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Course Description Course Name : Laboratory animals Course Code : FİZ500 Course Type : Compulsory Level of Course : Second Cycle Year of Study : 1 Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks) ECTS : 5 Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. AYŞE DOĞAN Learning Outcomes of the Course : Students can identify laboratory animals • Knows how to look after and how to produce laboratory animals •Knows about ethical rules and protocols about laboratory animals .Knows to make anaesthesie and surgical applications •Knows euthanasia methods and how to spirit away dead laboratory animals •Knows about laboratory animals´ infectious diseases •Identifies laboratory animals´ pain and suffering Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : To obtain information and experience about the laboratory animals for experimental studies in the Department of Physiology Course Contents : The content of this lesson is care and use of laboratory animals, keeping laboratory animals, injection of laboratory animals, bloodletting, feeding and nutrition of laboratory animals, surgery and post-surgery care of laboratory animals, anaesthesie, identification of pain and analgesia, policies and responsibilities about the care and use of animals, euthanasia, infectious diseases of laboratory animals Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Medical Faculty, Seminar Hall of Physiology Department   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Policies and responsibilities about the care and use of animals Reading recommended sources Lecturing 2 Laboratory Animal Physiology (Biologic and Physiologic values) Reading recommended sources Lecturing 3 Keeping laboratory animals Reading recommended sources Lecturing 4 Injection of Laboratory Animals Reading recommended sources Lecturing 5 Bloodletting from Laboratory Animals Reading recommended sources Lecturing 6 Laboratory animal feeding and nutrition Reading recommended sources Lecturing 7 Mid-term examination Reading recommended sources Written exam 8 Idendification of laboratory animals Reading recommended sources Lecturing 9 Pain and suffering Reading recommended sources Lecturing 10 Anesthetics, tranquiliers, analgesics and neuromuscular blocking agents Reading recommended sources Lecturing 11 Anesthetics, analgesi and sedation dosages Reading recommended sources Lecturing 12 Surgery and postsurgical care Reading recommended sources Lecturing 13 Euthanasia Reading recommended sources Lecturing 14 Animal environment, housing, management of laboratory animals and suggestions about housing Reading recommended sources Lecturing 15 Species-species overview; occupational health and safety Reading recommended sources Lecturing 16/17 Final examination Reading recommended sources Written exam   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Ayşe Doğan: Laboratuvar Hayvanlarının Kullanımı ve Bakımında Eğitim ve Uygulama Kursu. Çukurova Üniversitesi Adana 2001  Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources Commission on Life Sciences National Research Council National Academy Press Washington D.C. 1996  Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals A Guide for Developing Institutional Programs Committee on Educational Programs in Laboratory Animal Science Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources Commission on Life Sciences National Research Council National Academy Press Washington D.C. 1991  Flecknell P.A. Laboratory Animal Anesthesia An introduction for research workers and technicians Academic Press Inc. San Diego, CA 1987 Required Course Material(s)  http://www.aaalac.orgAssociation for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC)  http://www4.nas.edu/cls/ilarhome.nsf/web/homepage Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)  http://www.aalas.org/ American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS); http://www.aclam.org American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 30     Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 70 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 to get basic knowledge of the speciality 4 2 to get analytic notion mechanism related to the speciality 0 3 to be able to access to reliable knowledge 0 4 to get scientific consideration related to the speciality 0 5 to be able to transfer theoretical knowledge systematically to audience 0 6 to transfer acquired knowledge to public effectively 0 7 to be able to work and make experiment in laboratory 4 8 to make a scientific experiment by oneself 0 9 to be able to interpret the results of scientific experiment which is conducted 0 10 to be able to design and write a research project 5 11 to be able to report the results of the research 4 12 to work and research depending on ethical values 3 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour) Course Related Works     Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 4 56     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 5 10     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 10 10     Final Exam 1 10 10 Total Workload: 114 Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.56 ECTS Credit: 5