COURSE UNIT TITLE

: REGULATIONS AND ETHICAL APPROACHES IN LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LHB 6033 REGULATIONS AND ETHICAL APPROACHES IN LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Laboratory Animal Science

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN YILMAZ

Offered to

Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

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   LO 1. To be able to understand basic ethical rules in experimental animal studies.
2   LO 2. To be able to assimilate international and national laws about experimental animals
3   LO 3. To be able to understand the universal declaration of animal rights
4   LO 4. To be able to assimilate 3R s
5   LO 5. To be able to understand the structure of Central and Local Ethical Committee of Animal Experiments
6   LO 6. To be able to apply the ethical principles in experimental animal studies
7   LO 7. To be able to gain the skill of ethical questioning
8   LO 8. To be able to transfer gained knowledge and experience to others

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 Statements against animal experiments,Social effects of animal experiments in scientific studies Discussion of an example project Legal status of animal experiments in Turkey and in The World, Ethics in animal experiments, legislation
2 Ethical principles that should be obeyed in animal experiments Importance of housing conditions, welfare and behavior of experimental animals I
3 Animal welfare and control of pain and distress
4 MID-TERM EXAM
5 Important points that should be considered in feed, water and sleep restrictions Euthanasia and application principles Preparation of application to ethical committee of experimental animal research
6 Importance of anesthesia and analgesia in experimental animals Important principles in application of surgical techniques
7 Social effects of animal experiments in scientific studies Discussion of an example project
8 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials
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

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF * 0.40 + FIN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRF * 0.40 + FCGR*0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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

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 1 14
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 4 16
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.13534
LO.2354
LO.355344
LO.4543
LO.553343
LO.64534
LO.7543
LO.845434

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