Veterinary student externship

Our 4 week vet externship is suitable for vet school students. 1st & 2nd year vet students gain valuable hands-on experience while 3rd & 4th year vet students will also obtain clinical experience and out-rotation credit necessary to graduate from vet school.  

Pre veterinary internship

Our Pre-Vet Internship is suitable for undergrads and gap year students preparing to apply to vet school. You’ll gain hands-on experience and establish relationships with our vets for recommendation letters and guidance, helpful for applying to vet school.

“As a third-year vet student at UC Davis studying wildlife medicine and I’ve done many different programs, but Wild Sun has by far been my favorite and most rewarding. This externship offers many opportunities to work on handling and clinical skills with many wild species, such as monkeys, birds, small mammals, and reptiles. During my time, I performed triage and intake exams, developed treatment plans, administered medications, cleaned and bandaged wounds, assisted in surgeries, monitored anesthesia, and performed necropsies. If you are interested in wildlife medicine or wildlife rehabilitation I would highly recommend the Wild Sun Veterinary Externship. Not only will you gain valuable veterinary experience, but you have time to explore and enjoy Costa Rica, plus the food is amazing.” -Stephanie, Extern 2019

“It is really hard for me to point out my favorite part of the externship because it was such an amazing experience for me. I absolutely just loved learning so much about the wild life. It still has left me in awe with how much I learned while I was there.” -Isla, PVI 2019

The experience was 100% worth it. Because of the lectures and the hands-on experience I got, I fell in love with my dream of becoming a veterinarian all over again. -Amber, PVI 2020

You were having fun and having experiences with animals, so it was the best of both worlds.

This experience was really amazing.  It exceeded my expectations.  -Ana Josefa, Extern 2022

This definitely reaffirmed that this is what I want to do with the rest of my life. -Scottie, PVI 2021

Being at Wild Sun Rescue was one of the best experiences of my life! The vets are amazing teachers and I learned more and got to do more in this program than in any of my other vet med experiences. Definitely worth the money. 10/10 -Maria B., PVI 2022

The program allows you to meet many people from different areas and mindsets. To be able to work with different vets and learn their way of thinking is also great for future vets. It was great to go on excursions and field trips to learn about conservation medicine. - Brajae, Extern 2022