Innovetive Petcare could have gotten bigger this past year, but we chose not to in the name of healthy, responsible growth. By being intentional about keeping our group smaller, students benefit from the attention they get during internships and externships. Instead of advertising our externships, we take the time to match you with a practice to provide a mutually beneficial experience. We also go beyond practical skills and arm you with the secrets to keeping veterinary practices financially successful.   

We offer 12-month small animal rotating internships at the following practices: 

Animal Emergency & Specialty Center of Knoxville. 

Carolina Animal Specialty and Emergency
Gold Coast Center for Veterinary Care

West Hills Animal Hospital & Emergency Center

If you’re a clinical year veterinary student, we encourage you to enter the Veterinary Internship & Residency Matching Program (VIRMP) and reach out to us to register your interest. All our internships are paid and come with CE allowance, medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401(k), and PTO. 

This full-year veterinary mentorship program is designed to enhance practical veterinary skill sets through in-clinic training and third-party training modules. Through this structured program, each veterinarian will receive the necessary training, relationship-building, and mentorship needed for success in clinical veterinary practice. 

Enlisting one of the most recognized ultrasound platforms available, you will experience a day-long, hands-on ultrasound course, complete with lectures and real-life application of ultrasound techniques. This course is designed to instill in you the confidence and skill set to diagnose and image the most commonly seen diseases in practice. It will give you the clinical skills necessary to apply ultrasound in the veterinary hospital.

You will spend an entire day with dental experts learning and implementing the fundamentals of small animal dentistry. We will provide you with expert instruction in a hands-on wet lab where you will learn full mouth extractions, including how to perform dental flaps and suturing the gums. We will also teach you about common surgeries associated with the head, such as enucleation and entropion, and nasal surgery. 

 We will allow you to gain experience performing feline and canine spays and neuters. This will occur in a surgical setting with a partner clinic. You will have veterinary guidance and the opportunity to perform 

multiple surgeries. Additionally, we will coordinate with your primary work location to build and expand your surgery case experience as cases arise in clinics or partnering clinics near you. 

Emergency cases are present every day in general practices. This course will walk you through the processes of handling the most common emergencies in everyday practice and how to best respond. 

 

Veterinarians are faced with life-and-death scenarios. One of our primary tools in navigating these situations is CPR. This experience will guide you on how to successfully apply CPR to your canine and feline patients. 

The success of veterinarians and their clinics is more than just diagnosis and treatment. Though practicing high-quality medicine is pivotal to your success, understanding how finances play into the clinic experience and your personal life is necessary. This didactic course will discuss clinical and personal financial strategies that will give you the tools to be successful. 

The number one success factor as a veterinarian is your ability to effectively communicate with your patients, clients, technicians, receptionists, managers, and fellow veterinarians. This in-person session will strengthen your awareness and develop the necessary skills to maximize your communication skills across the board. 

Due to worries concerning client lawsuits, complaints to the state board of veterinary medical examiners, and risks associated with the DEA and OSHA concerns, there is much anxiety today surrounding the risk of practicing medicine—and that is true of any area of medicine, human or animal. This session will walk you through the most concerning risks and arm you with the tools to avoid and navigate these potential scenarios successfully. 

Mastering anesthesia fundamentals is necessary for any successful surgical procedure. This in-person training will review the principles and strategies of operating with anesthesia and review the basics to ensure your success in practice. 

Appropriate clinical recordkeeping is an art and a critical one at that. We will provide you with a platform to become proficient at recordkeeping and show you how to use emerging technologies to continue improving these necessary skills.  

Mentorship is far and away the most requested experience by young veterinarians today. We recognize its importance and will be pairing you with an in-clinic mentor. This discussion will explain the role and expectations of your individual mentorship experience and go over what we need from the mentee for mentorship to be successful.