Employment Information
Practice name
Wisconsin Equine Clinic & Hospital
Last Updated
September 26, 2024
Internship Type
Combined
Our Internship program is designed to provide graduate veterinarians with knowledge and experience that will ultimately prepare them for clinical practice or a residency program. This program provides both hospital and ambulatory experiences. Upon completion of our internship, our doctors have vast experience in internal medicine, field & hospital emergency medicine, sports medicine, surgery, advanced imaging, regenerative therapies, alternative medicine, dentistry, routine health & wellness and reproduction. Three positions are offered for the 2025/26 season providing a dynamic, face-paced and fun learning opportunity.
Special emphasis is placed on providing each intern with mentors in every area of veterinary medicine. Our staff veterinarians and interns strive for a collegial and educational atmosphere by meeting weekly for rounds to share case studies, journal article presentations and medical updates. The internship program also promotes education in business management and equine client relations.
WECH offers a great benefits package.
The clinic is located on 26 acres midway between Milwaukee and Madison and is 90 miles north of Chicago.
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- Equine general practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Equine/LA surgical residency
- Equine/LA medicine residency
- Equine/LA critical care residency/fellowship
- Theriogenology residency
- Dentistry residency
- Imaging residency
- Anesthesia residency
Start date
June 23, 2025
End date
July 7, 2025
Application Deadline
December 15, 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?
Yes, required
Contact Information
Oconomowoc
[USA] Wisconsin
Waukesha
53066
39151 Delafield Road, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 53066
Practice Mailing Address
39151 Delafield Road - Oconomowoc - Waukesha - [USA] Wisconsin - 53066
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
With 3 interns, the interns would rotate through two weeks each of ambulatory/reproduction, surgery/sports medicine and internal medicine/critical care
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
75-90%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
once weekly
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
No
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
- CT
- 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:
We host CE meeting for referring veterinarians, farriers, technicians & students. We have a dental specialist that visits the practice once monthly. Our practice has veterinarians that perform acupuncture and chiropractic.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
11000
Total number ambulatory cases
6800
Total number in-house cases
4200
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
5-10
Significant seasonality to the caseload
Yes
Seasonality description
Our busiest months are March to November. Whilst we slow down December – February, our ambulatory and hospital vets still see patients everyday including emergency.
Species other than equids
No
Number of specialty certified clinicians
Number of clinicians in direct support of program
11
Diplomats of the following specialties (including their European Equivalents)
ACVECC – American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care - 1
ACVIM – American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - 1
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
We have 3 surgeons board eligible with 2 taking boards in the next 18 months.We have a board certified dental specialist onsite once a month.Weekly therapeutic farrier visits.Vet school for other specialties is 45 minutes away
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
All hospital shifts are covered by technicians. Interns are expected to assist with ICU cases when needed. After-hours field service does not have technical assistance but interns seeing primary ambulatory calls have direct support from associate doctors that can physically assist them if needed.
Compensation
Annual Salary
$46-50k
Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
No
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
53983.00
Housing offered
No
Housing Type
Other
Housing Amount
$
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
8
PTO stipulations
Vacations must be scheduled and approved by the Practice’s management at least thirty (30) days in advance and may not be approved between the months of March through June.
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee plus dependents
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
We offer a variety of options - both high and low deductible and HSA/FSA plans
Dental insurance offered
Yes
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
No
Association fees reimbursed / stipend offered
Yes
Student loan payments reimbursed / stipend offered
No
401K program offered
Yes
Employer matching offered
Yes
3%
Clothing / logo wear stipend offered
No
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
We do not provide housing but current interns have been rotating through a rental property owned by a client of the practice – if desired, 2 interns could stay in the same house. One of our doctors also has a rental property at her farm.
Whilst we do not give interns a clothing stipend, we do provide them with clothing with practice logos.
In addition to the benefits listed above, we also offer mental health support, Health savings accounts (HSA) & flexible spending accounts (FSA), Critical illness plans, accident plans, Hospital Indemnity, Income protections plans & access to discounts, rewards and perks on thousands of the brands you you love in a variety of categories (discounts on child care, auto & home insurance & pet insurance, travel, electronics, restaurants, health & wellness, beauty & spa to name a few!)
Contract
Non-compete clause required
No
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Is visa support provided?
Yes
Visa sponsorship and Immigration council provided
Method internship offers are made
Initial offers made verbally and official contracts sent
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
August 1st
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
March 1st
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
4-6 weeks
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
26 years (since 1998)
Number of interns that haven’t completed the program over the past 5 years, with explanation
1 - intern left after 6 months due to family health needs
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
1
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
1
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)?
50-70%
Number of former interns currently employed by the practice
2
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
Additional information about the internship program
Additional time off: Currently with 2 interns that rotate 2 weeks in FS and 2 weeks in hospital: they get one weekend in 4 off (whilst on FS) and 2 days off whilst in hospital.
