Training of Graduate Veterinarians in Clinical Primate Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的主要目的是为临床灵长类医学的兽医研究生提供全面的培训机会，使他们能够发展必要的技能，在生物医学研究中为非人类灵长类动物提供临床护理和研究临床支持，并管理宝贵的灵长类动物资源。这一使命反映了CNPRC的机构目标，该机构自1974年以来一直在临床灵长类医学方面提供住院医师培训。在经验丰富的灵长类动物兽医的直接监督下，该项目的参与者将接受非人类灵长类动物临床医学和外科各方面的培训和经验，以及灵长类动物行为、繁殖群体管理以及与在研究中使用非人类灵长类动物有关的监管和伦理问题的相关领域。此外，常驻学员将获得临床研究项目的设计和执行方面的实践经验，这些项目将推进非人类灵长类动物临床护理的最新技术，或进一步表征影响非人类灵长类动物的疾病，作为人类疾病的潜在研究模型。参与者还将受益于医学院和兽医学院以及位于UCD校园内的比较医学中心提供的知识环境和培训资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of this application is to provide a comprehensive training opportunity for graduate veterinarians in clinical primate medicine, so that they may develop skills necessary to assume leadership positions in providing clinical care and research clinical support for nonhuman primates in biomedical research, and in managing valuable primate resources. This mission reflects the institutional goals of the CNPRC, which has been providing residency training in clinical primate medicine continuously since 1974. Under the direct supervision of experienced primate veterinarians, participants in this program will receive training and experience in all aspects of nonhuman primate clinical medicine and surgery, as well as in the related areas of primate behavior, breeding colony management, and regulatory and ethical issues relating to the use of nonhuman primates in research. In addition, resident participants will gain practical experience in the design and execution of clinical research projects that advance the state-of-the-art of clinical care of nonhuman primates, or further characterize diseases affecting nonhuman primates as potential research models of human disease. Participants will also benefit from the intellectual environment and training resources provided by the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and the Center for Comparative Medicine, co-located on the UCD campus.