This course is specially designed for designers and members of ethics committees who wish to acquire the skills needed to evaluate and validate alternative methods to animal models. It proposes rigorous evaluation criteria and validation methodologies, which are essential for guaranteeing the reliability and scientific relevance of these non-animal approaches, in compliance with regulatory requirements and quality standards.

Who is this course for?

Target audience

  • Members of ethics committees, Project designer

Prerequisites

  • No

Learning objectives

  • Know how to validate an alternative method
  • Drawing up a validation protocol
  • Knowing what a regulatory validation is

Programme

  • Pre-experimental evaluation
  • What experimental approaches are needed to evaluate and validate a new method?
  • Post-experimental evaluation
  • Regulatory validation process (overview of the various agencies, e.g. the OECD, and the complexity of the process)
  • Implement a new alternative method

Teaching resources

  • Theoretical contributions
  • Participatory exercises
  • Teaching support sent by e-mail

Assessment procedures

Assessment of knowledge in the form of a questionnaire leading to a training certificate

Prices

  • Sessions on the agenda: 120 EXCLUDING VAT / participant
  • Other: on request

Accessibility

  • Disabled access: Adaptation to your needs on request
  • Admission procedure : Entry questionnaire

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