Pain & Distress / Humane Endpoints - July 2016

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Goal: Understand how to effectively review protocols to ensure pain and distress are minimized consistent with sound research design

Objectives:

Define pain, distress, experimental endpoints, and humane endpoints
Evaluate the potential for pain and distress
Determine the acceptability of the management of possible pain and distress
Ensure an appropriate link between experimental and humane endpoints

Module Developers: Alice Huang, Kiirsa Pokryfke, Ernie Prentice, Stacy Pritt, William Singleton

Module Materials

Mock IACUC Scenario (PDF - 208.2 KB)

Slides (PDF) - UPDATED 10/4/2017 (Powerpoint - 102.42 KB)

Module Question

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