The resident will participate in the clinical teaching of second, third and fourth year veterinary students and interns. Tufts University Foster Hospital for Small Animals is located in North Grafton, MA, about 40 miles west of Boston. The emergency service manages over 6,500 cases annually out a total hospital caseload of 21,000. The emergency and critical care services are supported by all of the clinical specialties within the hospital as well as an on-site regional diagnostic laboratory. The emergency and critical care services are staffed 24 hours a day.
Emergency surgery is performed by on-call surgical residents and the anesthesia staff.
Six to 8 fourth year veterinary students rotate through the emergency and critical care services on a weekly basis. Residents participate in primary patient care and emergency receiving, clinical and didactic instruction of veterinary students and interns. Daily rounds, seminars and conferences are mandatory. Critical care and other hospital faculty are available around the clock for consultation. Appointments are made for 12 months with annual renewal based on satisfactory completion of the previous year.