Avenues (Old)

AAEP Avenues is a program designed to encourage current veterinary students and new graduates to take advantage of the practical training in medicine and practice management offered by AAEP-member practices. Externships and internships allow students and new veterinarians to learn and perfect technical and client skills. Practices benefit from the enthusiastic help of the extern or intern, as well as their access to recent clinical information and new ideas.

 

AVENUES MISSON STATEMENT: The AAEP Avenues program's mission is to further the professional development of it's members and provide resources, leadership and mentorship for the new generation of equine prctitioners in order to improve the health and welfare of the horse.

Because many internship positions require that students complete an externship at the practice before applying for an internship position, the AAEP has recently added an externship listing service to its Avenues program. Each externship profile will specify how the interested student should apply. Students should contact each practice directly. To list an externship in the database, members may fill out and submit an externship profile form. If the practice has an internship listing, both listings will be linked together.

 

The AAEP serves as a coordinator to help practices set up internships - or list existing internships offered by members. Any student that will have successfully completed an equine large animal clinical rotation and will graduate before the internship begins is eligible to apply. Recent graduates are also eligible. Students are encouraged to contact practices early in the fall, to make sure all requirements (such as an interview or externship) can be completed. Application requirements, deadlines and acceptance notification vary from practice to practice. The AAEP Avenues application form, available here, may be required by some practices. No materials should be submitted or copied to AAEP headquarters.