ACVP > Externships for Veterinary Pathology

American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Organization/Company	Purdue University
Location	West Lafayette, IN
Website	http://www.addl.purdue.edu/Externship/desc.htm
Pathology Environment	Academic
Discipline/Field of Study	Anatomic
Length of Externship	Junior/Senior Year Externship (2-6 week duration for students in 3rd or 4th year)
Time of Year	Anytime
Funding/Stipend	No
Housing Provided	No

Description of Externship:

The Department of Veterinary Pathobiology and the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) offer the opportunity to preview anatomic pathology residency training at a state diagnostic laboratory in a veterinary school setting. Externs interact with pathologists, residents, and veterinary students in a necropsy service with ample and varied caseload, then follow cases to final diagnosis through correlation of histologic examination and ancillary test results. Histopathology training can be supplemented with biopsy case material. In addition to the veterinary library, a resource room in the ADDL provides access to PowerPoint presentations by pathology faculty, glass slide study sets complete with histories, gross pathology images, journals, and textbooks. During the academic year, externs can participate in weekly reviews of gross photography from necropsy cases, histopathology seminars, and courses in general or systemic pathology prepared for pathology residents. Externs also have the opportunity to develop a case report, participate in a research project, or rotate through the branch laboratory at the Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center, where the caseload is also diverse with many avian accessions.

Contact:
Margaret A. Miller
765-494-7456
pegmiller@purdue.edu

Updated: 4/18/2005

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