These modules are useful for educators seeking to teach IACUC members and staff to identify the responsibilities of IACUC members in preparing for and participating in facility inspections.
Target Audience: IACUC members
Goal: The goal of this IACUC training module is to provide an understanding of the facility inspection process to safeguard animal welfare.
Objectives:
- Define responsibility of IACUC members
- Perform an inspection
- Identify and classify deficiencies
- Create a report documenting the finding/results and a corrective action plan
Active Learning Methods: Case-Based Learning, Concept Mapping, Think-Pair-Share
Developers:
Janna Barcelo, BA, CPIA
IACUC Analyst
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Deborah Holland, JD, MPH, CIP
Assistant Vice Provost for Research, Director of Compliance
Baylor University
Sally E. Light, BA, CPIA
IACUC Administrator
Michigan State University
Gregory R. Reinhard, DVM, CPIA, DACLAM
Director, Office of Animal Welfare
University of Pennsylvania
Obed B. Rutebuka, PhD, MSPH, CPIA
IACUC Administrator
Loma Linda University
Target Audience: IACUC members
Goal: IACUC members completing this module will develop an understanding of facility inspections as part of a high quality program of animal care and use.
Objectives:
- Provide examples of animal welfare and health concerns that may be discovered and describe how you would address these concerns
- Describe regulatory requirements for facility inspection, to include:
- Participants
- Frequency of inspections, sites included
- Reporting requirements
- Differentiate significant versus minor deficiencies
- Indicate different component areas of facilities and concerns related to these areas
- Identify occupational health and safety concerns
Active Learning Methods: Consensogram, Peer Instruction, Technology Enhanced Learning, Think-Pair-Share
Other Materials:
Developers:
George F. Babcock, PhD
IACUC Chair
Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Natalie L. Mays, BA, LATG, CPIA
Director of the IACUC and IBC
NYU Langone Medical Center
Chieko Azuma, DVM, PhD, DACVR, CPIA
Specialist, IACUC/IBC
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Linda N. Brovarney, BS, RVT, RLATG, CMAR, CPIA
Consultant
Linda Brovarney Consulting
Cynthia Pekow, DVM, CPIA
Chief, Veterinary Medical Unit
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nunber 1546975. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.