COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY LABORATORY ANIMALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LHB 6030 EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY LABORATORY ANIMALS ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6

Offered By

Laboratory Animal Science

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET ENSARI GÜNELI

Offered to

Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

By this course it is aimed to gain the students information and skills about surgery, anesthesia and analgesia, species specific invasive applications of laboratory animals.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to remember basic anatomy, physiology and biochemistry which are necessary for surgery in rodents and rabbits
2   To be able to understand necessity for survival surgery in laboratory animal experimental facilities
3   To be able to make the preparations of animal, surgeon and equipment for the surgery
4   To be able to make survival surgery by using aseptic techniques in rodents and rabbits
5   To be able to monitor postoperative improvement and to treat common complications

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Anatomy of laboratory animals (1 hour) (T) 2 week course
2 Physiology and biochemistry of laboratory animals (1 hour) (T)
3 Surgical anatomy of laboratory animals (2 hours) (A)
4 Surgical areas and necessity in laboratory animal facilities (1 hour) (T)
5 Basic principles in experimental surgery (2 hours) (T)
6 Application of basic surgery (4 hours) (A)
7 Surgical equipments (2 hours) (T) Surgical equipments (2 hours) (A)
8 Aseptic techniques (1 hour) (T) Aseptic techniques (2 hours) (A)
9 Sewing and its techniques (1 hour) (T) Application of sewing (4 hours) (A)
10 MID-TERM EXAM
11 Anesthesia and analgesia in laboratory animals (2 hours) (T) Application of anesthesia and analgesia (6 hours) (A) Caring after surgery (1 hour) (T) Species specific invasive manipulations (2 hours) (T) Application (6 hours) (A) Free surgical applications (2 hours) (A)
12 Homework presentations FINAL

Recomended or Required Reading

Foreign references:
H. B. Waynforth, Paul Flecknell. Experimental and Surgical Techniques in the Rat, Second Edition [Hardcover], 1992
John J. Bogdanske; Scott Hubbard-Van Stelle; Margaret Rankin Riley; Beth M. Schiffman. Suturing Principles in Laboratory Animal Surgery CRC Press2013
H. Douglas Slatter, Textbook of Small Animal Surgery, Volume 1 and 2, 2006.
Alfredo Rigalli (Editor), Veronica Di Loreto (Editor) Experimental Surgical Models in the Laboratory Rat [Hardcover], 2009.
Local references:
Mehmet Bayramiçli, Deneysel mikrocerrahi: Temel araştırma, doku ve organ nakli modelleri, 2005.
Ide T, Laboratuvar hayvanları biliminin temel ilkeleri, Ankara, Medipress Yayıncılık, 2003.
Nuh Zafer Cantürk, Iskender Sayek, Cerrahi araştırma, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The strategies were given in Assessment Methods and Work Load Calculation sections

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

- It is evaluated if theoretical presentations and interactive discussions were understood by midterm and final exams
- It is evaluated if reference study, data collection, compilation, ability of synthesizing gained information and explaining it clearly by homework preparation and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Ensari Güneli
ensari.guneli@deu.edu.tr
0 232 412 4652

Office Hours

Wednesday : 12.30 13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 2 14
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 10 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 161

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
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LO.2444444
LO.3444444
LO.4444444
LO.5444444

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