Internship

Oklahoma City Equine Clinic offers a one-year rotating internship to graduate veterinarians. OCEC is an equine-exclusive hospital with in-house and ambulatory services offered to clients. The hospital currently has seven veterinarians including a board-certified surgeon and a board-certified theriogenologist, 24/7 veterinary assistant availability, one office manager, one receptionist, and two stable hands. Oklahoma City Equine has 27 hospital stalls, including a climate-controlled intensive care unit. There are additional stalls available for extended stay/reproduction and an isolation barn. The clinic houses a surgery suite with padded induction/recovery area, in-house laboratory, separate reproduction laboratory, stallion collection facility, lameness evaluation area, digital radiography, digital ultrasound, endoscopy, gastroscopy, arthroscopy, laparoscopy, etc. The clinic is also equipped to provide foaling services. OCEC is a Select Breeders Services affiliate and is equipped with a mobile semen freezing lab to provide service to area breeding farms. OCEC is a busy equine practice with emphasis on reproduction, pediatrics, medicine, and performance horses.
Our internship philosophy is to provide interns with the opportunity to build on core competency skills with a comprehensive learning curve in all aspects of an advanced and progressive equine clinic. In addition, we strive to mentor young equine veterinarians on all aspects of the profession including client communication, work-life balance, involvement in organizations, and an introduction to the business of equine hospitals. We make every effort to adapt to individual needs of the intern, both personally and professionally. Initially the intern will be supervised directly in all procedures, decreasing in supervision as internship progresses based on perceived competency as assessed by supervising veterinarians as well as the comfort level of the intern. Interns will rotate with each veterinarian and be responsible for supervision and daily care of in-house cases, primary and follow up care of routine cases, emergency calls, assisting with routine calls, and a general anesthesia rotation for surgical procedures.
Prerequisites for application are a DVM or equivalent degree, eligible for licensure in the state of Oklahoma, Curriculum Vitae, and three letters of recommendation from people who have professional knowledge of applicant’s equine skills.
Employee benefits include but are not limited to AAEP Membership Dues, 7 days paid leave, Continuing Education allowance including registration, transportation, and lodging, Oklahoma licensure, Professional Liability Insurance, cell phone stipend, and use of a practice vehicle.