Training Clinical Veterinarians in Nonhuman Primate Clinical Medicine

描述(由申请人提供)：德克萨斯大学M.D.安德森癌症中心的米歇尔·E·基林比较医学和研究中心(KCCMR)建议开发一个为期两年的项目，为兽医提供在生物医学研究环境中护理和管理非人类灵长类动物的专业培训。这项计划的建立是为了应对公认的灵长类兽医短缺，因为生物医学研究界对这种专业知识的需求不断增加。在五年的时间里，该计划将支持从ACLAM认可的实验动物医学(LAM)培训计划中招募的三名住院医生。在KCCMR建立的课程包括一个密集的核心轮换，横跨临床医学、病理学、行为学和专业发展的学科。课程包括五个部分的系列研讨会和130多个授课讲座，以提供这些领域的基本知识。建立了内部和外部两种方法来评估居民的进步和计划的成功。由LAM培训计划主任组成的外部咨询委员会将进行年度审查，并向计划主任报告结果。这将允许纠正这些审计确定的问题区域，而不会在计划内过度浪费时间。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research (KCCMR) at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center proposes to develop a two-year program to provide veterinarians with specialty training in the care and management of nonhuman primates in a biomedical research environment. Establishment of this program is in response to a recognized shortage of primate veterinarians due to the increased demands for this expertise in the biomedical research community. Over a period of five years, this program will support three residents that will be recruited from ACLAM-recognized Laboratory Animal Medicine (LAM) training programs. The curriculum established at the KCCMR includes an intensive core of rotations that spans the disciplines of clinical medicine, pathology, behavior and professional development. A five part seminar series and over 130 didactic lectures have been integrated into the curriculum to provide essential knowledge in these areas. Both internal and external methods have been established to evaluate the progress of the residents and the success of the program. An External Advisory Committee composed of directors of LAM training programs will conduct yearly reviews and report their findings to the Program Director. This will allow problem areas identified by these audits to be corrected without an inordinate loss of time within the program.