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Students, are you psyched for a career in emergency? There’s no place to get you there like VEG. There are so many valuable opportunities for students to learn about ER the VEG Way! And once you’re on board, you’re supported through the guidance of a highly skilled mentor, earn industry-leading compensation, and on any given day, you can get your hands on the coolest cases that walk through our doors. Buckle up and see what it’s like to be an ER superhero!
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JOIN THE NEW ER DOCTOR PROGRAM
Our New ER Doctor Program is designed to transform recent grads into exceptional, highly-adept VEG ER doctors. This six-month deep dive into emergency brings meaning, fuels passion, and creates ER heroes. Doctors in the program engage in an immersive training experience: they work alongside medical directors, attend weekly rounds, and become proficient in a full suite of emergency surgeries. Through exposure to various cases—including exotics—doctors discover the unique rewards of customer-focused ER. They rediscover the hero within so they can become the kind of doctors they’ve yearned to be. New ER doctors receive advanced CE and valuable mentorship and emerge from the program feeling valued and confident. They’re excited about the future and rewarded with an attainable path to a lifelong career in emergency medicine at VEG.
NEW ER DOCTOR PROGRAM APPLICATION
for dvm students
THE VEG SCHOLARSHIP
The VEG Scholarship awards a recent graduate of an AVMA accredited veterinary school with the cost of their final year’s tuition. This scholarship helps reduce student debt to the graduate who exemplifies our core values—because they are the future of VEG.
To apply for the VEG Scholarship, you must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 and be on track to graduate by July 2024. You also must apply for, and accept a position in, the New ER Doctor Program. Reach out to students@veg.vet with any questions!
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VEG CAMPUS AMBASSADORS
VEG ambassadors are DVM students who believe in the VEG mission and want to make an impact in emergency veterinary medicine. They serve as our on-campus liaison, plan exciting student events, and have great perks, including a competitive stipend and a variety of amazing learning opportunities!
DVM EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
DVM externships offer short-term, hands-on experience in emergency medicine and the fast pace of the ER. Externs work alongside our expert emergency doctors and learn how to communicate with customers, diagnose emergency conditions, create treatment plans, and more! We’re now accepting students currently enrolled in their 3rd or 4th year in a DVM program at an AVMA accredited university.
for nursing and vet tech students
NURSE EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
See what it takes to work as a nurse in ER! Through VEG’s ER Veterinary Nurse Externship, students get hands-on experience in emergency medicine while working alongside our expert, credentialed veterinary nurses in the fast-paced ER. Through collaboration and a focus on patient care, students will roll up their sleeves to develop emergency skills, including taking patient vitals, triaging emerging cases, caring for hospitalized patients, processing lab samples, and more. It’s an intensive, hands-on experience that will help to shape students’ future careers in ER medicine.
