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VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital is hosting veterinary students for rotating externships! 

The VCA WLA Rotating Externship is set up so that students will rotate through multiple different services, attend patient rounds, attend didactic rounds, and interact with current house officers and senior clinicians. The services available for direct rotations include: Emergency, Critical Care, Neurology, Oncology, ZooMed, Dentistry, Surgery, Internal Medicine, and direct time with our on-site social worker (LCSW), current interns, and residents. We have daily didactic and patient rounds and value a hands-on experience to veterinary education. The schedule is typically Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm. 

If you are looking to do a veterinary externship, please follow the link below and fill out the application below.

https://vcastudentapplication.marsvh.com/student/dvm-externship-application

If you have any other questions in the meantime please feel free to reach out!!

Veterinary student of an AVMA accredited university. Have valid AVMA PLIT insurance through your university or self. 

About VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital

VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital is one of the oldest and largest specialty hospitals in the United States. We are located in a state-of-the-art 42,000 sq. ft. facility, comprising one of the largest integrated veterinary medical centers in the world, and providing comprehensive medical and surgical care in virtually all specialties. In addition to our general practice caseload, we offer referral services in behavior, cardiology, dentistry, emergency medicine/critical care, internal medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, surgery (orthopedic, soft tissue, and minimally invasive procedures), and zoological/exotic medicine.

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