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Adobe Veterinarian Mentorship Program

DVM Mentorship At Adobe

New Grad & Experienced Doctors

For New Grads

Adobe offers new grads a welcoming community of experienced doctors to learn from. We understand that going from school to practice is a big transition. Our philosophy is that new veterinarians learn best by doing. We provide protected time for structured teaching, assigned mentors and the opportunity to immediately apply what you’ve learned. You will always be scheduled with doctors who expect and welcome your questions. As a large practice with an emergency service, Adobe offers a far wider case load than is available in most general practices. At Adobe, new and recent graduates have the opportunity to safely push their boundaries and grow quickly in confidence and capability.

We understand that veterinarians are individuals with different goals and priorities. We encourage your feedback about your areas of interest and your comfort level with different aspects of being a new DVM. We do our best to create an environment in which you, individually, can be successful.

Please see below for specific information about our mentorship program for new graduates.

Support From Your Colleagues

Mentors – New grads are assigned to 1-2 senior DVMs who will have 2 hrs/week of protected time blocked off to review your cases and answer your questions and review topics as appropriate. Mentors will be on duty at the same time as the new DVM.

Culture of helping each other out – You can ask any DVM for help with a case at any time. We all ask each other for this kind of help all the time, regardless of our years of experience. We have taken new grads for many years and we appreciate working with DVMs who ask good questions.

Typically, at least 4-6 doctors on duty – It’s easy to find another DVM if you need help.

A Gradual Start

Work up to a full appointment schedule over 4 months.

Start seeing emergency cases after 4 months scheduled with an experienced DVM as back up – You will have the opportunity to spend more or less time seeing emergency cases based on your preference.

Surgery time – usually starts ~ 6 months. You’ll always be scheduled with an experienced surgeon. Start with minor procedures and work your way up to more complex procedures. If you are interested in dentistry, you may have the opportunity to start earlier.

Teaching & Training Resources

Structured teaching – 2 hrs/wk for 6 months – topic rounds for new DVMs are held during check in time with senior DVMs. See below for topics covered in the curriculum. We tend to review topics based on the cases you are treating. We also practice reading x rays, EKGs, setting up treatment sheets for sick patients and reviewing common emergencies.

Free Radiologist Xray Review for non urgent/learning cases for the first year

Access to VIN, RECOVER CPR certification and Plumbs online

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Meet Who You'll Be Working With

Dr Ellis, Head of Our Veterinary Team who will work one-on-one with you to reach your goals!

Curriculum for New Grads

Our Approach to Teaching

Case Based Approach – We find it is most effective to review topics when there is a case requiring decision making. We can review the pathophysiology, evidence for different treatment approaches/best practices and apply them to the real world reality of an individual case.

Topics Covered in the First 6 months

Stable patients/preventative care

  1. Wellness: Review socialization, vaccines protocols, spay neuter, heartworm and other local parasite prevention

  2. Managing common outpatient presentations

    1. Chronic Renal Disease, HyperT4, Hypo T4, Mitral Valve Disease

  3. Dermatology, Allergy and Ears

  4. Diabetes

  5. The fragile elderly cat – work up/monitoring

Dental Training – typically a 2 yr commitment

  1. Opportunity and requirement to take Dental CE – prefer specific providers

  2. Blocked off time to practice dental x rays/charting

  3. Evaluated by Senior DVM for different levels of dental cases

Exotics

  1. TBD based on DVM interest

Urgent and Emergency Care

  1. Acute Vomit/Diarrhea – how to identify the seriously sick pets who arrive with this common presentation

  2. Foxtails

  3. Evaluating a true emergency case – Where to Start

  4. Approach to the Respiratory Emergency Cases: x rays/TFAST

  5. Perfusion/Shock and Fluids – Hemoabdomen/Parvo/bloat

    1. AFAST/Abd xrays

  6. Sick Diabetics

  7. Checklist for your ICU patient – monitoring, pain control, contingencies

  8. Trauma

  9. Laceration repair

  10. Review decisions in anesthesia and sedation – case examples

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Mentorship For DVMs With 1-2 Years of Experience

Adobe offers a welcoming community of experienced doctors to veterinarians who graduated in the last 1-3 years. We provide protected time for structured teaching, assigned mentors and the opportunity to explore and develop your areas of interest. You will always be scheduled with doctors who expect and welcome your questions. As a large practice with an emergency service, Adobe offers a far wider case load than is available in most general practices. We also specifically encourage our new doctors to become proficient in ultrasound, surgery and dentistry according to their interests through generous hands on CE opportunities and in house wet labs. Please see below for more specific information about our mentorship program for recent graduates.

We understand that veterinarians are individuals with different goals and priorities. We encourage your feedback about your areas of interest and your comfort level with different aspects of being a new DVM. We do our best to create an environment in which you, individually, can be successful.

Support From Your Colleagues

Mentors – Recently graduated DVMs are assigned to a senior DVM who will have 1 hr/week of protected time blocked off to review your cases and answer your questions and review topics as appropriate.

Culture of helping each other out – You can ask any DVM for help with a case at any time. We all ask each other for this kind of help, regardless of our years of experience. We appreciate working with DVMs who ask good questions.

Start seeing emergency cases after 1-2 months scheduled with an experienced DVM as back up – You will have the opportunity to spend more or less time seeing emergency cases based on your preference. If you already love ER – that’s great! You can start whenever you’re ready.

Work up to a full appointment schedule over 1-2 months

Teaching and Resources

Structured teaching – 1 hr/wk for 6 months – This time can be used to answer questions, review more complex cases, practice reading x rays or do topic rounds based on one of your cases. Curriculum based on areas DVM wishes to develop.

Surgery time – usually starts ~3- 6 months. You’ll always be scheduled with an experienced surgeon. Start with procedures you have mastered already and work your way up to more complex procedures. If you are interested in dentistry, you may have the opportunity to start earlier.

Continuing Education – Opportunities to hone your skills. We want you to get up that learning curve ASAP whether your interest is in ultrasound, soft tissue surgery or dentistry. We have also supported multiple doctors in achieving board certification with ABVP. We encourage and make it possible for new doctors to take more costly hands on CE like those offered by Oquendo Center and the Academy of Veterinary Imaging.

Free Radiologist Xray Review for non urgent/learning cases for the first year

Access to VIN, RECOVER CPR certification and Plumbs online

HOW DO YOU BECOME AN ADOBE VETERINARIAN?

With a professional yet fun and informal work environment at Adobe, we strive to make our interview experience the same! Our process is set up so we really get to know YOU, who you are, what you want and to see if there is a place you can be successful and make a difference at Adobe!

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