Unit information: Unit 2 - Concepts and Techniques for In Vivo Research in 2012/13

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Unit name Unit 2 - Concepts and Techniques for In Vivo Research
Unit code PHARM0003
Credit points 15
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Professor. Robinson
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

s None

Co-requisites

s None

School/department School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Faculty Faculty of Life Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

This in vivo training unit will involve the following components: 1. Modules 1-4 animal licence training course: Students will complete a Home Office approved training course and assessment to obtain the certificates to apply for a Home Office personal licence. 2. Ethics, 3Rs, anaesthesia and pain management, animal welfare and in vivo experimental design and statistical analysis seminars and workshops. 3. Hands-on practical course in in vivo neuroscience techniques and their application (as described in detail in the attached document). 4. Course assessment.