Description

CTVSEH believes in providing recent and new veterinary graduates, or veterinarians without emergency experience, the opportunity to grow as emergency care veterinarians in a safe and supportive environment. Our lead medical director, Dr. Roxanna Khorzad, has established a program that allows personal growth and strength through collaboration within a family of seasoned emergency care veterinarians, board-certified specialists, and emergency care technicians. The goal of the CTVSEH mentorship program is to provide a structured program to develop emergency veterinary clinicians who are learning clinical, communication, and personal skills to be exceptional Emergency Clinicians in an organization owned and led by veterinarians who practice the highest level of specialty veterinary care. 
Role of the mentor:
● Helps each mentee identify their strengths and weaknesses
● Facilitates clinical exposure and growth
● Challenges the mentee without overwhelming them or endangering a patient
● Helps to recognize and make others aware of where the mentees are in their “learning curve”
of emergency medicine
Why having a good mentorship program is important?
● It will help those new to the Emergency & Critical Care service become acclimated to the
day-to-day routine within the ECCD with less stress and a decreased chance of significant
errors.
● The skills taught in veterinary school will be brought together and put to great use when
guided by an experienced veterinarian.
● Having several different doctors involved in guiding the mentee will provide a variety of
teaching strategies and viewpoints while helping them to be well rounded.
Schedule
● New graduate doctors have 2-3 months of 100% training yet get paid a full salary.
● The first week is shadowing, learning policies and procedures, PMS, medical records, etc
● After the first week, mentees will see cases but with a mentor guiding and looking through the
record, exam, etc.
o Recommended mentees start with seeing “a straightforward case” and let them go at
the pace where they are comfortable in learning the computer, record keeping and
the entire process. Realistically they may see 2 or 3 cases a day in the first week or two.
o Cases will be presented to the mentor in a systematic fashion
▪ Signalment, history, presenting problem, clinical findings, plan
▪ The mentor will not tell the mentee what to do next rather they will ask “what
they think is the next step".
Benefits:

• Short Term Disability paid for by employer 
• Complimentary Life Insurance $25,000; with options to purchase additional voluntary benefits for self or family 
• Company Sponsored Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K with 100% company match up to 3% and 50% company match up to 5%, eligible after 6 months of employment
• Kaiser/United Healthcare Insurance Plans with multiple options
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account options 
• United Healthcare Dental Insurance; includes a 100% paid premium option for team members
• United Healthcare Vision Insurance options
• Long Term Disability options
• Progyny-Fertility and Family Building Support (up to $10,000)
• Generous Continuing Education Program
• Team Member Discounts for Pet Care
• Paid PTO
• AVMA Professional Liability Insurance (PLIT) provided
• VIN provided
• Reimbursement for: state Veterinary License / DEA License / state VMA Dues / AVMA Dues/ /-specialty dues 
• Master accounts with online publishers: Sage, Wiley, Elsevier