Would you love to experience what it’s like to be a veterinary student? Want hands-on experience conducting all aspects of veterinary surgery from securing and sedating your mock patient to operating and suturing as you practice administering life-saving care? Interested in practicing a well doggie check-up, vaccinating your “patient” as well as ordering and interpreting standard tests? This program is for you! 

What more exciting and involving way is there to master the basics, immunology, virology, and parasitic disease than by diagnosing animal disorders from rabies to distemper? Anatomy is brought to life through the use of animal models that students assemble and disassemble. Students are exposed to a variety of subspecialties of veterinary medicine as they practice the basics using models of pets such as dogs, cats, domestic farm animals such as horses and cows, and even exotic animals. We even have a CPR training “dog” that students can use to practice emergency resuscitation. 

Students in past years have supplemented their in-class learning with field trips, including a behind-the-scenes zoo visit led by a zoo veterinarian, a pet hospital, or an animal rehabilitation center. They have even enjoyed visits from real-life furry friends!

This is a competitive admissions summer research program designed for teens. Don’t have time for a full three week course? Check out Pet Medicine, our one week introductory program, here!