1. Wildlife treatment crew summer internship

2. 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

3. Our patients

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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!

7. Time Commitment Summer is split into three 4 - 5 week “blocks”
Tentative dates:
Block A: May 15 – June 11: students needed
Block B: June 12 – July 9: 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: 6:00am – 10:00pm
One weekend per block: Sat & Sun: 6:00am – 10:00pm
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.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. How to apply
Submit an application with resume & cover letter by to by March 24th at 5:00 pm.
Decisions will be made by April 3rd.
All participants will be required to be rabies vaccinated.
Available at the University Health Center