The course is for PhD and research year students, post docs and possibly technicians, and 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 experimental 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 is held twice a year, typically in January and September, and ends with a written exam. The course is an intensive one-week course, and contains both theoretical and practical teaching. The theory covers, among other things:
During practical exercises, handling and execution of basic procedures on mice and rats is taught. The exercises are compulsory to participate in order to pass the course.
The course is administered by the Graduate School of Health, and registration takes place via the course calendar here. The course can be found by searching for 'laboratory animal science'. Questions regarding registration and payment can be directed to the Course Team NAT,TECH and Health courses.nat.tech.he@au.dk.
For further information about the course, the veterinarians at the Department of Biomedicine can be contacted at vet.biomed@biomed.au.dk.