Internship | Fethard Equine Hospital

FEH INTERNSHIPS

Program Purpose: Our program provides graduate veterinarians with a clinical experience in a large, busy, private practice

Program Description
- Fethard Equine Hospital has a large and dedicated team of boarded clinicians, nurses and interns whom are seeking motivated and enthusiastic interns to join our team for the rotating hospital internship program.
- Fethard Equine Hospital is located in the heart of Irish horse country in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland.
- We are a tertiary care facility which offers such services as lameness (Including ultrasound, digital radiology, standing Computed Tomography (CT), PRP and stem cell therapy), surgery (including arthroscopy, laparoscopy, endoscopy, computer/CT guided fracture repair, laser), medicine (including gastroscopy, specialised neonatal care, intensive care unit) and emergency/critical care.
- All interns rotate between medicine/neonatal care and surgery/lameness, as well as participate in emergency/critical care.

Positions:
- 6 internship positions per year.
- The internship is 13 months, starting at two different times of the year:
  1. July 1st - August 1st (3 Interns)
  2. December 1st -January 1st (3 Interns)

Application Process:
- Email Daria Coleridge, DVM, Dip ACVS (Intern Supervisor) at the following:

NOTE:

Applicants are HIGHLY encouraged to extern for a minimum of two weeks for true consideration for the internship. Please see Veterinary Student/Veterinary Externship/Placement Program for more information regarding externship application.

Veterinary Student Externship/Placement Program

Program Purpose:
- Our program provides veterinary students (of any year) with a clinical experience in a large, busy, private practice.
- The student can apply for a minimum of 1 week.
- The externs will rotate through medicine, surgery, emergency duty and lameness.

- Application Process:
  - Email Daria Coleridge, DVM, Dip ACVS (Placement/Externship Supervisor) at the following:
    1. Letter of intent: include name, school, year of school and dates which you would like to attend.
    2. CV/Resume
  - Applicants MUST apply as soon as possible in order to secure a spot during their desired dates. Spots can be filled sometimes a year in advance. Preference will be given to applicants further along in their training.

Nursing Student Externship/

Placement Program

Program Purpose:
- Our program provides nursing students (of any year) with a clinical experience in a large, busy, private practice.
- The student can apply for a minimum of 2 weeks.
- The externs will rotate through medicine, surgery, emergency duty and lameness.
Application Process:
- Email Daria Coleridge, DVM, Dip ACVS (Placement/Externship Supervisor) at the following:

Letter of intent: include name, school, year of school and dates which you would like to attend.
CV/Resume

NOTE:

Applicants MUST apply as soon as possible in order to secure a spot during their desired dates. Spots can be filled sometimes a year in advance. Preference will be given to applicants further along in their training.
Only nursing students with previous horse experience will be considered for externships/placement greater than 1 week.