Employment Information
Practice name
South Valley Equine
Last Updated
October 14, 2024
Internship Type
Combined
Internship Philosophy
The internship will advance the training and experience of recently graduated veterinarians and provide the necessary skills to successfully enter high quality equine practice or a residency program. The internship will provide exposure to routine health care, lameness and sports medicine, referral medical and surgical care, routine and advanced reproduction, anesthesia, and practice management. The intern will develop confidence and communication skills with a range of clients with patients from a variety of disciplines. We aim to provide a supportive environment that allows the intern to become progressively independent, while maintaining the guidance and mentorship of our team.
Internship Duties
The intern will initially spend their time rotating between staff veterinarians to broaden their experience and allow for exposure to all areas of equine private practice. The intern will then begin seeing routine calls on their own while continuing to see advanced and specialty appointments with our staff veterinarians. The intern will spend time performing anesthesia on surgery cases and will assist on emergency and elective surgeries. Initially, the intern will share case responsibility with a staff veterinarian while their skills and confidence grow. Eventually, the intern will provide primary emergency services, with a staff veterinarian available for consultation and assistance. As the intern gains comfort and independence, their responsibilities will increase.
2
- Equine general practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Equine/LA surgical residency
- Equine/LA medicine residency
- Equine/LA critical care residency/fellowship
- Theriogenology residency
- Anesthesia residency
Start date
June 2, 2025
End date
June 15, 2026
Application Deadline
December 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
Saratoga Springs
[USA] Utah
Utah
84045
122 W. 400 N.
Practice Mailing Address
122 W. 400 N. - Saratoga Springs - Utah - [USA] Utah - 84045
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
Sports Medicine and Lameness
Surgery
Internal Medicine/Hospital
General Practice/Ambulatory
Reproduction (Seasonal)
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
50-75%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
Monthly
Weekly journal clubs held
No
M&M or other specialized rounds held
No
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?
Equipment the intern has exposure to within the practice
- Arthroscopy
- Laparoscopy
- Fracture repair sets
- Gastroscopy
- Endoscopy
- Dynamic airway endoscopy
- Stat CBC analyzer
- Stat whole blood chemistry analyzer
- Blood gas analysis
- On site diagnostic lab
- MRI
- Digital radiography
- Ultrasound linear probe
- Ultrasound macroconvex probe
- Ultrasound microconvex probe
- Ultrasound endorectal probe
- ECG
- 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:
The practice provides on-site veterinary services for various barrel races and rodeos both in and out of state. The intern has the opportunity to attend these, if interested. The practice also has a separate facility located about one hour north of our main hospital that has a rehabilitation facility with an underwater treadmill.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
39000
Total number ambulatory cases
13980
Total number in-house cases
25020
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
10-25
Significant seasonality to the caseload
Yes
Seasonality description
South Valley Equine carries a heavy reproductive caseload in the spring and early summer. We also foal out around 100-150 broodmares per year. Our case volume increases significantly in the spring and summer for this reason. There is consistent case volume throughout the winter for sports medicine, surgery, general medicine, and internal medicine.
Species other than equids
No
Number of specialty certified clinicians
Number of clinicians in direct support of program
9
Diplomats of the following specialties (including their European Equivalents)
ACVS – American College of Veterinary Surgery - 1
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
We have an affiliated board certified ophthalmologist that will see cases weekly (case volume dependent).We work closely with local farriers and have a farrier that works out of the clinic every Tuesday for specialized therapeutic shoeing.
Additional certifications/area of expertise represented in the practice
Acupuncture certification, Chiropractic certification, MBA
Technician present on ambulatory calls
Yes
Overnight technical staff (if hospital present)
Yes
Other details about technician support of intern doctors
We have multiple technical staff scheduled at all times of day. The intern is not responsible for overnight treatments that can be performed by technical staff. As the intern progresses through the program and becomes more independent, support staff will be assigned to the intern.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$41-45k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
Yes
Once the intern takes primary responsibility for emergency services, the intern is eligible for 50% of the emergency fee for which payment is collected.
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
89195
Housing offered
Yes
Housing Type
Stipend
Housing Amount
$1500
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
5
PTO stipulations
Reasonable advanced notice and approval is required.
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee plus dependents
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
50%
Dental insurance offered
No
Life insurance offered
No
Short-term disability insurance offered
No
Long-term disability insurance offered
No
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
No
Association fees reimbursed / stipend offered
Yes
Student loan payments reimbursed / stipend offered
No
401K program offered
No
Clothing / logo wear stipend offered
Yes
Phone or phone stipend offered
No
Maternity / paternity leave offered
No
Discounted pet care and / or a pet medications policy offered
Yes
Practice vehicle or mileage reimbursement offered
Yes
Other benefits offered
Option to participate in Starting Gate: https://www.decadeonevet.com/starting-gate/
Contract
Non-compete clause required
Yes
Non-compete details
Non-compete and non-solicitation agreement is during the term of employment and for 12 months post-employment.
Non-US residents may apply
No
Method internship offers are made
Via phone or e-mail.
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
July 1
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
Dec 15
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
Based on candidate.
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
Intermittent internship opportunities since 2004.
Avg number of interns who completed the program per year for the past 5 years
1
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
1
Number of interns from this program who entered a residency position directly out of the internship in the past 5 years
Number of interns from this program who accepted a second or specialty internship in the past 5 years
1
Number of interns from this program who accepted a residency position in the past 5 years
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
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)?
100%
Number of former interns currently employed by the practice
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
Additional information about the internship program
The internship has been offered occasionally over the past 20 years. The practice has decided to create and more consistent internship program with hopes of taking on 1 or more interns each year. We had a 2023-2024 intern, and have a current 2024-2025 intern. The last intern prior to this was 2020-2021.