| Practice Name: Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center, Inc. |
| Primary Contact Person: Mrs. Karen Dewett or Mark C. Rick, DVM |
| Address: P.O. Box 249 |
| City: Los Olivos State: CA Zip: 93441 |
| Country: USA |
| Telephone: (805) 688-6510 |
| Fax: (805) 688-0269 |
| Email: karen@alamopintado.com |
| Website: alamopintado.com |
| Staffing Number and Tasks: 10 technicians and rehabilitation horse personnel. Office staff includes secretaries and billing department. |
| Type of Practice: Our practice is exclusively equine in nature. The mixture of patients is varied with about 25% racehorses, 25% competitive sport horses, 25% broodmares and 25% miscellaneous breeds and uses. The hospital caseload is composed of medical and surgical patients of all varieties: neonates, colics, orthopedic injuries, lamenesses, high risk pregnancies, neurologic problems and a general overall mix. The field/ambulatory portion of the practice involves several large broodmare farms, an embryo tranfer facility and a wide range of smaller operations and one-horse, backyard owners. |
| Facilities: The medical center is a large multi-complex hospital with surgical suites, ICU stalls,digital nuclear bone scan, computer and digital radiology systems, 1.5 tesla MRI, videoendoscopy, shockwave therapy, ultrasonography, fluroscopy, and pool recovery system. |
| Number of Interns / Externs currently in Practice: 4 |
Names of Veterinarians in Practice including any Specialty Qualifications:
Douglas J. Herthel, DVM; Mark C. Rick, DVM; Greg Parks, DVM; Edward J. Hamer, DVM; Erin Byrne, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, Lisa Teske, DVM; Carter Judy, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, Tracey Teixeira, DVM , Tania Kozikowski, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM |
| Case Load: Ambulatory > 4000 cases per year. Hospital ~ 2500 cases per year. |
Types of Cases (estimated % by system or categories):
A large portion of our time is spent in the area of complete diagnostic work-up of the patients as they present. We would estimate a percentage breakdown of the practice mix by body systems to be 30% musculoskeletal; 30% internal medicine/intestinal; 25% reproductive and 15% other systems and problems. Pre-purchase exams, routine preventive health maintenance, and some sales work is all part of the mix we see on a weekly basis. |
Estimated Breakdown of Daily or Weekly Load:
Each day generally entails ~ 10 hours of actual clinical work. We begin seeing patients and performing treatments early each morning and are usually finishing with the daily calls and outpatients by late afternoon. During the night and off hours, the interns rotate through an "on call" schedule to assist with incoming emergencies and monitor the in-house ICU patients. Each intern averages a five and one-half day work week and has two nights of primary or secondary on call hospital duties per week. The weekly roations are: ICU; lameness and imaging; surgery and anesthesia. |
Philosophy of Internship:
To introduce new graduates to the myriad of cases and situations they will likely encounter for the remainder of their careers. To allow them full access to all of our diagnostic and treatment modalities and capabilities. To teach them in both the practical realm of veterinary medicine and also the discipline of client care and business management. To provide a stimulating environment for educational exchange--offering this as a two-way street--in that we wish to learn from them as well. To prepare them to enter a residency-training program, should they choose to apply for one. |
Prerequisites of Application and Internship:
Graduation from an approved veterinary college. Letter of intent and CV along with three written letters of recommendation submitted to our office. We request and most strongly encourage that each intern applicant visit our facility for either an externship or at the very least, a several day time period to meet each of the staff members. Application deadline is November 1 each year. |
Notification of Acceptance:
Applicants will be notified by mid-December. |
Employee Benefits:
Living quarters on campus, medical health insurance, partial moving expenses, one-week paid vacation, expenses to attend one regional veterinary conference and your first year's AAEP dues. |
Employment Contracts:
None, but we do ask that you read and sign our written Intern Protocol. |
Externship Available:
Yes |
List of Internship Duties in Practice:
Outlined above. |
Emergency Duty Requirements:
Outlined above. |
Amount of Supervision:
At the beginning, there is quite a bit of supervision and training. The out-going interns provide much of this early training. After a gradual transition and becoming familiar with each other and your skill and training levels come up-to-speed, the supervision will taper off. |
Internship Salary:
$2,600.00 per month which equals $31,200.00 per year. |
Term of Employment:
One year. |
Contact Past Interns:
W. Michael Karlin '06-'07
Karine Pader '06-'07
Kathleen Lynde '07-'08
Julie Rossetto '07-'08 |
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