Equine Medical Center of Ocala is currently accepting students to visit our facility as an extern.  We will begin accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Internship in June, 2021.

Internship Established: 2001

Direct Supervision: 12 Months

Estimated Workload: 60-80 hours/week (seasonal)

Emergency Duties (Nights / Week): 2

Emergency Duties (Weekends / Month): 3

Terms of Employment: June 1st to June 15th

Internship Salary: $38,000

Philosophy of Internship: Encourage the development of problem solving skills and the application of veterinary education to daily equine practice. Integrate the professional veterinary degree with the needs of the horse, owner and trainer. Develop effective communication of knowledge and needs to the owners, referring veterinarian, hospital staff, and colleagues.

Additional Information: Our interns have a high rate of placement in residency programs and leave with a high degree of skill, confidence, and ability allowing them to transition easily into general practice.

Contact Previous Internships: 

 Dr. Ashley Cameron 2017 internship class(adcamero@gmail.com) 

Dr. Chelsea Folmar 2020 internship class cfolmar@emcocala.com

 Dr. Jennine Lection 2019 internship class (jenninelectiondvm@gmail.com)

Internship Coordinator: Julie Worsham

Internship Coordinator Email: jworsham@emcOcala.com

Benefits:  EMCO offers a full benefit package

Housing : Yes
Paid Time Off: Yes
Licensing: Yes
On Call Compensation: No
Professional Dues: Yes

Internship Duties: Interns rotate at 2 week intervals between 5 services and are responsible for the daily activities and patient care in anesthesia, surgery, medicine, emergency, and ambulatory/reproductive departments. The internship begins with a high level of direct supervision; however, independent case management, ambulatory call, and triage of emergencies is quickly encouraged in order to develop confidence, surgical acumen, reproductive skill, effective communication, and mastery of the medical method.

About www.emcocala.com

The Equine Medical Center of Ocala, located in America’s horse capital Marion County, offers state-of-the-art specialty care to horse owners throughout the Southeast. The hospital provides a wide variety of orthopedic and soft tissue surgeries, advanced reproductive technologies, internal medicine diagnostics, state-of-the-art imaging, around-the-clock intensive care and after-hours emergency service. In addition to our board-certified specialists, our generalists have focused their professional skills to provide care for clients and patients with specific needs. This includes reproduction, sport horses, thoroughbred sales preparation, horses in race training, dentistry and geriatric care.

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