Training Clinical Veterinarians in Nonhuman Primate Clinical Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：Michale E.德克萨斯大学基林比较医学研究中心。D.安德森癌症中心建议制定一项为期两年的计划，为兽医提供在生物医学研究环境中照顾和管理非人灵长类动物的专业培训。该计划的建立是为了应对由于生物医学研究界对这种专业知识的需求增加而导致的灵长类动物兽医短缺。在五年的时间里，该计划将支持三名居民，他们将从ACLAM认可的实验室动物医学（LAM）培训计划中招募。在KCCMR建立的课程包括一个密集的旋转核心，跨越临床医学，病理学，行为和专业发展的学科。一个由五部分组成的系列研讨会和130多个教学讲座已被纳入课程，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展和计划的成功。由LAM培训项目主任组成的外部咨询委员会将进行年度审查，并向项目主任报告审查结果。这将允许这些审计所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.