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A variety of educational and training opportunities are available for individuals at all skill levels.
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| Justification |
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Training is provided to qualified students at UC Davis through formal coursework, in which laboratory classes may be held at CNPRC, as well as through research internships, for which students receive graduation credits. Students can contact individual scientists, or send a general inquiry to
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| Qualifications |
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Applicants must have a DVM or equivalent degree. Practice experience is considered favorable, but not a requirement.
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| Duration |
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The duration of the residency program is 29 months long. Residents are evaluated by the training program coordinators at 6, 12, and 24 months with continuation contingent upon satisfactory performance.
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Core Clinical Laboratory Animal Medicine Training:
Months 1-12 of Training Program |
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The first year of the residency provides general training in the multiple diverse disciplines of a laboratory animal veterinarian. It is divided into three blocks of three months each, followed by a 2nd three-month block at either Campus Veterinary Services (CVS) or the California National Primate Research Center (CPRC). One block is dedicated to the CVS and IACUC, one block in diagnostics and pathology, and one block to the CNPRC. During the first year of rotations, residents complete the objectives of each as outlined on the Residency Programs website.
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Specialized Training including Mentored Research Project:
Months 13 - 29 of Training Program |
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The next 17 months are designed to provide the resident with a more specialized training in laboratory animal medicine. Residents selecting traditional laboratory animal medicine or nonhuman primate medicine will have 6 - 9 months to complete their research project. Residents with a primate medicine emphasis typically have 6 months to complete their projects; their projects are usually clinical in nature. Completion of a research project is required to complete the residency program. Residents are required to finish their residency project, present the results at the veterinary school's House Officer Seminar Day and submit their residency project paper to an ACLAM recognized journal before the end of their residency program. During this time residents complete the objectives of each as outlined on the Residency Programs website.
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| Didactic Training |
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The program includes clinical rounds, seminars, and classes to allow the resident the opportunity to acquire the knowledge necessary to perform as a competent laboratory animal veterinarian. Each service meets for 1 - 1.5 hours each week for rounds. This occurs within each of the services. During this time residents present clinical and diagnostic cases and medicine or diagnostic topics related to laboratory animal medicine. Rounds, seminar and classes provide approximately 50-75 hours of didactic experience per year.
During the first two years, residents participate in the weekly two hour laboratory animal medicine seminar. Also, in the first and second year, residents are expected to attend classes in Medical Primatology, Experimental Mouse Biology (I and II) and Pathology of Laboratory Animals. All coursework in these classes and tests must be completed with a passing grade for completion of the residency.
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| A residency certificate is conferred upon successful completion of the 29 month program. |
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Although this residency program is not part of the Veterinary Internship/Residency Matching Program, selection will be made in accordance with the guidelines of this program. For application procedures, salary and benefits, and other information about the residency program, please see Application and Information on the VMTH web site.
If you have further questions, contact Kari Christe, 530 752-2514 or Terry Hewett, 530 754-5598.
All residents are encouraged to obtain a California driver's license within the first year of the residency program.
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