Students will complete clinical rotations at the Small and Large Animal Hospitals during the summer and fall semesters of their third year (a 32-week period), and the spring semester of their fourth year. All clinical clerkships at UFCVM are graded based on a pass/fail grading scale.
Before starting third-year clerkships, students must choose a focused area of concentration to help tailor their remaining DVM curriculum. The available concentrations are:
- Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
- Large/Mixed Animal Medicine (Equine Medicine and Surgery, Food Animal Medicine & General (Mixed) Veterinary Medicine and Surgery)
Required Clerkships
All students, regardless of concentration, must complete two weeks of each of the following courses (total of 13 credits):
VEM5751 Applied Pathology
VEM5761 Anesthesiology
VEM5783 Radiology
VEM5743 Primary Care and Dentistry
VEM5741 Small Animal Medicine
Two of the following:
- VEM5730 Practice Based Equine Clerkship (PBEC)
- VEM5733 Large Animal Medicine
- VEM5735 Food Animal Reproduction and Medicine (FARMS)
- VEM5737 Large Animal Surgery
Small Animal Track
Small Animal track students must complete the above required clerkships, as well as the following (2 weeks/2 credits each, total of 10 credits):
VEM5741 Small Animal Medicine
VEM5742 Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery
VEM5745 Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery
VEM5891 Veterinary Community Outreach Program (VCOP)
One of the following Emergency Medicine clerkships:
- VEM5847 Emergency Critical Care Gainesville
- VEM5848 Emergency Critical Care Ocala
- VEM5880 ICU Critical Care
Small Animal Track: Pick 5 of 8
Small Animal track students must also complete at least 5 of the following 8 clerkships (2 weeks/2 credits each, total of 10 credits):
VEM5821 Zoological Medicine
VEM5862 Cardiology
VEM5869 Dermatology
VEM5872C Medical Oncology
VEM5874C Surgical Oncology
VEM5875 Neurology
VEM5877 Ophthalmology
VEM5876 Integrative Medicine
An additional 6 weeks/6 credits of any clinical rotations are required for students to meet the minimum clinical credit requirements for graduation.
Large/Mixed Animal Track
Two of the below clerkships, not already fulfilled (resulting in the Large/Mixed Animal track students completing all 4 of these clerkships in their clinical year)
VEM5730 Practice Based Equine Clerkship (PBEC)
VEM5733 Large Animal Medicine
VEM5735 Food Animal Reproduction and Medicine (FARMS)
VEM5737 Large Animal Surgery
VEM5885 Theriogenology
VEM5892 Externship
Large Animal Track: Pick 5 of 8
Large/Mixed Animal track students must also complete at least 5 of the following 8 clerkships (2 weeks/2 credits each, total of 10 credits):
VEM5742 Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery
VEM5745 Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery
VEM5862 Cardiology
VEM5869 Dermatology
VEM5875 Neurology
VEM5877 Ophthalmology
One of the following Emergency Medicine clerkships:
VEM5847 Emergency Critical Care Gainesville
VEM5848 Emergency Critical Care Ocala
VEM5880 ICU Critical Care
Shelter Medicine clerkship:
VEM5891 Veterinary Community Outreach
An additional 6 weeks/6 credits of any clinical rotations are required for students to meet the minimum clinical credit requirements for graduation.
Elective Clerkships
All clerkships are worth 2 credits, except for VEM5751 Applied Pathology and VEM5852 Diagnostic Pathology, which carry 1 credit each.
VEM 5315 Poultry Medicine Practicum
VEM 5386 Small Animal Practice at WEC
VEM 5540 Equine Sports Medicine and Rehab at WEC
VEM 5730 Practice Based Equine Clerkship [PBEC]
VEM 5733 Large Animal Medicine Clerkship [LAM]
VEM 5735 Food Animal Reproduction & Medicine Service Clerkship [FARMS]
VEM 5737 Large Animal Surgery Clerkship [LAS]
VEM 5741 Small Animal Medicine Clerkship [SAM]
VEM 5742 Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery Clerkship [SAS, ST]
VEM 5745 Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery Clerkship [SAS, O]
VEM 5821 Advanced Zoological Medicine Clerkship –
VEM 5823 Laboratory Animal Medicine Clerkship
VEM 5830 Practice Based Equine Clerkship Elective [PBEC]
VEM 5833 Advanced Large Animal Medicine Clerkship [LAM]
VEM 5835 Advanced Food Animal Reproduction & Medicine Service Clerkship [FARMS]
VEM 5836 Food Animal Production Medicine Clerkship Special Elective –
VEM 5837 Advanced Large Animal Surgery Clerkship [LAS]
VEM 5841 Advanced Small Animal Medicine Clerkship [SAM] –
VEM 5842 Advanced Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery Clerkship
VEM 5843 Advanced Primary Care and Dentistry Clerkship
VEM 5844 Small Animal Dentistry Skills and Techniques –
VEM 5845 Advanced Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery Clerkship
VEM 5846 Practice Based Small Animal Clerkship
VEM 5847 Veterinary Emergency Critical Care Clinical Clerkship
VEM 5848 Veterinary Emergency Critical Care Clinical Clerkship, Ocala, FL
VEM 5851 Advanced Applied Pathology Clerkship
VEM 5852 Diagnostic Pathology in Shelter Medicine
VEM 5861 Advanced Anesthesiology Clerkship
VEM 5862 Veterinary Cardiology Clerkship
VEM 5869 Advanced Dermatology Clerkship
VEM 5870C Veterinary Radiation Oncology
VEM 5872C Veterinary Medical Oncology
VEM 5874C Veterinary Surgical Oncology
VEM 5875 Advanced Neurology Clerkship
VEM 5876 Integrative Medicine Clerkship
VEM 5877 Advanced Ophthalmology Clerkship
VEM 5880 ICU Critical Care Special Clerkship
VEM 5881 Advanced Hospitalist Inpatient Service (HIP)
VEM 5884 Elective Ultrasound Clerkship
VEM 5885 Advanced Theriogenology Clerkship
VEM 5890 Consultations in Shelter Animal Medicine Clerkship
VEM5891 Veterinary Community Outreach
VEM 5892 Externship
VEM 5894 Veterinary Business Management Clerkship
VEM 5895 Forensic Pathology Clerkship