Training Scholarships
One of the important functions of the Animal Health Trust is to provide post-graduate training opportunities for veterinarians. This is an important and exciting aspect of our work whereby we contribute to the education and training of specialist veterinary surgeons of the future. Who we hope will continue to lead the way in development of veterinary science and animal welfare.
The Centre for Small Animal Studies
The Centre for Small Animal Studies currently offers a number of internship possibilities; each position is available for a 12 month period. Each year we have a group of 6 interns who rotate through the different disciplines at the AHT gaining experience in the different aspect of the work here. The interns also participate in an out of hours rota, to help care for the in patients and emergency admissions under supervision of a senior veterinary surgeon. In addition to the rotating interns, we also have some intern positions that are dedicated to specific disciplines such as neurology or ophthalmology.
The internship programme is designed for newly graduated veterinarians who wish to gain further experience in a high-quality referral hospital working alongside specialists in many different fields. The internship programme at the AHT is very successful and a high proportion of our interns progress on to residencies within academic institutes.
We also run internship programmes in some specialised disciplines.
Equine
The aim of the Equine internship is much the same as the Small Animal internship it is a scheme suitable for recent graduates. Our intention is for all the interns to leave with a broad understanding of Equine veterinary medicine, lameness and poor performance. Allowing them to develop foundations for a strong career in this field, interns will be given the knowledge needed to progress onto a residency programme.
The Equine interns are encouraged to learn through hands on daily involvement, weekly seminars and other Continued Professional Development (CPD). Interns will be enrolled with the Royal Veterinary College at the Animal Health Trust’s cost with a view to completing your certificate at a later date.
The Equine interns are recruited in February of each year. We take on two applicants one to start in August and the other to start in December, all interns are expected to hand over to the following intern before they leave the Trust.
If you are interested in an internship at the Trust, please check our current vacancies.
