SHUA13010E Exam in Laboratory Animal Science, Human Biology
Volume 2017/2018
Education
MSc Programme in Human Biology - compulsory
Content
Exam
Learning Outcome
Exam
Workload
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 2
- Total
- 2
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Exam
- Credit
- 5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written examination, 2 hours under invigilation---
- Exam registration requirements
Course certificate in Laboratory Animal Science, SHUA13010U
- Aid
- Without aids
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
More than one internal examiner
- Exam period
Week 19
Criteria for exam assesment
To achieve the grade Passed, the student must adequately be able to:
Knowledge
- 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
- 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
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- SHUA13010E
- Credit
- 5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- Exam
- Course capacity
- No limit
- Study board
- The Study Board for Human Biology and Immunology
Contracting department
- Department of Experimental Medicine
Course Coordinators
- Klas Abelson (6-6e6f647664654376787167316e7831676e)
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