Continuing education Laboratory Animal Science (LAS)
Each user institute, breeder or supplier shall ensure that the employed elementary and special caretakers, active participants, and trial leaders keep their knowledge up to date. This requirement also applies to persons responsible for the killing of laboratory animals.
In addition, proof of maintenance of knowledge must be shown when requested by the respective regional authorities responsible for Animal Welfare.
In this link you find continuing education principles in Flanders in more detail.
Below you find the offer of continuing education activities.
Event date
Titel
Type & location
Accredited & Target Audience*
* C (caretakers), AE (active experimenter), R (researcher or project leader), E (ethical committee), WO (welfare officers).
2023
12/10/2023 –
13/10/2023
Symposium
Yes (de facto)
AE, R, E, WO
27/08/2023 –
31/08/2023
World Congress on Alternative Methods – 2023 –Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods, live congress in Canada Niagra Falls
Congress
Yes (de facto)
R, E, WO
21/08/2023 –
08/09/2023
Summerschool Function B Course – University of Antwerp
Summerschool
Yes (de facto)
AE, R, E
28/06/2023 –
30/06/2023
ESLAV 3 days live courses, Tallinn (Estonia) – ESLAV
Summerschool
Yes (de facto)
vet
26/06/2023 –
27/06/2023
ESLAV-ECLAM Annual meeting 2 days symposium Tallinn (Estonia)
Symposium
Yes (de facto)
vet
22/06/2023
How the pharmaceutical industry is working to avoid and replace the use of animals for scientific purposes – RSPCA/EFPIA
Webinar
Yes (de facto)
C, AE, R, E, WO
19/06/2023 –
23/06/2023
Assessment, prevention and alleviation of pain and distress in laboratory animals – RAT (Research Animal Training)
Workshop
Yes (de facto)
C, AE, R, E, WO
07/06/2023 –
09/06/2023
47th AFSTAL Colloquium: “La chirurgie de A à Z” , Bordeaux (France) -AFSTAL
Symposium
Yes (de facto)
AE, R, E, WO
29/05/2023
1st Central-East European Laboratory Animal Science Congress (CELASC) – Central-East European FELASA member associations
Congress
Yes (de facto)
C, AE, R, E, WO
15 & 16/05/2023
Symposium
05/05/2023
Optimizing animal model selection for human translation: the animal model quality assessment – Karolinska Institutet
Webinar
No
AE, R, E, WO
25/04/2023
Biologically Relevant Models to Advance your Research, Antwerp – PROMEGA
Symposium
No
R
25/04/2023 –
27/07/2023
Anaesthesia and perioperative care of laboratory rodents and rabbits – RAT (Research Animal Training)
workshop
Yes (de facto)
AE, R, E, WO
17/04/2023
Re-evaluating the need for chronic toxicity studies with therapeutic monoclonal antibodies: weight of evidence and further 3Rs approaches – NC3Rs – EPAA
Webinar
Yes (de facto)
R, E, WO
31/03/2023
Clicker training as a refinement for mice – Karolinska Institutet
Webinar
No
AE, R, E, WO
28/03/2023
Simple Tips to Significantly Improve Rodent Surgical Outcomes – EALAS
Webinar
No
2022
27/09/2022
Webinar
21/09/2022
‘More Science, More Care, Less animals’
26/04/2022
Experimental design: the most common mistakes and how to avoid them
16/02/2022
Dier: welzijn, recht en ethiek les 1,2, 3 en 6