Employment Information
Practice name
Energy Equine Veterinary Services
Last Updated
September 18, 2025
Internship Type
Combined
| Energy Equine’s unique internship program is designed to inspire, mentor and prepare the next generation of equine veterinarians for a thriving, long-term career in equine practice. Applications are due by September 30th for the following year with the program starting in June. We encourage applicants to apply as soon as they are interested, as spots can fill before application due date.
Philosophy We do not see interns as another number, we feel strongly that they enrich our environment, and our goal as an entire team is to nourish, support and provide confidence to their passion and skillset within our practice. Program Goals |
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- Equine general practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Equine/LA surgical residency
Start date
June 1, 2026
End date
June 1, 2027
Application Deadline
September 30, 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
Airdrie
[Canada] Alberta
Rockyview County
T4B4L5
281056 Dickson Stevenson Trail, Rockyview County, AB
Practice Mailing Address
281056 Dickson Stevenson Trail, Rockyview County, AB, T4B4L5
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
We currently select two interns per year to work alongside our entire team in two-week interval rotations. The first two weeks are a sports medicine rotation, where you will spend a majority of your time with practice owner, Dr. Chad Hewlett, one of Canada’s most sought-after sports medicine-focused practitioners. The second two weeks is a surgery rotation, where you will spend a majority of your time with Dr. Jase Skelton, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS (Large Animal), whose surgical services focus on elective procedures to maximize patient outcome and athletic prognosis. Supplemented throughout the rotations, you will be scheduled with another associate veterinarian, to ensure a well-rounded exposure and experience within practice.
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No
No
No
75-90%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
Interns are responsible for morning rounds with their scheduled associate veterinarian and the practice hosts Medical Meetings bi-weekly
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
- Gastroscopy
- Endoscopy
- Stat CBC analyzer
- Stat whole blood chemistry analyzer
- Blood gas analysis
- On site diagnostic lab
- Digital radiography
- Ultrasound linear probe
- Ultrasound macroconvex probe
- Ultrasound microconvex probe
- Ultrasound endorectal probe
- Shockwave
- Stall side orthobiologics
- Stem cell capability/utilization
- Power dentistry
Any additional information the practice would like to share on their internship program:
Energy Equine believes in the value of a team dynamic and educational opportunities. We host bi-weekly all staff and medical meetings to ensure congruency across our team. On a quarterly basis, we host half day quarterly meetings with our entire staff, focusing on different topics and often including some level of CE. Yearly, we meet as a whole team for a day for a yearly planning session. We host 2-4 internal CE events for our veterinary team a year.
Interns are asked to present rounds in the medical meeting every 4 weeks. They are also tasked with presenting a topic of their choosing to our staff team, and then again to our clients at a public seminar.
Throughout the year, and dependent on quarterly goals, allocated time is set aside to teach interns specific skills such as ultrasound, joint injections, gastroscopy, dentistry, castrations, etc. in order to ensure the intern is getting the most out of their internship experience.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
10000
Total number ambulatory cases
5000
Total number in-house cases
5000
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the busiest time of year
5-10
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the least busy time of year
Less than 5
Significant seasonality to the caseload
Yes
Seasonality description
We measure our case load and seasonality in quarters, Q1 and Q4 are slower for our practice than Q2 and Q3, which can be quite a bit busier. However, in offering a variety of services and in-clinic and ambulatory case load, we find our practice to be very consistently booked throughout the year.
Species other than equids
No
Number of specialty certified clinicians
Number of clinicians in direct support of program
7
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)
Our practice believes in a team approach to veterinary medicine, and we have an in-house farrier working alongside our group, as well as bodyworkers and osteopaths that work on horses through the clinic.
Additional certifications/area of expertise represented in the practice
Acupuncture certification, Chiropractic certification, Rehabilitation certification, MBA
Technician present on ambulatory calls
No
Overnight technical staff (if hospital present)
N/A
Other details about technician support of intern doctors
Each associate veterinarian is assigned with atleast one technologist per day. Dependent on case load and type of practice, veterinarians may have two technologists, a technologist and an assistant, or a technologist and summer veterinary student assigned to them. Our practice also has a busy volunteer program, as well as technologists who work in our pharmacy departments.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$51-55k
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
Yes
Once interns are on primary emergency call, they have an assigned backup veterinarian that they work with. When splitting a call with a veterinarian, they receive 50% of their emergency fee, if the veterinarian does not need to come out to the call and only supports them over the phone, the intern receives 100% of the emergency fee.
Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).
No
Benefits
Benefits offered
Yes
Value of total annual compensation
$60,000
Housing offered
Yes
Housing Type
On-site
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
10
PTO stipulations
We have a system and process for requesting time off, but are flexible and happy to work with individuals
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee plus dependents
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
n/a
Dental insurance offered
Yes
Life insurance offered
Yes
Short-term disability insurance offered
Yes
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
No
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
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
Additional Benefits
• Energy Equine offers a quarterly performance bonus.
• Benefit program, paid fully by company.
• CE funding and allocated paid days off.
• 2 weeks of vacation.
• Company owned truck & vet box to be provided for farm calls and when on emergency.
• Company cell phone provided.
• Employer will cover ABVMA, CVMA & AAEP annual fees.
Contract
Non-compete clause required
No
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Is visa support provided?
Yes
Method internship offers are made
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
June
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
September
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
4 weeks
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
6 years
Avg number of interns who completed the program per year for the past 5 years
5
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
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
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
2
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
3
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
