Externships

• Large Animal Anesthesia
• Large Animal Internal Medicine
• Large Animal Surgery
• Large Animal Emergency Medicine & Surgery
• Farm Practice/Field Services
• General Theriogenology
• Exotics, Wildlife & Zoo Clinical Medicine
• Small Animal Anesthesia
• Small Animal Community Practice
• Small Animal General Surgery
• Small Animal Ophthalmology
• Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery
• Small Animal Internal Medicine
• Small Animal Neurology
• Small Animal Nutrition
• Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care
• Practice Management
• Diagnostic Pathology
• Avian Histopathology*
• Avian Medicine*
• Beef Production (LOCATED IN TIFTON, GA)
• Beef or Dairy Production Medicine*
• Anatomic Pathology*
• Wildlife Population Health (SCWDS)*

*requires faculty approval

The UGA CVM rotation schedule is set up in three-week blocks.  Most of our rotations require attendance during all three weeks of the block to be considered for acceptance. We are unable to accommodate externs during March or April.  We begin accepting visiting student applications for May and beyond in January of the same calendar year.

Please reference our 2020-21 Block Calendar for a complete rotation schedule.  Applications must be received in their entirety and approved a minimum of 60 days before your anticipated start date.

To apply, please complete our information gathering survey.

Once your survey is received, you will be sent an email confirming or denying your schedule and rotation requests within five business days.  If your application is accepted, the process for submitting your supplemental information will be outlined.

Students visiting from AVMA Accredited Veterinary programs (with full-service teaching hospitals) are permitted to visit for up to six weeks without paying a fee.  If your institution is an AVMA Accredited Veterinary Program but does not have a full-service teaching hospital or is not an AVMA accredited institution (and we do not have a signed MOU from your home institution), you will be charged out-of-state tuition per week for this externship (est. @$1200.00 per week). Students from non-accredited programs that do not have a MUO with the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine that wish to observe only will be charged a $100 application processing fee.

Please see our students seeking clinical rotation externship experience policy for full details.

• Proof of personal health insurance coverage
• Proof of student professional liability insurance coverage (PLIT)
• Proof of appropriate rabies immunoprophylaxis
• Immunization records
• A signed waiver of acknowledgment of risk liability (to be provided by UGA)
• Signature on the application form acknowledging good academic and professional standing from the associate dean of academic affairs (or equivalent) at your home institution.
• A copy of your passport & visa information (if international)