The course is an elective course for students studying for a master's degree in molecular medicine or molecular biology. The course corresponds to what is described in §57 of Executive Order 2028 of 14/12/2020, chapter 14, on qualification requirements for personnel who work with laboratory animals, and is approved by the responsible Danish authority (Fødevarestyrelsen).
The course entitles those who have taken it to carry out animal experiments under another person's animal experimental license, cf. functions A and D as described in EU directive 2010/63/EU Article 23.2:
A: Carrying out procedures
D: Euthanize animals
The course takes place in the first part of the spring semester (typically February-March) and ends with a written exam. The course contains both theory and practice, and the theory covers, among other things:
During practical exercises, handling and execution of basic procedures on mice and rats is taught. The exercises usually take place over two days, where it is mandatory to attend both days to pass the course.
The course is handled by the student administration at Nat-Tech, who can be contacted at undervisning.nat-tech@au.dk.
For further information about the course, the veterinarians at the Department of Biomedicine can be contacted at vet.biomed@biomed.au.dk.