Externship Opportunities with Mckee-Pownall Equine Services
Veterinary Student Externship Program
McKee Pownall offers an externship program to veterinary students looking to gain more exposure to equine veterinary practice. Hands-on experience will be provided if the situation permits. However, there is an enormous amount of information to be gained by observation and exposure. Practitioners and technicians make every effort to explain cases and procedures whenever possible. McKee-Pownall Equine Services operates out of three primary locations, Campbellville, Newmarket, and Millbrook. Each facility has a slightly different focus, which is some combination of herd health/primary care, advanced lameness and imaging, hospitalized surgical and medical cases, reproduction, and racehorse specialties. Ambulatory services are also provided, and a summer facility is maintained at the Palgrave horse show grounds. Externship opportunities are available at all locations.
Externship Dates and Durations:
We strongly encourage externships to be scheduled between the months of March and November to allow a broader learning experience and exposure. Externships must be a minimum of one week to a maximum of one month.
Prerequisites for Externship:
1. Primary professional interest in equine veterinary medicine
2. Third or Fourth year veterinary student or graduate veterinarian
3. Transportation to and from the clinic
4. Housing is the responsibility of the student
Application Process:
Email information to info@mpequine.com
1. Letter of intent – include specific dates you would like to participate in an externship and specific location you would like to work from.
2. Resume
3. Letter of reference from a professor / instructor or veterinarian
4. One month notice is required
After the applications are received, externships are approved and notifications and date confirmations are sent to students.
Veterinary Technician Student Externship Program
McKee Pownall offers an externship program to students enrolled in accredited Veterinary Technician programs. The program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to gain more exposure to equine veterinary practice as well as the various daily activities of an equine veterinary technician in the workplace. Hands-on experience will be provided if the situation permits. Practitioners and technicians make every effort to explain cases and procedures whenever possible. McKee-Pownall Equine Services operates out of three primary locations, Campbellville, Newmarket, and Millbrook. Each facility has a slightly different focus, which is some combination of herd health/primary care, advanced lameness and imaging, hospitalized surgical and medical cases, reproduction, and racehorse specialties. Ambulatory services are also provided, and a summer facility is maintained at the Palgrave horse show grounds. Externship opportunities are available at all locations.
Externship Dates and Durations:
We strongly encourage externships to be scheduled between the months of March and November to allow a broader learning experience and exposure. Externships must be a minimum of one week to a maximum of one month.
Prerequisites for Externship:
1. Primary professional interest in equine veterinary medicine
2. Enrolment in an accredited veterinary technician program or graduate technician
3. Transportation to and from the clinic
4. Housing is the responsibility of the student
Application Process:
Email information to info@mpequine.com
1. Letter of intent – include specific dates you would like to participate in an externship and specific location you would like to work from.
2. Resume
3. Letter of reference from a professor / instructor or veterinarian
4. One month notice is required
After the applications are received, externships are approved and notifications and date confirmations are sent to students.