Employment Information
Practice name
Southern Equine Service
Last Updated
October 24, 2024
Internship Type
Combined
Southern Equine Service is located in Aiken, SC – the heart of SC horse country. Our internship was established in 2005. Our practice consists of 13 full time veterinarians that work as a close knit team. Our facilities include two covered lameness arenas, 50 stalls, nuclear scintigraphy suite, two surgery suites with induction/recovery stall, MRI, four treatment rooms with stocks, and two radiology suites. We are also equipped with a Reproductive facility with breeding shed and a phantom for stallion collection and processing of frozen and cooled semen. Elective surgeries are performed (arthroscopies, castrations, enucleations, airway surgeries, splint bone removals, neurectomies, etc.) Our caseload covers a variety of disciplines including eventing, show jumping, dressage, cutting, rodeo, polo, thoroughbred race horses, etc.
The internship has been developed to produce a well-rounded practitioner that is solid in the basics of equine veterinary medicine. The internship has excellent mentorship throughout the year from all thirteen of our veterinarians. We strive for our interns to be confident and ready to practice after the year is completed. To prepare and expose the intern for ambulatory, outpatient, imagine and in-house cases as well as emergencies. The internship is designed to suit those most interested in general equine veterinary medicine with an emphasis on sports medicine, advanced diagnostic imaging, reproduction, and alternative medicine (chiropractic and acupuncture) although we have had interns successfully go on to internal medicine and theriogenology residencies and fellowships.
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- Equine general practice
- Racetrack practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Equine/LA medicine residency
- Theriogenology residency
Start date
June 1, 2025
End date
June 1, 2026
Application Deadline
December 30, 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
Aiken
[USA] South Carolina
Aiken
29803
1258 Banks Mill Rd.
Practice Mailing Address
1258 Banks Mill Rd - Aiken - Aiken - [USA] South Carolina - 29803
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
Interns Rotate between hospital, outpatient, imaging and ambulatory. The hospital intern is responsible for the hospital and surgery cases. This entails care for ICU, Isolation, surgery after care, bone scans, MRIs. The outpatient intern is responsible for helping the primary doctor with cases that haul into the hospital and then leave the same day. These cases range from lamenesses to lacerations. The imaging intern is responsible for working up lamenesses with the primary and helping perform nerve blocks, taking radiographs and ultrasound imaging. The ambulatory intern is responsible for riding with a primary to assist with the day to day appointments on the road.
No
Yes
Yes
No
90-99%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
No
Weekly journal clubs held
Yes
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?
1
Equipment the intern has exposure to within the practice
- Arthroscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Endoscopy
- Dynamic airway endoscopy
- Stat CBC analyzer
- Stat whole blood chemistry analyzer
- On site diagnostic lab
- MRI
- 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:
Throughout the year the veterinarians set up wet labs for the interns to learn specific hands on skills. The interns give us topics of interest and we put a lab together.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
10000
Total number ambulatory cases
6000
Total number in-house cases
4000
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the busiest time of year
10-25
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
No
Number of specialty certified clinicians
Number of clinicians in direct support of program
13
Diplomats of the following specialties (including their European Equivalents)
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
The clinic works closely with a boarded surgeon who focuses on dentistry and oral surgeries. We also have an ophthalmologist that we work with monthly at the clinic to see cases.
Additional certifications/area of expertise represented in the practice
Acupuncture certification, Chiropractic certification
Technician present on ambulatory calls
Yes
Overnight technical staff (if hospital present)
Yes
Other details about technician support of intern doctors
Technical support is 24 hour coverage at the hospital. We incorporate 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift technicians in the hospital. Technicians are also available for ambulatory calls and emergencies.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$30-35k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
Yes
The interns receive the emergency fee for calls that are performed on emergency basis.
Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).
Yes
Interns are compensated directly from the show grounds for working a horse show.
Benefits
Benefits offered
Yes
Click here to download the Benefits Worksheet
Value of total annual compensation
$60,000.00
Housing offered
Yes
Housing Type
Other
Housing Amount
$12000
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
7
PTO stipulations
No
Health insurance offered
No
Dental insurance offered
No
Life insurance offered
Yes
Short-term disability insurance offered
Yes
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
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
The life, disability, and liability insurance is provided through the AVMA policy. The clinic gives a bonus directed toward a retirement account at the completion of the internship.
Contract
Non-compete clause required
Yes
Non-compete details
It consists of a 25 mile radius of the clinic address and 18 month duration.
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Method internship offers are made
A personal phone conversation from the ownership.
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
September
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
March
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
2-4 weeks
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
19 years
Avg number of interns who completed the program per year for the past 5 years
3
Number of interns that haven’t completed the program over the past 5 years, with explanation
Three interns did not complete due to personal circumstances.
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
1
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
1
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
7
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
82% of our previous interns are still practicing equine medicine. Only 6 of the 33 are no longer practicing Equine.
