• One year rotating small animal internship with rotations in internal medicine, surgery, oncology, neurology, general practice, and an emphasis on emergency medicine and critical care.• Primary surgeon for multiple intern project surgeries (enterotomy, gastrotomy, splenectomy, cystotomy, pyometra, canine and feline OVH).• Obtained extensive experience with Point-of-Care Ultrasound.

• Perform venipuncture on rats and mice, assessed animal husbandry, and overall health.• Perform general anesthesia on rats and assist during biopsy collection.• Coordinate busy veterinary school schedule with strict protocol-directed blood collection time points.• Perform work in a BSL-2 laboratory.

• Opened canine, feline, equine, and caprine bodies for necropsy examination.• Collected tissues from cadavers for histopathology.• Trained veterinary students in their clinical year on appropriate necropsy techniques and tissue collection.

• Opened caprine and ruminant bodies for necropsy examination.• Adhered to strict SOPs for infectious disease agents.

• Assisted in care of hospitalized patients by giving injections (IV, IM, and SQ), starting and maintaining IV catheters, making drug calculations, and acquiring samples for blood work.• Ran CBCs and chemistries on in-house lab equipment, interpreted fecals and urinalysis. Implemented, maintained, and troubleshot IDEXX in-house lab equipment.• Gathered history from clients and addressed client concerns about procedures.

• Became skilled in starting and maintaining IV catheters.• Cared for multiple patients with advanced and complicated diseases, as well as patients recovering from orthopedic surgery.• Assisted with clinical laboratory analysis

• Promoted from Kennel Assistant to Veterinary Technicianafter 3 months.• Became adept at restraining patients, client interaction,and hospitalized patient care.