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SUMMARY:Establishing a culture of care in research animal facilities
DESCRIPTION:With tutor Lucy Whitfield MA VetMB DLAS PGCert(VetEd) FHEA MRCVS\nThis unit will provide the learner with the opportunity to consider the concept of a ‘Culture of care’ and to discuss ways in which it can be developed within the animal facility. \nOnline only – 20 and 26 November; 4\, 11 and 17 December (1PM-3PM) \nThis course does have some pre-reading to complete. It will not take more than a couple of hours. \n\nCourse Details\nDiploma Credits: 10\n\nIAT CPD Credits: 30\n\nTutor: Lucy Whitfield\nYou will cover\n\n 	Culture\n 	Culture of care\n\nKey Skills you will develop\n\n 	Ability to identify the different types of culture that can exist in a working environment\n 	Knowledge and understanding of processes to develop and promote an effective workplace culture of care\n 	Ability to critically appraise influences that impact the culture of care in the workplace\n 	Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the culture of care\n\n*Further IAT fees may apply
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SUMMARY:Pain and distress in laboratory animals
DESCRIPTION:With tutors Prof Paul Flecknell MA\, VetMB\, PhD\, DLAS\, FRCVS\, FIAT (hon) and Matt Leach PhD\nUnderstanding\, preventing and alleviating pain and distress is a key part of the responsibilities of many animal care staff. This may involve directly evaluating the welfare state of animals and implementing refinements to their care or participating in the ethical review process and contributing to the harm: benefit analysis of research projects. \nThis unit provides an overview of pain and distress in laboratory animals\, gives an introduction to pain and nociception\, and current concepts of animal welfare. It provides detailed information on evaluating and managing pain in rodents\, and an overview of pain in larger species and in non-mammalian species. The evaluation of severity of research procedures is discussed\, together with the issues surrounding cumulative severity and retrospective assessment of procedures. \nOnline only – Zoom 7-10th December 2026. Pre-course material will be available two weeks before the course starts.  \nWe highly recommend completion of the level 4 unit Physiology of pain and distress in laboratory animals\, and the level 5 unit Recognition of pain\, suffering and distress\, before attending this unit. \n\nCourse Details\nDiploma Credits: 30\n\nIAT CPD Credits: 60\n\nTutors: Paul Flecknell & Matt Leach\nYou will cover\n\n 	Current concepts:  pain\, distress and animal welfare\n 	Normal behavior\n 	Methods for assessing and recording the welfare of animals\n 	Humane end points\n 	Severity classifications\n 	Team approach\n 	Minimising pain and distress\n\nKey Skills you will develop\n\n 	An understanding of current concepts of pain and distress and animal welfare\n 	Ability to recognise normal or desirable behaviour and appearance of animals\, and abnormal behaviour and signs of discomfort\, pain\, suffering\, or distress\n 	Ability to describe what a humane end point is and discuss their use\n 	Ability to describe the severity classifications\n 	Knowledge and understanding of the use of refinement to minimize welfare concerns\n 	Knowledge and understanding of effective welfare assessment strategies\n\n\n\n\nFor a taste of Prof Flecknell’s teaching\, click below to see a recent webinar he gave about pain and distress in rodents.
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