Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital offers veterinary students an externship program that provides clinical experience to satisfy the externship requirements for their degree. As a private clinic, the amount of actual “hands-on” experience is limited; however, there is an enormous amount of information to be gained by observation and exposure to our heavy caseload. Clinicians, interns and technicians make every effort to explain hospital cases and procedures whenever possible. Externs work with hospital clinicians or ambulatory practitioners on a rotational basis. Students have the opportunity to observe equine specialists in surgery, anesthesiology, dentistry, internal medicine, cardiology, ophthalmology, podiatry and reproduction.