DVM Intern – AAEP

General Information

Position

DVM Intern

Last Updated

September 10, 2026

Internship Type

Combined

% of time spent on ambulatory vs in-hospital

Position Full Description

Carolina Equine Hospital is seeking one intern for a unique, highly mentored equine internship. We are in the process of bringing back our successful past intern program with a focus on mentorship, quality of life, sustainability and growing a future generation of equine practitioners who will still be here loving their career in the next 10-15-20 years. We provide a broad range of ambulatory and hospital services to our equine community in the Greensboro, NC area, including Sports medicine, Reproduction, Internal medicine, Advanced dentistry, Ophthalmology, and Acupuncture/Chiropractic. As an intern, you will rotate mentorship within our senior veterinarians and take an equal share of the on-call responsibilities.

Number of intern positions of this type

This internship is a good fit for prospective interns wanting to pursue:

["Equine general practice"]

Anticipated Start date

June 1, 2028

Anticipated End date

May 31, 2029

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

Practice City

Brown Summit

Practice State

[USA] North Carolina

Practice County

Practice Zip Code

27214

Practice Address

5373 NC Hwy 150

Practice Mailing Address

5373 NC Hwy 150 - Brown Summit - NC - [USA] North Carolina - 27214

Clinical Experience and Responsibilities

Intern rotates between services

Intern is primary case responsibility for first opinion and emergency cases

Yes

Intern has primary case care responsibility for complex cases with supervision

Yes

Intern is primary doctor performing entry-level procedures

Yes

Intern is primary surgeon on any procedures

Yes

Percentage of time intern is directly supervised

50-75%

Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians

Yes

Teaching rounds held

Yes

Frequency of teaching rounds

Weekly

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

["Advanced podiatry\/therapeutic farriery","Digital radiography","Embryo Transfer","Endoscopy","Gastroscopy","On site diagnostic lab","Power dentistry","Stall side orthobiologics","Stat CBC analyzer","Stat whole blood chemistry analyzer","Shockwave","Ultrasound endorectal probe","Ultrasound linear probe","Ultrasound macroconvex probe","Ultrasound microconvex probe","Other (please list)"]

Any additional information the practice would like to share on their internship program:

Equinosis Lameness Locator
Regional CE meeting

Caseload

Total number annual cases

5300

Total number ambulatory cases

4500

Total number in-house cases

800

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

Less than 5

Significant seasonality to the caseload

Yes

Seasonality description

Breeding and foaling work in the spring, more sports medicine and wellness work in spring and fall.

Species other than equids

Yes

Percentages of non-equids by species

5% caprine
1% bovine
<1% ovine

Number of specialty certified clinicians

Number of clinicians in direct support of program

Diplomats of the following specialties (including their European Equivalents)

ACT - American College of Theriogenologists - 0

ACVA - American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists - 0

ACVECC - American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care - 0

ACVIM - American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - 1

ACVO - American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists - 0

ACVR - American College of Veterinary Radiology - 0

ACVS - American College of Veterinary Surgery - 0

ACVSMR- American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation - 0

AVDC - American Veterinary Dental College - 0

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)

Other details about technician support of intern doctors

We currently do not hospitalize patients who require close overnight monitoring, so we do not utilize our staff or interns overnight.

Compensation

Annual Salary

$41-45K

Total benefits package
Download the Benefits Worksheet

Additional opportunity for emergency compensation

Yes

Urgent dare daytime and after-hours emergency fees are directly added to intern salary as bonus for each emergency seen.

Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).

Yes

There is a shared production bonus paid quarterly to all employees.

Benefits

Benefits offered

Yes

Click here to download the Benefits Worksheet

Value of total annual compensation

65686

Housing offered

Housing Type

Other

Housing Amount

Paid time off (PTO) offered

Yes

# of PTO days

PTO stipulations

Non-consecutive

Health insurance offered

Yes for employee

Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for

0, dependents not included

Dental insurance offered

Yes

Life insurance offered

Short-term disability insurance offered

Yes

Long-term disability insurance offered

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

Student loan payments reimbursed / stipend offered

401K program offered

Employer matching offered

Clothing / logo wear stipend offered

Yes

Phone or phone stipend offered

Yes

Maternity / paternity leave offered

Discounted pet care and / or a pet medications policy offered

Yes

Practice vehicle or mileage reimbursement offered

Yes

Contract

Non-compete clause required

Yes

Non-compete details

2 year non-compete within 25 miles.

Non-US residents may apply

Yes

Method internship offers are made

By phone

Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years

August 1

Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years

December 1

Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer

30 days

Outcomes Assessment

How long has the practice offered internships?

14 years

Avg number of interns who completed the program per year for the past 5 years

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

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

Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?

Yes, email the practice contact for details.

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