BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Research Animal Training - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://researchanimaltraining.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Research Animal Training REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250602 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250606 DTSTAMP:20260428T191043 CREATED:20250304T194308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T105426Z UID:68052-1748822400-1749167999@researchanimaltraining.com SUMMARY:Laboratory Animal Welfare Workshop 2: Managing Post-Operative Pain and Distress in Rodents and Rabbits [Registration Closed] DESCRIPTION:Introduction\n\nRecognising\, preventing and alleviating pain and distress in laboratory animals is a key responsibility of all those involved in their care and use. This workshop is one of two linked workshops and is focussed on assessing and alleviating post-operative pain and distress in laboratory rodents and rabbits. \nThis workshop (Workshop 2) will take place in June 2025\, and features pre-recorded and live webinars\, along with e-learning modules. The live sessions aim to provide practical tuition in pain scoring\, and application of pain and distress alleviation strategies to a range of different surgical procedures. \nCourse tutors will be Professor Paul Flecknell and Dr Matt Leach. \n\nScheduling\n\nParticipants will be required to review pre-recorded seminars prior to attending a series of live sessions.\nParticipants can easily schedule their viewing of the pre-recorded materials\, which are divided into independent video segments lasting 15–30 minutes each.\nParticipants may find it helpful to review some of the e-learning materials and recommended reading before the live sessions.\n\nLive sessions are scheduled as below \n\nDay 1 – June 2nd – 14:00 to 16:00 (UK time)\nDay 2 – June 3rd – 14:00 to 16:00 (UK time)\nDay 3 – June 4th – 14:00 to 16:00 (UK time)\nDay 4 – June 5th – 14:00 to 16:00 (UK time)\n\nCost\n\nThe registration fee for the workshop is £300 GBP and links to register can be found at the bottom of this page.\nThe number of participants will be restricted so that the interactive sessions remain manageable.\nA discount of £100 can be claimed if you register for both Workshop 1 and Workshop 2. Workshop 1 deals with broader concepts of animal welfare\, sources of pain and distress and the practical application of this knowledge to optimise animal welfare.\n1-year access to Research Animal Training included\n\nContent\n\nOver 7 hours of pre-recorded seminars.\n4 live sessions\, each of 90–150 minutes\, including time for Q & A and general discussions.\nSupporting e-learning modules on Pain management and Pain Assessment.\nAdditional reading and reference material.\nAll pre-recorded content is available in advance of the workshop\, and a suggested timetable for completion will be provided.\nParticipants will be able to access all content (after its release date) for a period of 3 months.\nRegistration for the workshop also includes access to all of the other training materials on the RAT website.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nInteractivity\nThe pre-recorded content and e-learning modules will be accessible on www.researchanimaltraining.com\, while live sessions will take place on the Zoom video platform (zoom.us). For an engaging interactive experience\, we incorporate Mentimeter (mentimeter.com) during the sessions. \nWhile not mandatory\, having a smartphone or tablet in addition to a laptop can enhance your experience during the interactive sessions. \nTopics Covered\n\nWhat is pain and distress? – An introduction to what we know about pain and distress in people and animals\, and an explanation of some of the concepts relevant to assessing animal welfare.\nWhy we need to assess post-operative and acute pain and how to do it – An overview of how methods of assessing post-operative pain have evolved\, and an up-to-date summary of the methods that can be used in rodents and rabbits.\nCage-side methods of pain assessment – A series of live webinars which will enable participants to practice pain-scoring techniques\, focusing on assessing pain-related behaviour and assessing pain faces in rats\, mice and rabbits.\nPain\, nociception and how analgesics work – How different types of analgesic act to reduce or eliminate pain\, with links to our understanding of nociception and pain in animals.\nAnalgesics – what to give\, when and how – A review of the practicalities of managing pain in a research setting and a brief overview of pain management in non-mammalian species\, with additional information on analgesic use in larger mammals.\nUsing analgesics in a research environment – problems and pitfalls – A review of some of the reasons for the low level of use of analgesics in research animals and how some of these barriers to effective pain relief can be overcome.\nPost-operative care – An e-learning module outlining methods of reducing\, avoiding\, or alleviating pain and distress by improving perioperative care\, providing high standards of animal care\, and by refining research procedures.\nPractical exercises in avoiding and minimising pain and distress – An interactive session to enable participants to apply all the information given during the workshop to “Refine” some examples of research techniques. This will be a longer session to allow for a more extensive final Q and A session.\n\nRegistration for this workshop is now closed. URL:https://researchanimaltraining.com/event/managing-post-operative-pain-and-distress-in-rodents-and-rabbits/ CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://researchanimaltraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/DSC_2496-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Flaire Consultants":MAILTO:paul@flaireconsultants.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR