Overview
We’re proud to support post-graduate veterinarians throughout their educational journey in equine practice. Every equine veterinarian that attends an internship or fellowship at Hagyard will experience an ideal learning environment designed to sharpen the diagnostic and treatment skills that are crucial to becoming a well-rounded practitioner.
Our internship program currently consists of two, ‘hands-on’ approaches to managing clients and patient care. Depending on their intended area of practice, post-graduate veterinarians can apply for a field care or surgery internship. Regardless, both programs will sharpen their skills alongside Hagyard veterinarians providing state-of-the-art care to patients across central Kentucky.
Internships
Our field care internship is a one-year program requiring employment from veterinarians from July through June of the following year. Veterinarians participating in this internship will rotate through our field care service, internal medicine and fertility center, and surgery center from October through December. The remainder of their year will primarily consist of field care responsibilities including emergency duties; with or without a senior practitioner alongside them. Due to the large volume of horses treated at our practice, this is an intense and diverse experience. During this internship, interns are often housed on or near some of Kentucky’s most spectacular breeding farms.
Internships
Our surgery internship is offered in both a one-year program requiring employment through July through June of the following year, and a seventeen-month program requiring employment from February to June of the following year. Veterinarians participating in the internship display a sincere interest in pursuing surgical residency programs. The majority of this internship will be spent within the Davidson Surgery Center. Interns will perform daily patient assessments, treatment, nuclear scintigraphy, anesthesia, digital radiology, magnetic resonance imaging, as well as lameness and performance evaluations.
Application Deadlines:
12-month Internship: October 15th
17-month Internship: August 31st
Fellowships
Fellowships
Fellowships
Our internal medicine fellowship program gives post-graduate veterinarians the opportunity to work at our McGee Medicine Center under direct supervision of our 6 ACVIM board-certified internists. Through this program, fellows have the option to spend 6 months to a year gaining knowledge through participating in day-to-day patient evaluation and care, as well as daily elective and emergency duties. This includes, but is not limited to, managing neonatal foals, broodmares with post-foaling complications, high risk pregnancies, cases of pneumonia, gastrointestinal disorders, renal and hepatic disorders, and neurologic cases.
Fellowships
If you’re interested in applying for an undergraduate internship, please email our team at studentopportunities@hagyard.com
