Employment Information
Practice name
Steinbeck Peninsula Equine Clinics
Last Updated
November 26, 2024
Internship Type
Combined
% of time spent on ambulatory vs in-hospital
On occasion, will do caprine or camelid work if the animal is brought to the clinic and bovine field work if the owner has appropriate facilities. Intern has access to referring veterinarians primarily doing this kind of work if they are interested in learning more about large animal field medicine. Intern has the option to spend time in our small animal clinic (located on the property) during their ambulatory week.
Internship Philosophy: To provide mentorship balanced with responsibility, and offer opportunities for special focus. By the end of the internship year, doctors will have deepened their diagnostic, surgical, and technical skills, as well as their understanding of equine medicine. Our interns will leave having experience in a busy general practice as well as specialty training by our board-certified specialists – DACVS, DACVIM, DABVP ( Equine)
Internship Duties: Assist with in-house and ambulatory cases; surgery; evening and weekend treatments and on call emergency duties; on call anesthesia duties. Help manage the medical care of critical patients, facilitate day-to-day operations of the clinic, and help our staff with daily appointments
Additional Information: Interns rotate weekly as follows: 1) In-House/Primary Intern 2) Over Night Intern 3) Field Intern. The primary intern is responsible for day time in house case management, daytime emergencies, daytime surgeries, in house appointments, and is on call for emergency anesthesia. Has Thursday OFF each week. The overnight intern is responsible for helping the night technician with in house case management, as well as taking in after hours emergencies and scrubbing into emergency surgeries. Has the Monday following their overnight week OFF. The field intern accompanies associates on daytime ambulatory calls and week night emergency calls ( to begin taking their own week night emergencies by the second half of the internship) and has their ambulatory weekend OFF duty.
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- Equine general practice
- Racetrack practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Equine/LA surgical residency
- Equine/LA medicine residency
- Equine/LA critical care residency/fellowship
- Ophthalmology residency
- Theriogenology residency
- Dentistry residency
- Imaging residency
- Anesthesia residency
Start date
June 23, 2025
End date
June 22, 2026
Application Deadline
October 1, 2025
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
Salinas
[USA] California
Monterey
93908
15881 Toro Hills Avenue
Practice Mailing Address
15881 Toro Hills Avenue - Salinas - Monterey - [USA] California - 93908
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
Interns rotate weekly as follows: 1) In-House/Primary Intern 2) Over Night Intern 3) Field Intern
The primary intern is responsible for day time in house case management, daytime emergencies, daytime surgeries, in house appointments, and is on call for emergency anesthesia. Has Thursday OFF each week.
The overnight intern is responsible for helping the night technician with in house case management, as well as taking in after hours emergencies and scrubbing into emergency surgeries. Has the Monday following their overnight week OFF.
The field intern accompanies associates on daytime ambulatory calls and week night emergency calls ( to begin taking their own week night emergencies by the second half of the internship) and has their ambulatory weekend OFF duty.
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Yes
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Yes
50-75%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
3 times per week
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?
Equipment the intern has exposure to within the practice
- Arthroscopy
- Laparoscopy
- Fracture repair sets
- Gastroscopy
- Endoscopy
- Stat CBC analyzer
- Stat whole blood chemistry analyzer
- Blood gas analysis
- On site diagnostic lab
- CT
- Digital radiography
- Ultrasound linear probe
- Ultrasound macroconvex probe
- Ultrasound microconvex probe
- Ultrasound endorectal probe
- Nuclear scintigraphy
- 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:
Horses sent locally for MRI, and results available for review
Practice hosts local CE events for referring veterinarians
Caseload
Total number annual cases
5092
Total number ambulatory cases
4055
Total number in-house cases
1037
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
No
Species other than equids
Yes
Percentages of non-equids by species
On occasion, will do caprine or camelid work if the animal is brought to the clinic and bovine field work if the owner has appropriate facilities. Intern has access to referring veterinarians primarily doing this kind of work if they are interested in learning more about large animal field medicine.
Intern has the option to spend time in our small animal clinic (located on the property) during their ambulatory week.
Number of specialty certified clinicians
Number of clinicians in direct support of program
9
Diplomats of the following specialties (including their European Equivalents)
ACVIM – American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - 1
ACVS – American College of Veterinary Surgery - 3
Diplomates of other specialties
1
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
Work closely with local ACVO specialist
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
Associates have a technician that primarily rides with them Daily in house technician(s) to support interns Weekend day time technician support Over night technician support 5 days per week We have an average of 8.5 horses staying on the property over night, with 2.6 of them being in the ICU.
Compensation
Annual Salary
>$65k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
No
Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).
Yes
Salary is $111,862.20 per year, with free housing Additional opportunities to earn money at horse shows.
Benefits
Benefits offered
Yes
Click here to download the Benefits Worksheet
Value of total annual compensation
$111,494.20
Housing offered
Yes
Housing Type
On-site
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
15
PTO stipulations
5 vacation days; 14 days of “professional development” (10 workdays) is allowed for CE, job hunting, residency visits, etc.
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee plus dependents
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
Vision Insurance Offered ; FSA Available ; Company pays 80% of medical premiums for employees ( based on their age) , but does not pay premiums for dependents
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
No
License/DEA fees reimbursed / stipend offered
Yes
State license required
Yes
USDA license required
No
DEA license required
No
Association fees reimbursed / stipend offered
Yes
Student loan payments reimbursed / stipend offered
No
401K program offered
Yes
Employer matching offered
Yes
A 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan is offered. Match contributions are equal to 100% of the employee’s salary deferrals that do not exceed 3% of the employee’s compensation
Clothing / logo wear stipend offered
Yes
Phone or phone stipend offered
No
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
There is no phone stipend, but a clinic cellular phone is utilized during the intern’s primary and over night rotations
Interns use clinic vehicles when going to appointments themselves, or when meeting doctors at appointments
Contract
Non-compete clause required
No
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Is visa support provided?
Yes
Internship applications only accepted from graduates of an AVMA accredited school.
Method internship offers are made
Phone call after reviewing all applications; offers occasionally made prior to application deadline (in person or over the phone)
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
6 months prior to application deadline
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
1-2 weeks after application deadline
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
One week
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
Since 2003
Number of interns that haven’t completed the program over the past 5 years, with explanation
1- personal reasons
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
2
Number of interns from this program who entered a residency position directly out of the internship in the past 5 years
2
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
2
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
3
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
7
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
Additional information about the internship program
We have 1-2 residents at the same time as interns. We offer surgical , internal medicine, and ABVP ( Equine) residencies.
