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Post-doctoral fellows attending weekly pathology
rounds
The primary goal of the program is to teach the knowledge,
methodological skills, and scholarly work habits, which
will enable trainees to conduct research to advance knowledge
in biology and medicine.
The first year of training (PHASE
I) is provided by the UW and is centered upon specialty
training in laboratory animal medicine and science. Rotations
include the clinical and pathology units (six months), the
Primate Center (three months), and the Animal Science Section
(3 months). The postdoctoral students also attend two weekly
one-hour sessions: Clinical and Pathology Conference in
the Department of Comparative Medicine, and Grand Rounds
in the Department of Medicine. This initial year also serves
the function of allowing many interactions with UW investigators,
offering an opportunity for trainees to locate a research
mentor in their area of interest for the second phase of
their training.
The overall goal of remaining three years (PHASE
II) of the training program is to teach the content
knowledge, methodological skills, and scholarly work habits
which will enable trainees to conduct research to advance
knowledge in the field of comparative medicine. This is
accomplished through the mentor relationship with an established
scientist and full participation in a research project.
Specific objectives include the instruction of trainees
in the principles of experimental design, statistics, data
collection, grant writing, the preparation of manuscripts,
and the ethical principles of research, including animal
experimentation and the humane care and use of laboratory
animals.
Courses cover laboratory animal
biology, techniques and methods for use of animals, current
uses of induced and naturally-occurring animal models, diseases
and care of laboratory animals, and discussions of the ethical
questions surrounding animal use.
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