Mentorship Programs

Sylvan Veterinary Hospital offers mentorships and externships for veterinary students as well as externships for veterinary technician students.
Click on the titles below to read more about each program.
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Veterinary Emergency Mentorship

Are you a recent veterinary graduate or a veterinarian without emergency experience, eager to pursue a thriving career in emergency care and surgical medicine? Sylvan Veterinary Hospital is excited to offer you the opportunity to grow as an exceptional emergency care veterinarian in a safe and supportive environment through our Veterinary Emergency Mentorship Program.


Veterinary Student Externship

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Sylvan Veterinary Hospital is delighted to host veterinary students for externships!  This valuable clinical experience will let you take what you’ve learned in the classroom and put it to the test in an animal hospital of your choice.  Our hands-on externships are designed exclusively for veterinary students at AVMA-accredited veterinary schools in their clinical years, typically meaning their 3rd or 4th year of vet school.  Since every student has different interests, we are excited to offer these programs at a wide variety of our amazing partner hospitals.  We know that travel and lodging expenses for externships can often be cost-prohibitive on a student’s budget.  To make our externships as accessible as possible, we offer stipends to externs to help offset these costs (unless prohibited by the veterinary school you are attending). 


Veterinary Technician Externship

Sylvan Veterinary Hospital is an extraordinary general practice providing a great learning environment for our future veterinary technicians and nurses! Veterinary Technology externship students will receive hands-on training working with small animals. Students will gain experience in understanding the veterinary client patient relationship (VCPR) while working closely with skilled senior level veterinarian and technician leadership.