Visiting Instructor- Wildlife/Exotic Rotating Medicine and Surgery - CVM
Visiting Instructor- Wildlife/Exotic Rotating Medicine and Surgery - CVM
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Job Description
Midwestern University (MWU) is offering a one-year internship focused on aquatic animal medicine. This program is intended to provide clinical training to prepare the intern for a career working with exotic species and for the rigors of a zoological residency program. This program will primarily take place at an off-site local AZA accredited aquarium OdySea in addition to the affiliated Butterfly Wonderland.
The selected candidate will have a forty-hour work week with alternating weekend and after-hour on call. Interns can expect to have primary case responsibility as deemed appropriate under the supervision of OdySeas veterinary team.
The intern should expect to see a wide variety of cases and species though heavily aquatic based. Both formal and informal teaching experience is gained through regular interactions with students on the clinic floor as well as assisting in clinical skills labs and presenting limited didactic lectures. The intern is required to present two formal seminars (grand rounds and M&M rounds) to house officers faculty and students at MWU. The selected candidate will also be expected to participate in mentored research with the goal of submitting a first author publication.
By the end of the internship a successful intern will be a competitive applicant for residency programs.
Midwestern University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not discriminate against an employee or applicant based upon race; color; religion; creed; national origin or ancestry; ethnicity; sex (including pregnancy); gender (including gender expressions gender identity; and sexual orientation); marital status; age; disability; citizenship; past current or prospective service in the uniformed services; genetic information; or any other protected class in accord with all federal state and local laws and regulation. Midwestern University complies with the Smoke-Free Arizona Act (A.R.S. 36-601.01) and the Smoke Free Illinois Act (410 ILCS 82/). Midwestern University complies with the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 and Arizona Equal Pay Acts.
Employment Type
Full-Time
