22/02 ADVANCED SURGERY COURSE FOR RESEARCH IN RODENTS
Within the Animal Model platform, this activity has been designed to take place in the Experimental Medicine and Surgery Unit between 23 May and 7 June 2016. The animal model to be used will be the rat/mouse.
Objectives: This is a practical course designed to train students in experimental surgical work with laboratory animals, providing practical training in surgery and microsurgery. The course will cover various surgical techniques that may be of interest to different clinical areas such as neurology, hepatology, reproduction, etc.
Characteristics: The course is aimed at doctoral students, researchers, residents, doctors or anyone intending to learn how to perform surgery or microsurgery on rodents: rats and mice. They must have experience in the routine and basic handling of rodents and basic techniques such as handling rodents, different types of injections, suturing, recognition of signs of pain, etc. Students may be internal or external to the hospital.
Content: Inoculation of substances, orotracheal intubation, tracheostomy, vasectomy, castration, ovariectomy, vein and artery catheterisation, hepatectomy, transfer to the oviduct and microsurgical suturing.
Places: 6 students
Hours: 4 hours of theory and 26 hours of practical work. Accredited course.
Price: 1400 € (reduced prices for the first registrations -900€ external students and 700€ IiSGM students)
Registration period: From 22 February to 1 May.