The course is for PhD students, post docs and other researchers, and corresponds to what is described in §56 of Executive Order 2028 of 14/12/2020, chapter 14, on qualification requirements for personnel working with laboratory animals, and is approved by the responsible Danish authority (Fødevarestyrelsen).
The course entitles those who have taken it to independently plan and carry out animal experiments under their own animal experimental license, cf. functions A, B and D as described in EU Directive 2010/63/EU Article 23.2:
A: Carrying out procedures
B: Designing procedures and projects
D: Euthanize animals
The course is held once a year in October, and ends with the submission and evaluation of a written assignment. The course is an intensive one-week course, and contains both theoretical and practical teaching. The theory covers, among other things:
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 Kursusteam NAT,TECH and Health courses.nat.tech.he@au.dk.
For further information about the course, course leader Martin Kristian Thomsen can be contacted at mkt@biomed.au.dk or you can contact the veterinarians at Department of Biomedicine at vet.biomed@biomed.au.dk.