Education and Training Program
UCACS Animal Care Course
A mandatory part of the Education and Training Program is completion of the UCACS Animal Care Course. This core training course is available as an online, web-based course. There are four different courses (laboratory animals, farm animals, fish, and wildlife) available, to allow flexibility and choice depending on one's research program. A course is also availabe specifically for SVMA licensed veterinarians or for principal investigators who are not directly involved in the use or supersion of live animals.
Each section contains a number of modules. A quiz at the end of each group of modules constitutes the formal grade for the course. When all three module groups have been passed successfully (average of 80% is required), the registrant will have passed the online course.
Registration:
Except for graduate students, all other animal users (faculty, technicians,
research associates, undergraduate students, etc) with an active U of S NSID,
will be provided with access to the UCACS Animal Care Course, once an email
has been sent by the individual to ucacs.office@usask.ca requesting
registration in the course. The following information is required to
update the Research Ethics Office education and training database, and to
register an individual in the core course:
- Name (Last name, First name)
- NSID Email Address
- Employee number and/or Student number
- Department
- Phone Number
- Position (i.e. faculty, staff, technician or grad student)
You will be sent a confirmation email once you are registered in the course.
Graduate students using animals in their research, must register for the web-based GSR 962: Ethics Integrity Animal Rsrch course. As of May 1, 2008, all new graduate students enrolled at the U of S must complete the web-based GSR 960: Introduction - Ethics Integrity course which covers academic ethics, including integrity, conflict and intellectual property. Graduate students should register for these courses via PAWS, similar to registration for any other U of S courses.
If you do not have a valid NSID, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 966-4817 or help.desk@usask.ca for assistance. Researchers, or other animal users, not affiliated with the U of S who are interested in registering for the UCACS Animal Care Course, should contact ucacs.office@usask.ca for further information.
