WILDLIFE TREATMENT CREW SUMMER INTERNSHIP WHAT IS WILDLIFE

WILDLIFE TREATMENT CREW SUMMER INTERNSHIP

WHAT IS WILDLIFE TREATMENT CREW? A student run and organized course designed to expose veterinary underclassmen to the principles of hands-on clinical medicine through the care of injured or orphaned native Georgia wildlife

OUR PATIENTS

WHY YOU SHOULD GET INVOLVED • Warnell Students: Practicum Course Credit • Pre-Vet Students • Direct Contact with UGA Veterinary School Doctors and Staff Recommendation letters!! • Counts for veterinary experience hours required for vet school applications • UGA Requires 250 hours of experience supervised by a DVM

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED • Summer Internship! • You will have the opportunity to act as a veterinary student to care for injured/orphaned wildlife over the summer. • Under the guidance of UGA Vet School student and doctors, you will act as the attending doctor to wildlife presented to the UGA Vet school.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO LEARN Physical handling and restraint of wildlife Proper husbandry and nutrition of wildlife How to conduct a thorough physical exam Principles of triage Dose calculation and subsequent administration of fluids and medicinal drugs Proper presentation of a case to colleagues and clinicians in a senior rounds setting • No wildlife experience necessary! • • •

TIME COMMITMENT • Summer is split into three 4 - 5 week “blocks” • Tentative dates: • Block A: May 15 – June 11: 8 -10 students needed • Block B: June 12 – July 9: 8 -10 students needed • Block C: July 10 – Aug 6 : 8 -10 students needed • If selected, you will work one of these blocks. • Rank preferred schedule, indicate if a particular block is impossible. • During the block that you work, you will be on-call • Mon – Fri: 6: 00 am – 10: 00 pm • One weekend per block: Sat & Sun: 6: 00 am – 10: 00 pm • Students with active cases are expected to continue treatments through the weekends, but are allowed to ask another member to cover weekend treatments for them if you were planning to be out of town.

TRAINING • At the beginning of summer, expect there to be a 1 day in-depth orientation including: • Hospital orientation • Introduction to medical record keeping • How to conduct a physical exam • How to calculate drug doses • Basic diagnostic tests • Wet lab: handling, bandaging, blood draw • Just prior to your on-call block, there will be a refresher orientation

CASE PRESENTATION • At the end of the summer, everyone will be asked to give a short presentation on one case that they worked on either to the pre-vet club or one of the wildlife clubs. You are welcome to present in pairs.

HOW TO APPLY • Submit an application with resume & cover letter by email to ugawtc@gmail. com by March 24 th at 5: 00 pm. • Decisions will be made by April 3 rd. • All participants will be required to be rabies vaccinated. • Available at the University Health Center