Applying the "3 Rs": training course in surgical techniques.
As the use of surgical procedures in rodents becomes increasingly common in biomedical research, institutions face the challenge of ensuring that personnel are properly trained to perform these procedures. The author describes a microsurgery training course in use at Columbia University.
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Microsurgery Research and Training Laboratory, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, PH11-1158, New York, NY 10032, USA. ya67@columbia.edu
D000818:Animals; D003479:Curriculum; D007756:Laboratory Animal Science / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D051379:Mice; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000193:education / Q000662:veterinary*; D051381:Rats; D013522:Surgery, Veterinary / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*