ONPRC Nonhuman Primate Veterinary Clinical Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：俄勒冈健康与科学大学及其研究所、俄勒冈国家灵长类动物研究中心请求资金，为有兴趣从事非人类灵长类动物 (NHP) 医学职业的兽医提供临床经验和教学教育。 NHP 是生物医学研究的重要组成部分，涉及艾滋病、癌症、阿尔茨海默病、帕金森病、糖尿病和心血管疾病等人类疾病。高质量的兽医护理和对使用 NHP 的研究项目的监督对于研究项目的成功和对所涉及动物的人道护理至关重要。 参与该计划的居民将主要在动物资源部门临床医学部门工作，该部门有大量入院或门诊治疗的动物。其中一些动物将参与研​​究项目，因此这需要研究人员和参与居民之间的互动。除了临床医学经验之外，住院医生还将被分配到病理学部门工作，以更好地了解疾病过程和对研究方案的潜在影响。此外，住院医师将在由 NHP 外科专家领导的外科服务部门进行轮换，并向住院医生介绍专门的外科手术、术中监测和术后护理。通过行为方面的临床病例管理、有组织的教育计划和特定项目的工作见习，参与者居民还将与行为科学部门合作，将 NHP 心理健康的重要性与总体健康联系起来。与 NHP 资源和运营部的正式轮换将提供对促进研究所需的畜牧服务的全面了解，而与遗传资源和信息学计划 (GRIP) 的正式轮换将提供对育种群体健康的遗传管理整合的接触。课堂课程将包括 NHP 临床医学、动物福利法规、伦理、良好实验室规范、动物护理和使用指南等主题的讲座。住院医师还将负责在临床兽医查房中每周介绍至少一个临床病例，并在每月兽医查房中介绍一个临床主题。其他资源包括每周一次的 AFIP 幻灯片会议和病理学查房、每两个月一次的美国实验动物医学学院委员会研究小组、访问科学家的每周演示以及 ONPRC 科学家的正在进行的研讨会。两次为期一个月的实习将扩大住院医师在临床灵长类动物学和其他 NHP 管理策略方面的经验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Oregon Health & Science University and its Institute, the Oregon National Primate Research Center requests funds to provide clinical experience and didactic education to veterinarians interested in pursuing a career in nonhuman primate (NHP) medicine. NHPs are a critical part of biomedical research that deals with human disease such as AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases, among others. High quality veterinary care and oversight of research projects using NHPs is central for the success of the research projects and the humane care of the animals involved. The participant residents involved in this program will work primarily in the Division of Animal Resources Clinical Medicine Unit which has a large caseload of animals admitted to the hospital or treated as outpatients. Some of these animals will be attached to research projects and therefore this will require interaction between researchers and the participant residents. Beyond clinical medicine experience, the residents will be assigned to work within the Pathology Unit to better understand disease processes and potential effects on research protocols. Additionally, the residents will rotate through the Surgical Services Unit headed by an NHP surgical specialist and will be introduced to specialized surgical procedures, intra-operative monitoring and post-surgical care. Through the management of clinical cases with a behavioral aspect, organized educational programs and job shadowing of specific projects participant residents will also work with the Behavioral Science Unit in order to tie together the importance of psychological well being of NHPs with general health. Formal rotations with NHP Resources and Operations will provide a full understanding of husbandry services necessary to promote research and with the Genetics Resource & Informatics Program (GRIP) will provide exposure to the integration of genetics management for the health of the breeding colonies. Classroom sessions will include lectures on NHP clinical medicine, animal welfare regulations, ethics, Good Laboratory Practices, and animal care and use guidelines among other topics. Residents will also be responsible for presenting at least one clinical case per week at clinical veterinary rounds and a clinical topic at monthly veterinary rounds. Additional resources include weekly AFIP slide conferences and pathology rounds, bimonthly American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine boards study group and weekly presentations from visiting scientists and work in progress seminars by ONPRC scientists. Two, one-month long externships will broaden the resident's experience in clinical primatology and with other NHP management strategies.