| Course title | |||||
| 獣医倫理 [veterinary Ethics] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 1～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01VN1102 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 永岡 謙太郎, 吉田 敏則 [NAGAOKA Kentaro, YOSHIDA Toshinori] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Institute of Global Innovation Research | Office | 3-211 | Email address | |
| Course description |
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In many situations where veterinarians are active, we must make use of various knowledge and sensibility besides legal regulations, and respond according to the scene. This lecture focuses on bioethics and animal ethics, its concepts and theories, comparison of history and laws of animal welfare in foreign countries and Japan, details of animal ethics in each category from breeding animals to wild animals, and what veterinarians should know. The lecture of this course consists of omnibus-style classes by experienced teachers and comprehensive discussions based on presentations by students. The teacher in charge has experience of working as a clinical veterinarian, business such as a company, civil servant, etc. In this lecture, practical experience as a veterinarian, actual experience, on-site task etc. were taken as subjects for discussion. |
| Expected Learning |
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Learning subjects for veterinary ethics and participating related activities. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy: See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ ) |
| Course schedule |
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1. Introduction and related laws in Japan and Western worlds (Dr. Shirai) 2. Ethics for animal experiment (Dr. Tanaka) 3. Handling of recombinant organisms (Dr. Mizutani) 4. Ethics for scientific experiments and public reports (Dr. Shibutani) 5. Ethics for medical use for animals (Dr. Sasaki) 6. Importance of infectious disease prevention (Dr. Takehara) 7. Animal welfare and related laws (Dr. Koyama) 8. Ethics for Animal assisted therapy (Dr. Watanabe) 9. Ethics for farm animals (Dr. Tanaka) 10. Ethics for companion animals (Dr. Uchide) 11-12. A facility tour outside the university: Ethics for wild animals and animals in exhibits 13-15. Discussion and presentation regarding veterinary ethics |
| Prerequisites |
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This lecture is a specialized education subject and a compulsory subject of cooperative veterinary medine. In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University and using the lecture handouts as well as the references specified below. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| No particular text. Dedicated material will be distributed on Moodle. |
| References |
| Veterinary ethics and animal welfare, Midori-Shobou, edited by Ikemoto et al. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Evaluation of attidudes to lectures(30%), report(30%), and presentation and discussion (30%) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Veterinary ethics involve many subjects at different areas. Please become familiar to those subjects and try to keep learning about them while studying in the veterinary school. |
| Course keywords |
| Veterinary ethics, Veterinarian, Animal welfare |
| Office hours |
| By the demand. Please make an appointment by email. |
| Remarks 1 |
| If you have some questions about this lecture, please send an email to Dr. Nagaoka. |
| Remarks 2 |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 2/28/2019 11:22:26 PM |