| Responsible Department | LIFE Graduate School
50 % Working Environment Team, UCPH SCIENCE 25 % Judith L. Jacobsen, Statcon ApS / UCPH HEALTH 25 % | ||||||||||||
| Course Dates | 22-25 April; 23-26 September 2013.The participants need to allocate 1 week for preparation prior to the course. | ||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | How do we design our experiments and secure a safe working environment? How do we assure the highest quality of our results? How do we document our research and secure our data? What is the most common quality assurance standards used at private companies? These questions will be answered for you at this course. You will receive practical training in quality assurance and laboratory safety measures and get introduced to ISO9000/17025, Good Manufacturing Practise and Good Laboratory Practise. | ||||||||||||
| Course Registration | Send an email to Lars Holm Rasmussen, LHR@LIFE.KU.DK | ||||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | 15 March and 15 August 2013. | ||||||||||||
| Credits | 2 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Frederiksberg Campus. | ||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 20 (min. 10) | ||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||
| The participants are introduced to laboratory safety and quality assurance of Research and Development projects. The target group is PhD students working in the analytical chemical laboratory who needs an introduction to basic laboratory safety measures and quality assurance practises. Special emphasis is placed on the development of the PhD students as project manager - which includes QA and safety aspects. The participants will receive practical training in quality assurance and laboratory safety measures. The course will include an introduction to the common quality assurance standards ISO9000, ISO17025, Good Manufacturing Practise and Good Laboratory Practise and touch upon statistical design of experiments. Tentative program: - Day 1-5: Preparation at home (reading). - Day 6: Introduction; Design of experiments; Laboratory safety; Accidents in the laboratory; Light dinner. - Day 7: Managing quality in the laboratory; Laboratory safety; KemiBrug. - Day 8: Handling large amounts of data; Lunch seminar; Risk assessment in the R&D laboratory. - Day 9: Quality assurance tools; Lunch seminar. The Spring course will focus at the biological laboratory while the Autumn version focuses at the chemical laboratory. | |||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||
| Pre-course work: The participants will have to spend approx. 30 h for reading in advance of the course. Lectures and exercises: The participants will have lectures by a group of lecturers from different units at UCPH SCIENCE and HEALTH. The partipants will work in groups in different practical and theoretical exercises. The approach is case-based learning. | |||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||
| The course gives the participants the theoretical foundation for implementing standard laboratory safety measures and quality assurance procedures in their own research projects. After completing this course, the participant will have knowledge of: . Good Laboratory Practise and laboratory safety at UCPH. . KemiBrug. . The most common quality assurance standards in public and private companies. . Experimental design. The participants will be capable of: . Using KemiBrug. . Risk evaluate processes to determine precautionary measures. . Handling fire in the laboratory. . Making a quality assurance plan for a small R&D project, i.e. PhD project or similar. . Document research according to the rules and regulations at UCPH. . Handling stakeholders in relation to their own projects. | |||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||
| Prichard and Barwick (2007): Quality Assurance in Analytical Chemistry (Analytical Techniques in the Sciences - AnTs). Wiley-Blackwell. | |||||||||||||
| Course Material | |||||||||||||
| The participants will receive the teaching book before the course. The participants will also receive selected documents on laboratory safety and security prior to the course.. During the course, hands-outs will be distributed together with material on design of experiments and data handling. | |||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||
| Lars Holm Rasmussen, lhr@life.ku.dk, Library and Joint Facilities, Phone: Maj-Britt Kryger Stærfeldt, mbks@life.ku.dk, Management of Buildings/Bygningsafdelingen, Phone: 353-32087 | |||||||||||||
| Other Lecturers | |||||||||||||
| Judith L. Jacobsen, Statcon ApS / UCPH HEALTH. Bjarne W. Strobel, associate professor, UCPH SCIENCE. Johan Åhman, senior professional, Novozymes. Other lecturers may be included. | |||||||||||||
| Course Fee | |||||||||||||
| Free for PhD students from UCPH SCIENCE. Other UCPH: According to Internal Market. PhD students from Open Market partners (incl. NOVA): DKK 3.300 plus VAT. Others: DKK 4.000 plus VAT. | |||||||||||||
| Course Costs | |||||||||||||
| None. | |||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||
| Active participation and approval of assignment (pass/no-pass). | |||||||||||||
| Work Load | |||||||||||||
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