IACUC training: from new-member orientation to continuing education.
IACUC training is essential to ensure that the self-regulatory process is effective. Unfortunately, there are few official guidelines on methods to accomplish this goal. The author suggests multiple approaches for training new committee members and for the continuing education of the Committee as a whole.
James
Mary Lou
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Regulatory Compliance, Research Animal Welfare. mljames@mo.net.
D035661:Animal Care Committees; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D007756:Laboratory Animal Science / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D016134:Organizational Policy