Externship End-of-Program Survey

The ASPCA would like to learn about how your views and interests have been influenced by your training experience. Please help us understand your perspective by completing this voluntary, confidential survey. The survey should take less than 10 minutes. We plan to use this information to help us understand the impact of our programs, improve our training and learn how to better support you.

Please enter your name and email address below. This information will be used to track surveys and prevent duplicates, but your name/email will not be tied to any of your responses in the reporting of survey results.

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1. How many spay/neuter surgeries did you perform during your ASPCA externship?

2. Currently, how confident are you in your ability to independently perform a small animal spay/neuter?

4. How would you rate your current ability to independently perform an ovarian pedicle tie in a female cat?

5. Based on what you know at this point, how likely are you to use high-volume techniques (e.g., cord tie, ovarian pedicle tie, strangle knot/modified Miller's knot) in your future practice (when you are allowed to make the decision about which techniques to use and/or are permitted by practice policy)?

9. How did the training program influence this decision if at all?

Tell us more about how your training with us influenced this decision:

11. Please indicate how much you agree with the following statement: My expectations for attending this training program were met.

12. If your expectations were not met, please tell us more.

13. Which aspect of the externship program did you find most valuable?

14. What suggestions do you have for improving the externship program?

15. What specific feedback and/or suggestions can you offer regarding the classroom portion of our training (including topic selection, how well it fit into the curriculum alongside the hands-on-training, the way in which the material was presented, level of interactivity, etc.)? What did you love, what could you have done without?

16. How likely are you to recommend the ASPCA's training programs to a student or professional?

17. How likely are you to recommend the ASPCA to others as a potential veterinary employer?

18. How can the ASPCA best support your animal welfare efforts in the future?

19. Please share any additional comments you may have.