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Laboratory Animal Science - EU Function ABD
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3129-17-00-03There are no available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 15/10/2017
Date and time01.11.2017, at: 08:00 - 31.01.2018, at: 16:00
Regular seats18
Course fee15,240.00 kr.
LecturersAxel Kornerup Hansen
ECTS credits11.00
Contact personHelle Vinberg    E-mail address: hvin@sund.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). All other participants must pay the course fee.
Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student, you will be placed on the waiting list for the course until enrollment deadline. After the deadline of enrollment, available seats will be allocated to students on the waiting list.

Learning objectives
After completing the course the student is expected to

• understand that animal experimentation is complicated and requires current training to secure the well-being of the animals and the scientific outcome
• explain the biological basis of laboratory animal breeding and maintenance, housing and management including basic genetics and reproduction, health monitoring, housing and handling (pre-, intra and post-procedural)
• explain the legal basis for animal experimentation
• explain and critically evaluate the scientific methods applied within animal experimentation including blood sampling, injections, principles for drug-development and testing, anesthesia and analgesia and evaluation of pain -and stress related behaviour in laboratory animals
• discuss the basic biology of laboratory animals including behavioural and physiological needs
• explain and critically evaluate basic knowledge relating to design and evaluation of studies using live animals

Skills
After completing the course the student is expected to

• organize self-training on handling and procedures in the most common laboratory animals
• discuss and evaluate the basic principles on how to use animals for research
• discuss and evaluate principles of procedures on their future experiments
• discuss, evaluate and argue about the ethical basis for the use of animals for research

Competencies
After completing the course the student is expected to

• independently take responsibility to implement and further develop practical skills in handling of common rodents used for research
• independently take responsibility to implement and further develop practical skills in the performance of basic animal experiments
• achieve a personal license to independently plan, implement and take responsibility for the design and performance of animal experimentation within the European Union according to the EU Directive 2010/63/EU Article 23.2 and the Danish executive order 12 of 07/01/2016, §56.

Content
The course is a function A/B/D course according to the EU Directive 2010/63/EU Article 23.2 (previously designated category C), accredited by the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) as well as the Ministry of Environment and Food under the Danish Government.

The course gives practical and theoretic introduction to handling, housing and using laboratory animals and how to replace, refine and reduce the use of live animals for research.

After completed course, the participant will get a FELASA accredited certificate from the University of Copenhagen, and will be registered in the European FELASA database. The participant will thus be entitled to achieve a personal license to independently plan, implement and take responsibility for the design and performance of animal experimentation within the European Union according to the EU Directive 2010/63/EU Article 23.2 and the Danish executive order 12 of 07/01/2016, §56.

The course adheres to the EU Directive 2010/63/EU and the more detailed learning outcomes described by EU's expert working group in 'A working document on the development of a common education and training framework to fulfill the requirements under the Directive' (click here for more info: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/pdf/guidance/education_training/en.pdf).


Participants
PhD students, (Post-docs and other academic staff should apply directly on http://emed.ku.dk/kurser/tilmelding/.)

Language
English

Form
Theory is offered via online teaching (e-lectures, case studies, theoretical exercises) at all times, with the possibility to meet teachers on-line and in person on regular occasions.

Compulsory hands-on practicals on animals are offered regularly on dates selected by the participants.

The course is ended with a written examination.

Course director
Axel Kornerup Hansen, Professor, DVM
Department of Veterinary Disease Biology
akh@sund.ku.dk

Teachers
Staff at the Department of Experimental Medicine, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, other departtments at the University of Copenhagen, as well as a few external teachers.

Dates
Course start: November 1st 2017
Examination in January 2018

Course location
Department of Experimental Medicine, Panum, Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200 Copenhagen N.
Frederiksberg Campus, Dyrlægevej 45, DK-1870, Frederiksberg.

Registration: Please register before October 15, 2017.

Admission to PhD students from Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the rules in force.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrollment.

Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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