Training Clinical Veterinarians in Nonhuman Primate Clinical Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：德克萨斯大学安德森癌症中心的迈克尔·e·基林比较医学与研究中心（KCCMR）提议开展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灵长类动物的专业培训。由于生物医学研究界对这方面专业知识的需求增加，灵长类动物兽医出现了公认的短缺，因此建立了这个项目。在五年的时间里，该项目将支持三名从aclam认可的实验动物医学（LAM）培训项目中招募的住院医师。KCCMR建立的课程包括临床医学、病理学、行为学和专业发展学科的密集核心轮转。课程中纳入了五部分的系列讨论会和130多个教学讲座，以提供这些领域的基本知识。已经建立了内部和外部方法来评估居民的进步和项目的成功。由LAM培训项目负责人组成的外部咨询委员会将进行年度审查，并向项目总监报告调查结果。这将允许通过这些审核确定的问题区域得到纠正，而不会在程序中浪费过多的时间。

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.