Rotating Equine Internship

Energy Equine’s unique internship program has been developed to nurture and support equine veterinarians that aim to pursue a long-term career in equine practice. Applications are due by November 15th for the following year with the program starting June-July 15th.

Philosophy

At Energy Equine, our practice features two clinics and a team of 7 veterinarians that are driven by the equine athlete. Our entire team has been carefully selected to provide the perfect balance of experience, knowledge, and passion. 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.

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.

Our internship program has been developed to prepare young veterinarians for general equine practice with a strong focus on locomotion, assessment, pathology, treatment, and rehabilitation. The internship also focuses on interpersonal skills such as team building, internal and external communication and financial responsibility and understanding. The outcome of this program is to produce high-functioning veterinarians that have the clinical proficiency and interpersonal skills to move into practice seamlessly and confidently upon completion.

Intern Prerequisites
• DVM or equivalent
• ABVMA license
• Candidate must have successfully passed NAVLE exam
• Must have a strong equine background and desire to continue as an equine practitioner

Program Information
The program is divided into four quarters, with specific goals and objectives defined at the beginning of the program start. The intern veterinarian will have monthly check-in’s with the lead rotation veterinarians, as well as quarterly performance evaluations.

Schedule
The intern veterinarian works five days a week, predominately alongside Dr. Hewlett and Dr. Skelton, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS (Large Animal). The intern is also expected to be available for certain event coverage throughout the year.

Emergency & On-Call
For the first quarter, the intern performs all on-call emergency alongside an associate veterinarian. After the first quarter, they begin to take on-call emergency themselves. They are also put into the regular weekly on-call rotation that is balanced evenly across all veterinarians. The intern is always assigned a backup associate veterinarian to support them on emergency throughout the year.

The intern will be scheduled a relief day following a primary on-call weekend, and relief days twice per month, generally on the Wednesday’s of their sports medicine rotation. These days can also be banked towards vacation, as approved.

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.