ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Alternatives in Education-Rat and Mouse Simulators Evaluated from Course Trainers' and Supervisors' Perspective.
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- Building a sustainable framework for laboratory animal welfare and ethics education: challenges and reform strategies.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- A 3D-Printed Dummy for Training Distal Phalanx Amputation in Mice.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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- Alternatives in Education-Evaluation of Rat Simulators in Laboratory Animal Training Courses from Participants' Perspective.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Anatomical Evaluation of Rat and Mouse Simulators for Laboratory Animal Science Courses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Establishment of anFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Simulators allow the inexperienced to practice their skills prior to exercise on live animals. Therefore, they bear great potential in overcoming the dilemma between the present demand for high-quality practical training involving live animals whilst implementing the 3R principle according to the Directive 2010/63/EU. Currently, one mouse and six rat simulators are commercially available. As data on their impact are lacking, this project aimed at providing an overview of the awareness, implementation, and methodical and practical satisfaction provided by 35 course trainers and supervisors of laboratory animal training courses for mice and rats regarding the simulators available. Although simulators facilitate training of relevant techniques and relatively high awareness of them seemed to be present, their implementation is currently very low, possibly due to lack of meeting the respondents' demands. Thus, this study revealed the overall approval of simulator training and general demand for user-optimized, realistic, and financially affordable simulators and, hence, indicates a strong impulse for new developments strengthening the 3Rs as a benefit to all animals used in research.
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