Module manager: Dr David Lewis
Email: d.i.lewis@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Completion of Level 5 of a programme offered by the School of Biomedical Sciences.
| BMSC5230M | Animal Models in Drug Development |
BMSC3126: Integrative Biomedical Sciences
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module will provide a broad knowledge and understanding of the use of animals in different areas of discovery biology and pre-clinical drug development research. It will include the law, ethics and ethical review, an understanding of societal attitudes to animal research, and animal welfare. You will also gain hands-on experience of working with research animals and in evaluating data from animal studies.
The objectives of this module are to provide learners with a broad knowledge and understanding of the use of animals in discovery biology and pre-clinical drug development, to develop their ethical awareness, and provide experiential learning in the use of animals for scientific and medical research.
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Discuss the use of research animals in discovery biology, and pre-clinical drug development;
2. Recall the ethical issues and stakeholder opinions surrounding the use of animals in scientific and medical research;
3. Recall the scientific benefits and constraints of studies involving research animals, and their place with respect to complimentary, but alternative, experimental approaches;
4. Critically analyse and evaluate data from research animal studies;
5. Develop skills required to undertake core experimental approaches and techniques used in studies involving research animals.
Ethical awareness & responsibility; Experimental & technical skills; Data analysis & Interpretation.
Content will include the use of a diversity of research animals in discovery biology and pre-clinical drug development, national legislation, the ethical issues including the principles of humane experimental technique, animal welfare and husbandry. Learners will then apply this knowledge in the team-based debate on the use of animals in scientific and medical research, and in the individual critical evaluation of a project submission to an animal welfare and ethical review body.
Learners will also gain experience of core research animal sciences techniques and experimental approaches, and in the critical evaluation and interpretation of data from such studies. This knowledge will be assessed via a data analysis report and procedure briefing note.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visit | Delivery type 1 | Number 8 | Length hours 8 |
| Lectures | Delivery type 7 | Number 1 | Length hours 7 |
| Seminars | Delivery type 1 | Number 3 | Length hours 3 |
| Practicals | Delivery type 1 | Number 4 | Length hours 4 |
| Practicals | Delivery type 2 | Number 3 | Length hours 6 |
| Group learning | Delivery type 1 | Number 3 | Length hours 3 |
| Independent online learning hours | Delivery type 25 | ||
| Private study hours | Delivery type 144 | ||
| Total Contact hours | Delivery type 31 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | Delivery type 200 | ||
Seminar preparation and other in-course assignments;
reading associated with lectures;
data analysis and interpretation;
team-based preparation for debate.
Formative feedback will be provided through workshops, module discussion boards and after each in-course assignment.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment type Report | Notes Data analysis report | % of formal assessment 30 |
| Assessment type Practical | Notes Procedure briefing note | % of formal assessment 15 |
| Assessment type In-course Assessment | Notes Ethics debate | % of formal assessment 20 |
| Assessment type In-course Assessment | Notes Ethics application | % of formal assessment 35 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | Assessment type 100 | |
All assessments are designed to facilitate learning through assessment, and to replicate real-world tasks & activities. All resits will be in the same format as the original assessment with the exception of the team-based ethics debate, which would be replaced by an essay.
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 4/29/2024
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