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Step 1
Before you enter your junior year of high school, you should start considering veterinary colleges. Entry into the school is extremely competitive, the students who are accepted into the program are the ones that have prepared themselves. When you apply at the school you will have submit an entrance exam, your ACT/SAT scores, and your high school transcripts. Although it is not required that you declare your specialty at this time, knowing the type of patients you want to spend your career treating, will help you determine which veterinary school best suits you.
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Step 2
Intern at your local veterinary clinic. The more hours you spend working or interning at a veterinary clinic the better your chances are of getting accepted into a veterinary school. Although the best situation is being able to intern at a clinic that deals with your specialty, if there aren't any in your immediate area don't worry to much about it. Working at a small animal clinic, even if your interest is large animal, will provide you with a working knowledge of drugs, how to handle clients, and basic surgical procedures. You should also plan on working or interning at veterinary clinics during breaks and vacations from schools.
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Step 3
Apply at the Sonora Veterinary Group in Sonora Arizona. Explain to them that you are ready to begin your residency, and would like to do so at their clinic. You will be asked to go in for an interview where you and the other veterinarians will discuss what type of work you will be doing, your hours, and whether or not there is a chance of you being hired as a full time veterinarian specialist after you have completed your residency.
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Step 4
Contact the Arizona State Veterinary Medicine Examination Board. This organization oversees every single veterinarian in the state, including Sonora. If a patient or another veterinarian makes a complaint about your medical abilities, they will contact this organization who will then determine an appropriate course of action. In order to practice veterinary medicine in the state of Arizona you must be registered with the examination board.
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Step 5
Before you can begin your residency you will have to take an examination that will test your competence. This examination will be administered by the Arizona State Veterinary Medicine Examination Board. Your examination is a written test and the questions are multiple choice. It can be taken on second Friday of the month.
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Step 6
Every two years you will have to renew your Arizona veterinary license. Failure to do so will result in you being unable to practice any type of veterinary medicine in Sonora. The test is administered during even numbered years and can be taken in January or June.
