Lewis DI and Cooper C. Educating the next generation of in-vivo scientists: Meeting the needs of industry & academia. Paper presented at: The Three Rs - Together it's possible. 8th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences; 2011 Aug 21-25; Montreal, Canada


Abstract

The 2007 Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry report "In-vivo Sciences in the UK; Sustaining the supply of skills in the 21st Century" highlighted the need to continue to provide an education and training in in-vivo sciences in order to ensure that the United Kingdom has sufficient in-vivo scientists with the necessary skills to maintain its position as a world leader in biomedical research. The report also concluded that it is essential that this training is provided at the earliest possible opportunity.
This presentation will argue for the need to provide a select cohort of undergraduate students who intend to follow a career in biomedical research, either in industry or academia, with an education and practical experience in integrative studies. It will also argue that all students on undergraduate courses in the biomedical sciences should be provided with some exposure to isolated tissue experimental preparations in the course of their studies. However, any such training must be accompanied by a substantial training in the ethics of the use of animals or animal tissues in research, complimentary experimental techniques and the principles of the 3Rs.
The presentation will also include the perspective of an undergraduate pharmacology student who has completed an in- vivo Industrial Placement year, a final year in-vivo techniques module and utilised an ex-vivo preparation in her Final Year project.



Author's contacts: d.i.lewis@leeds.ac.uk

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Link to journal: ALTEX - Alternatives to Animal Experimentation