COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN LABORATORY ANIMAL RESEARCH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 5031 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN LABORATORY ANIMAL RESEARCH ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

The Institute Of Health Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN YILMAZ

Offered to

Radiopharmaceutical Sciences
Perfusion Techniques
Molecular Medicine
PHYSIOLOGY
Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

By this course it is aimed to teach the students and researches who will make experimental animal study, ethical rules and use ethical principles in the experimental animal studies that they plan.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To be able to understand basic ethical rules in experimental animal studies.
2   2. To be able to assimilate international and national laws about experimental animals
3   3. To be able to understand the universal declaration of animal rights
4   4. To be able to assimilate 3R s
5   5. To be able to understand the structure of Central Ethical Committee of Animal Experiments
6   6. To be able to understand the structure of Local Ethical Committee of Animal Experiments
7   7. To be able to apply the ethical principles in experimental animal studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Legal regulations for the use of experimental animals in historical perspective
2 Statements against animal experiments
3 Legal status of animal experiments in Turkey and in The World, Ethics in animal experiments, legislation
4 Ethical principles that should be obeyed in animal experiments
5 Importance of housing conditions, welfare and behavior of experimental animals
6 Animal welfare Control of pain and distress
7 Importance of anesthesia and analgesia in experimental animals
8 Mid term
9 Important principles in application of surgical techniques
10 Important points that should be considered in feed, water and sleep restrictions
11 Euthanasia and application principles
12 Preparation of application to ethical committee of experimental animal research
13 Social effects of animal experiments in scientific studies Discussion of an example project
14 Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

R.Barone, C.PAVAUN, p.c. Blın, P.Cuq : Anatomıe DuLapın, Atlas Of Rabbıt Anatomy, Masson c. Editeurs 1973
Sıegfrıed Jung : Grundlagen fürdie Zucht und Haltung der wichtigsten Versuchstiere, Gustov Fıscher Verlag Stutgart 1961.
Patrick F.Sharp. Marie C.La Regina, : The Laboratory Rat, CRC Press London 1998
H.B Waynforth: Experimental and Surgical Technique in the Rat Academıc Press London 1980
James G . Fox, Bennett. J. Cohen, Franklin M. Loew : Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academıc Press, Inc. 1984.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentations
2. Topic research, interactive discussion and commenting
3. Homework preparation
4. Evaluation of information
5. Evaluation of a project of the Local Ethical Committee

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.60 +ASG * 0.10+ FIN* 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.60 +ASG * 0.10+ RST* 0.30


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. It is evaluated if theoretical presentations were understood and if objectives were reached by midterm and final exams
2. It is evaluated if they can apply what they learned by homework presentations and discussion sessions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr, 0 232 412 4651

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 2 3 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 1 14 14
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.144
LO.24444
LO.3444
LO.44444
LO.544
LO.644444
LO.74444

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