3H Equine Hospital and Mobile Veterinary Services is seeking externs who are interested in getting hands-on experience at a busy general practice with an emphasis on sports medicine and lameness. Externship positions are available year-round to veterinary students and are strongly encouraged for anyone considering an internship. Preference is given to 3rd and 4th year students but all years are welcome.

Externs are included in every aspect of the practice. They will be expected to help with hospitalized patients and will also go out in the field to assist the doctors during their daily caseload. In the truck we will discuss cases, life in the veterinary field, and the craziness of road names in North Carolina (Swimming Chicken Lane, anyone?). At farms you will be offered an opportunity to help practice your technical skills whenever possible. For 3rd and 4th year students there are also opportunities to practice skills on clinic-owned horses (AVMA PLIT Student Coverage Required or comparable school coverage required).

We are a busy general practice with a strong sports medicine focus. We regularly see complicated lameness cases, perform in-depth  pre-purchase exams, and offer a large variety of regenerative and rehabilitative services. Several doctors in our practice offer integrative services including chiropractic, acupuncture, and herbal medicine. We also regularly see horses for vaccination, dentals, gastroscopy, upper airway endoscopy, and a large variety of emergencies. It never gets boring! 

Students should contact Dr. Simone Koster for more information. Please email a brief letter of intent and CV along with any questions  to kosterdvm@gmail.com

Housing is provided. 

About 3H Equine Hospital and Mobile Veterinary Clinic

3H Equine Clinic and Mobile Veterinary Service's mission is to provide the very best care possible to the equine community. We offer a full range of veterinary services available 24 hours a day, including ambulatory service for equine emergencies, general wellness care, dentistry, lameness treatment and reproductive/horse breeding services. Our equine veterinary staff are all lifelong horse owners. We will care for your horse like we care for our own.We are a five-doctor practice located about 20 miles from Raleigh in North Carolina. Our state of the art facility, established in 1997, serves the diverse equine population of central North Carolina. We offer complete medical, reproductive, sports medicine, dental, and wellness services. Our ambulatory/mobile equine practice has a diverse caseload (>10,000 visits/year) and continues to grow after two decades. In addition to routine services, we offer cutting edge of equine sports medicine, utilizing diagnostic technology; regenerative therapies, including platelet rich plasma (PRP), and IRAP 1, prostride, regenerative laser, shockwave, salt-water spa, vibration plate, European hot walker, water and standing treadmill.

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