Animal Use Personnel Training

The UM is mandated by federal regulations to provide a program for education and training of animal care and use personnel. All personnel must be trained in the proper methods and techniques prior to beginning any procedures involving the use of animals.

The UCUCA office staff offers free training to all animal care and use personnel working under an UCUCA-approved protocol. Most classes are presented on a regular basis and are typically one or two hours in length. Depending on the subject, classes are taught in lecture or workshop format to give the students an optimal learning environment. Valuable hands-on experience is offered in the workshop courses. Information and materials are continually updated to include the most current procedures available.

The course schedule and registration pages now include listings for eSirius training classes. This class is not mandatory; however, it is strongy encouraged for Principal Investigators to attend one of the training sessions prior to using eSirius.

Click on the links below to read descriptions of all available courses and to register for a course. Please note that some classes listed on the description page are not currently scheduled. If you need to take one of the non-scheduled courses, please email the UCUCA Office.

Course Descriptions

Registration (NOTE: To register for the Microisolation Cage Techniques for Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) Animals, please go to the ULAM website.)

UM Research Training Website: This site links to workshops and classes offered by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Division of Research and Development Administration (DRDA) & Financial Operations, the Program for Education and Evaluation in Responsible Research and Scholarship (PEERRS), and Center for Advancement of Clinical Research (CACR).