The department of Pathology and Microbiology at the Atlantic Veterinary College is seeking applications for a student assistant position.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be a current UPEI student with preference will be given to a first- or second-year DVM students with a stated interest in wildlife veterinary science
• Prophylactic vaccination against rabies is essential
• Previous wildlife experience is desirable
• Experience utilizing a variety of computer software programs (e.g., spreadsheets, word processing, e-mail, web browsers)
• Independent work habits
  Priority will be given to University of Prince Edward Island students in accordance with Recruitment, Selection, Hiring and Employment Policies and the Procedures manual.

• Participate in necropsies of routine diagnostic specimens (a wide variety of wild avian and mammalian species) submitted to the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC)
• Under the supervision of a wildlife pathologist or technologist, trim formalin-fixed tissue samples for routine histological processing
• Data entry into the CWHC database, including results of routine necropsies
• Other activities as required (e.g., field or laboratory work related to specific research projects, literature searches, database searches)