Small animal rotating internship
Position from January 5, 2026, to July 11, 2027
The Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is looking for a rotating internship.
The internship program is designed to provide a broad-based clinical experience under the supervision of faculty members and residents in the WCVM Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences. The position will start on January 5, 2026, and continue until January 11, 2027. Successful applicants will be asked to withdraw their application from the 2026-2027 VIRMP Match.
The internship
The intern will have primary case responsibility for new cases presenting to the VMC as well as in-hospital management of a wide variety of clinical cases. The interns will also be assigned night emergency shifts on a rotating basis (approximately seven to 10 weeks/year). Approximately one half of the intern’s time will be spent on the emergency service, which includes days, nights and weekends. A senior resident or faculty member is available for consultation and assistance if needed.
In addition to their clinical responsibilities, interns are expected to provide assistance with the instruction and supervision of final-year veterinary students in the clinic. They will participate in daily case-based rounds.
Presently, mandatory rotations consist of weeks in internal medicine, surgery, anesthesia and emergency. Elective opportunities include primary care, ophthalmology, oncology, dentistry, medical imaging, wildlife and exotics, and physical rehabilitation. Up to two weeks of elective rotations can be done on external rotations which are self-organized and self-financed.
During the internship, a didactic lecture series is delivered which is designed to prepare interns for clinical practice. Interns are also encouraged to participate in pathology seminars, weekly seminar series and journal club with the service in which you are rotating, and professional development lectures offered throughout the year. Each intern will be required to present one seminar to an audience of faculty, staff and students. Interns are encouraged to prepare a paper suitable for publication.
Interns are required to enrol through the USask College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies in the Graduate Certificate Program in Small Animal Rotating Veterinary Internship (WCVM Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences). There is a $120 application fee that will be reimbursed to the applicant upon their arrival.
Interns will be awarded a WCVM bursary to cover tuition and student fees, as well as their licensing fees with the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association. Upon successful completion of the program an internship certificate will be awarded.
The following is a partial summary of income and expenses related to our Internship Certificate Graduate Program. This information is current as of July 1, 2024.
- Internship fellowship amount: C$28,000.00 per year
- Tuition/student fees and Saskatchewan Veterinary Medicine Association (SVMA) licensing fees will be covered by a WCVM bursary
- Annual vacation: three weeks
About the WCVM and VMC
The WCVM is Western Canada’s regional college of veterinary medicine. Approximately 88 students are admitted each year to the DVM program. The college also includes 200 graduate students, interns and residents. It is part of a comprehensive academic health sciences group on the university campus. For further information, please visit the WCVM web site.
The WCVM Veterinary Medical Centre (VMC) is a state-of-the-art facility serving Western Canada as a busy AVMA- and AAHA-accredited teaching hospital and referral centre. There are specialists in anesthesia, dentistry, emergency and critical care, exotics, dermatology, internal medicine, medical imaging, medical oncology, nutrition, ophthalmology, radiation oncology, sports medicine and rehabilitation, and surgery.
Modern large surgical suites, a CT scanner, MRI, ultrasound, nuclear scintigraphy and PET-CT are available in house. The WCVM is located in the vibrant and economically booming city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan’s largest city and one of the sunniest cities in Canada.
For more information on Saskatoon, please visit the Saskatoon Tourism web site.
Application process
Interested individuals may contact:
Charla Penner, Graduate Program Co-ordinator
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, WCVM
charla.penner@usask.ca
Please include:
- curriculum vitae
- transcripts
- three rreferences
- English scores if required (https://grad.usask.ca/admissions/admission-requirements.php#Englishlanguageproficiencyrequirements)
Application deadline: August 1, 2025
Note: foreign applicants graduating from a non-AVMA accredited college are encouraged to have completed NAVLE, ECFVG, CPE or other educational equivalency assessment certification program before applying.