Reducing the number of animals used for microsurgery training programs by using a task-trainer simulator

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-77

  Guerreschi, P ^a   Qassemyar, A ^a   Thevenet, J ^b   Hubert, T ^b   Fontaine, C ^b   Duquennoy Martinot, V ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

3Rs (reduce, refine, replace); Animal welfare; Medical education; Microsurgery; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROSURGERY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RAT; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

3RS (REDUCE; ANIMAL WELFARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSURGERY; REFINE; REPLACE); SIMULATION;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84901325038     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: 17581117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023677213514045     Document Type: Article

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