Additional Rodent Anesthesia and Surgery Training

Rodent Anesthesia and Surgery Training

REQUIRED PREREQUISITES: IACUC Mouse/Rat Basic Handling or Euthanasia Class must be completed prior to registrations for the below courses. Please contact [email protected] or Rodent Anesthesia and Surgical Principles Training 

IACUC Rodent Anesthesia Principles: In-person (90-minute) interactive course that includes information on anesthesia, analgesia, effective preparation and application, and post-procedural care.

Rodent Aseptic Technique and Surgical Skills: In-person (3-hour) interactive course that includes information on aseptic technique, perioperative preparation, wound closure, and practical application in a non-animal training model. This course is designed to introduce novice surgeons with little to no prior experience to core surgical concepts.

Rodent Basic Surgery Short Course: A two-day  (90-minute virtual lecture + 3-hour practical training) interactive course that includes information on anesthesia, analgesia, aseptic technique, wound closure, and practical application in an osmotic pump placement model. This course is designed to reinforce core surgical concepts and refine technical skills in surgeons with previous hands-on experience. 

Special Surgical Techniques: In-person interactive session for surgical development of techniques for renal capsular transplantation, hindlimb ischemia model, adrenalectomy, mammary fat pad injection with incision, skin pellet transplantation, prostate gland injection, and protocol-specific procedures considered on a case-by-case basis.

See informational flyer here: Rodent Anesthesia and Surgical Principles Training