Visiting Instructor Shelter Medicine Intern CVM

Midwestern Universitys Shelter and Community Medicine Program has established relationships with over three dozen shelter and animal welfare organizations that exemplify every model of sheltering and providing veterinary care to families facing barriers. Our 33-foot long mobile clinic allows us to reach underserved populations throughout Arizona including a number of Native American tribal partners. We have strong support from the administration and a university-level commitment to One Health.

Currently the program consists of four full-time faculty members with diverse backgrounds in public health high-quality-high-volume spay/neuter animal behavior and epidemiology. Two dedicated technicians support the program. This position requires a doctorate in veterinary medicine (DVM) or an equivalent degree to be eligible.

Goals:

• Develop the clinical and consultative skills of a veterinarian in their preparation for a career in shelter and/or community medicine.
• Become comfortable working in a resource-limited environment providing compassionate care to pets and families.
• Facilitate student clinical education on the shelter and community medicine rotation.
• Increase clinical capacity of the shelter and community medicine rotation and mobile clinic.
• Provide high-quality service and consultative outreach to a wide range of shelters in the animal welfare community.

Clinical duties:

• Provide medical and surgical patient management under the guidance of the clinical faculty in shelter medicine and other services that the intern elects.
• Time may be allotted for rotations at private practices which provide services under a boarded specialist for rotations not housed at Midwestern including dermatology ophthalmology and behavior.
• Attend and participate in shelter consultative services.
• Attend and participate in infectious disease outbreak investigation and management.
• Attend participate and lead clinical student rounds during the shelter medicine rotation and on any other rotation in which they participate.
• Participate as a communications coach during the Practice of Veterinary Medicine series.

Educational activities:

• Participate in regularly scheduled journal club activities with the small animal faculty.
• Complete a basic credentialing course for participation in disaster response.
• Design shelter protocols.
• The intern will be expected to prepare for upcoming procedures outbreak investigations consultations and disaster relief through independent reading and discussion with faculty.

Scholarly activity:

• The intern will participate in research. The production of a publication from these activities in a peer reviewed journal is encouraged.

Rounds/presentations:

• Present one Grand Rounds seminar to the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) faculty staff and students.
• PresentoneMorbidity & Mortality case rounds to the CVM faculty staffand students.

Evaluation:

• The intern will be evaluated by the intern director every 8 weeks by a meeting with the department faculty and a written copy of their evaluation provided.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive program designed to encompass all aspects of shelter and community medicine.
• As a relatively new program there is significant flexibility to tailor the internship to the interests of the intern and the ability to help shape the internship for future interns.
• Very strong support for shelter and community medicine from the administration.
• University commitment to One Health.
• Four shelter medicine faculty members with diverse backgrounds.
• Newer facilities including a 33-long mobile clinic 250-square-foot popup clinic and state of the art teaching hospital.
• Mix of surgical sterilization specialty shelter surgery emergency wellness and medical cases.
• Shelter consultation including protocols capacity analyses disease outbreak management.
• Opportunities with a very wide variety of shelters and animal welfare organizations.
• Located in 5th largest city in the country (and an even larger metro area) which means there is a large variety of shelters and shelter models and lots of things to do.

Midwestern University is a private not-for-profit organization that provides graduate and post-graduate education in the health sciences. The University has two campuses one in Downers Grove Illinois and the other in Glendale Arizona. More than 6000 full-time students are enrolled in graduate programs in osteopathic medicine dentistry pharmacy physician assistant studies physical therapy occupational therapy nurse anesthesia cardiovascular perfusion podiatry optometry clinical psychology speech language pathology biomedical sciences and veterinary medicine. Over 500 full-time faculty members and 400 staff members are dedicated to the education and development of our students in an environment that encourages learning respect for all members of the health care team service interdisciplinary scholarly activity and personal growth.

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.

Required Experience:

Intern