entered a residency position directly out of the internship in the past 5 years
6
Number of interns from this program who accepted a second or specialty internship in the past 5 years
7
Number of interns from this program who accepted a residency position in the past 5 years
7
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
11
Of the interns that started the program in the past 5 years, how many are still in equine practice (and/or in an advanced training program targeted at specialty equine practice)?
70-99%
Number of former interns currently employed by the practice
18
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
Additional information about the internship program
Lexington, Kentucky is hailed as the horse capital of the world. Rood and Riddle has been providing the highest level of care to the area since 1986. Lexington's downtown is within a ten-minute drive of the hospital campus and has a vibrant dining scene with several local craft breweries. The University of Kentucky, the Kentucky Horse Park, and Keeneland Racetrack are withing fifteen minutes of the hospital. Lexington, Kentucky is a unique area in the horse industry providing interns who want to excel in equine medicine with a one-of-a kind experience that will influence the rest of their career. In addition, the interns at the Lexington practice develop relationships with a large number of specialists providing lifelong mentors who are experts in their field.
