Panama Wildlife Veterinary Medicine

This was such an amazing experience and I've grown to love everyone on and involved in this trip. You can tell how much everyone cares about your learning and that they want you to succeed in the future!

Loop Abroad has been able to give me such amazing opportunities to challenge and show off my veterinary knowledge. I have been so glad to take the big step and be part of this awesome eprogram. Everyone from the Loop Abroad staff, to the amazing friends I have met from this trip, I have never felt so welcome out of the country.

I absolutely adored my time at Panama. Every experience was unforgettable. The veterinarians here are truly passionate and love to spread their knowledge and educate the students. This trip inspired me to push for a future in exotics so I can experience life the way the veterinarians I worked with do. I also cherish the connections I made with other people on this trip.

Being on this trip allowed me to learn a lot about myself & the passion I have for wildlife. I'm walking away from this program with knowledge I didn't have before, awesome and unexpected friendship and countless memories! I'm glad I chose to attend a Loop Abroad program!

My Loop Abroad experience was been life-changing. It helped me learn so much that I will need with my future career working with animals. In addition to all of the knowledge, I have gained, I have amazing memories to look back on. I loved going to the APPC and helping with the sloths. Both our instrucotrs were absolutely wonderful. They supported me in every way they could and ensured I got the most out of my experience. They made me feel comfortable and safe and were overall amazing! I highly recommend going on one of these trips

This trip was such a wonderful experience. I made many special connections with people from all over and I feel more confident about taking the next steps for my future. Our leaders made the whole experience super special. They went out of their way to make connections with us and were very patient when teaching. Thank you Loop Abroad - it's been amazing!

Our leaders really made the trip special by giving me help when I was feeling sick and being so kind and understanding throughout the whole trip! Our hosts also made it special by guiding us through the hands-on work and answering all our extra questions. My favorite part was the boat tour to see the wild monkeys and giving vitamin shots to the parrots!

This program gave me a lot more knowledge about animals - specifically exotics. I am so grafetul for everyone I met and everything I learned. I'm even more excited about my future in vet med because of this trip. I had a lot of fun feeding and working with the sloths. I also really enjoyed going to see the wild capuchin monkeys! :)

Loop Abroad is amazing and allows you to gain experiences that would be difficult to find elsewhere! I made so many friends and connections and I'm extremely grateful for all of the Loop Abroad staff I met. Definitely one of the best experiences I've ever had in my life.

My leaders were both amazing to learn from and work with! They were inspirations as vets and I love their outlook on this profession. I really enjoyed the clinic, especially with all the cases. I also loved the sloth necropsy, the beach, snorkeling, and the Panama Canal!

This trip taught me so much. It gave me knowledge I can use for a long time and was an experience I will always look back on. The leaders were there to answer all the qeustions and just made me feel very welcome. I especially loved the sloths and all the other animals!

This is a phenomenal program that has taught me a lot. Nowhere else would I be able to chill on a beach under a sleeping sloth, give macaws shots, or learn so much about exotic wildlife. This trip changed my future and I will always be grateful!

This trip was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The clnic taught me so much about exotic animal care and my leaders were so caring. I got to meet some amazing friends as well! My favorite part was working in the clinic and going to beach.

I absolutely loved Loop Abroad. My leaders made it so amazing. I highly recommend this to anyone. I really enjoyed going to the beach because I loved being at the ocean and spending the day snorkeling.

I really enjoyed my trip to Panama, in two weeks I got more hands-on experience than most of my classmates back home got in two months working at a vet clinic. We got to work with many exotics and the staff was always friendly and willing to answer questions! You also have such a fun time exploring Panama and doing activities with your group!

I loved this trip so much. Everyone on the trip, including the vets and other volunteers was amazing. I felt like I could not have gotten this great experience without Loop Abroad. I got the real hands-on experience that I have never had before. I also feel like I got insider views on the Veterinarian world instead of my previous outside views. I would highly recommend people to take this trip because not only is it great for your future career, but it also had fun experiences that taught us about Panama and let us go sightseeing!

Loop abroad Panamá was PANAMAZING!! Every single staff member in-country and Loop staff was extremely knowledgeable and kind. We had lectures on many different topics such as Panamanian wildlife, exotic restraint/anesthesia, and the illegal pet trade from experienced vets- even the dean of Panamá's vet school came to give a lecture on echocardiograms! We got to have hands-on experiences every single day and be involved in appointments at Centro Veterinario Panamá. Some examples of the amazing activities we did: suturing a cadaver, blood smears, deworming macaws, ultrasound guided aspirates (of a grape), venipuncture, feeding baby sloths, necropsy, restraint, and so much more! We had a small group so a veterinarian was always right by our side helping us and answering questions. It was easy to tell they were truly excited to teach. We got to know all of the staff and fellow students on a personal level and I will always cherish those relationships. We also did some tourist things like a trip to the beach, casco viejo, and ziplining. All of the food was incredible and the living situation was very nice as well. Loop made the travel process easy and I never once felt unsafe. We had a very nice living room area to spend time with our groupmates and always had activities and games to do together in the evenings. The in-country staff welcomed us into their country and clinic with open arms and made sure we had an authentic Panamanian experience. There was never a boring moment in the whole trip-they truly packed as many amazing experiences they could into the time we had.

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This trip was very hands on and allowed all of us students to hone real life veterinary skills. We got to work with all different types of species from dogs and cats to ferrets, macaws, and snakes. Every day was jam packed filled with unique, fun, and engaging learning opportunities. Our days off allowed for us to explore Panama and learn more about the culture. Cannot say enough good things about this trip (:

During the Panama Wildlife Veterinary Medicine program I was able to get loads of hands on experience, cultural emersion, and new friends! I enjoyed the people, the amazing sights, and of course all of the animals we were able to interact with. I am 100% planning on traveling with Loop Abroad again in the future.

I have never been on a veterinary focused trip before and I was hesitant since I just didn't know what to expect. I'm also vegetarian and was worried about the food options, but everything was amazing. The housing was great, I felt safe everywhere we went. I wanted to make sure I got to be as hands on as I wanted, and was able to ask questions and talk to doctors and get exposure I couldn't get anywhere else. This trip EXCEEDED all of my expectations. The doctors were amazing, the leaders are now my mentors and friends. I would recommend this trip to anyone wanting to work on their medical Spanish, anyone who wants more exotic experience and wants to fine tune some of the skills they might already have. 1000/10!

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