To Access Your Personal Training Account on the AALAS Learning Library
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has established an account with the
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) Learning Library. The
Learning Library is an online training resource for individuals involved in animal care
and use in research and education. This training is required for animal care staff
members, individuals involved in research using animals, and Institutional Animal Care
and Use Committee (IACUC) members and support staff. A table summarizing the
overall training requirements for participation in animal research at UTEP can be found
at
http://research.utep.edu/LinkClick.aspx?link=pdf%2fTraining+Matrix+update+July+2008
.pdf&tabid=39516&mid=84882
The minimum on-line training requirements based on the individual roles are
listed below (AC Staff = animal care staff, PI/Students = researchers and their students,
IACUC = committee members and support staff). If you have questions regarding your
individual training requirements, please contact the IACUC Office at 747-6355.
Course Listings by Training Track, AALAS Learning Library
AC Staff
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Guide to the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Working with the Laboratory Mouse
Mouse Breeding Colony Management
Basic Metrics for the Laboratory Animal Facility
Selection of Cage Cleaner Products - Chemistry Driven
Pain Recognition and Alleviation in Lab Animals
Post-Procedure Care of Mice and Rats
Aseptic Technique for Rodent Survival Surgery (all surgical protocols)*
Genetically Engineered Mice: Historical Perspectives
Genetically Engineered Mice: Approaches for Evaluating the Phenotype
Genetically Engineered Mice: Overview of Transgenesis and Conditional Control
PI/Students
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Pain Recognition and Alleviation in Lab Animals
Post-Procedure Care of Mice and Rats
Working with the Laboratory Mouse
Mouse Breeding Colony Management (if applicable)
Aseptic Technique for Rodent Survival Surgery (all surgical protocols)*
Genetically Engineered Mice: Approaches for Evaluating the Phenotypes (if
applicable)
Genetically Engineered Mice: Overview of Transgenesis and Conditional Control
(if applicable)
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IACUC
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Public Health Service Guide to the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Essentials for IACUC Members
Writing an Animal Protocol for Research on Mice & Rats. This course was
replaced with species specific courses in December 2006. Completion of the
Introduction to Mice or Rats will satisfy this requirement.
Introduction to Mice
Introduction to Rats
Introduction to Guinea Pigs
Introduction to Hamsters
Introduction to Gerbils
Introduction to Rabbits
Introduction to Dogs
Introduction to Cats
Introduction to Swine
Introduction to Nonhuman Primates
Pain Recognition and Alleviation in Lab Animals
Post-Procedure Care of Mice and Rats
*This course requires an additional training. Please contact the IACUC Office at (915) 747-6355.
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To Access Your Personal Training Account on the AALAS Learning Library
To begin your training-In your web browser, go to http://www.aalaslearninglibrary.org/ You will be logging on to
the AALAS library, not the AALAS site itself.
At the “Login:” prompt, enter the username and password that you were assigned
(forwarded via email).
On initial login, you will be taken to the your “Personal Profile” to add your personal
information. (University Address = 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968)
Once logged in, you can highlight the Subscriber Center and click on the “Personal
Access” link dropdown (in the upper right quadrant) and follow the links to change your
username and password. You also can view your profile and transcript under your
Personal Access.
To access the courses, you can either click on the “Animal Care and Use Courses” link
(in the middle right), or highlight the Libraries drop down menu along the top of the page
and click on the “Animal Care and Use Courses” link .
To view all of the course topics click on the “All Courses” at the bottom of the listing.
This view might make it easier to find the individual course, as individual courses may
be embedded within a subject group. An example is the Public Health Service Policy
on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals course and Guide to the Care and
Use of Laboratory Animals course are embedded in the US Mandates and Guidelines,
which is embedded in the Regulatory and IACUC Compliance track. Click-by-click
guidelines for accessing the courses for the PI/Students Training Track are pasted at
the end of these instructions.
After you have selected an individual course, the contents of that course will be listed
numerically in black type. At the bottom of the course content listing, you will see
course and exam links. Click on the course link and follow the green prompts at the
bottom of the lesson to proceed through the course. Once you have clicked on a
course, it will be added to your transcript and you can access the course again by
clicking on “My Transcript” in the “Personal Access Menu.”
You are not limited to the courses listed for your training track, but the listed courses
(minimum training requirements) are to be completed first. For all researchers,
these courses need to be completed by you and your students prior to
protocol approval.
If you have any questions regarding your learning account, please contact Cindy Crews,
747-6355, ccrews@utep.edu. Ms. Crews is the Group Coordinator for the AALAS
Learning Library training. Group Coordinator responsibilities are described below.
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To Access Your Personal Training Account on the AALAS Learning Library
There is one Group Coordinator per group. The Group Coordinator performs the
following functions for a members in a group registration in an AALAS library (the
Animal Care and Use Library is the first AALAS library).
 Enrolls the group.
 Adds members to the group roster.
 Assigns library accounts to group members, which gives these individuals access to
the AALAS library.
 Distributes library usernames and passwords to group members for their assigned
library account(s).
 Generates transcript reports on the group members.
How to Get to AALAS Courses
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Click on LibrariesAnimal Care and Use CoursesAll CoursesUS Mandates and
GuidelinesPublic Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals
Pain Recognition and Alleviation in Laboratory Animals
Click on LibrariesAnimal Care and Use CoursesAll CoursesAnesthesia and
AnalgesiaPain Recognition and Alleviation in Laboratory Animals
Post-Procedure Care of Mice and Rats
Click on LibrariesAnimal Care and Use CoursesAll Courses Anesthesia and
Analgesia CoursesPost-Procedure Care of Rats and Mice in Research: Minimizing
Pain and Distress
Working with the Laboratory Mouse
Click on LibrariesAnimal Care and Use CoursesAll CoursesWorking with the
Laboratory Mouse
Mouse Breeding Colony Management (all breeding protocols)
Click on LibrariesAnimal Care and Use CoursesAll CoursesMouse
Biomethodology CoursesMouse Breeding Colony Management
Aseptic Technique for Rodent Survival Surgery (all surgical protocols)
Click on LibrariesAnimal Care and Use CoursesAll CoursesAseptic Technique for
Rodent Survival Surgery
Genetically Engineered Mice: Approaches for Evaluating the Phenotypes (all transgenic mouse
protocols)
Click on LibrariesAnimal Care and Use CoursesAll CoursesMouse
Biomethodology CoursesGenetically Engineered Mice: Approaches for Evaluating the
Phenotypes
Genetically Engineered Mice: Overview of Transgenesis and Conditional Control (all transgenic
mouse protocols)
Click on LibrariesAnimal Care and Use CoursesAll CoursesMouse
Biomethodology CoursesGenetically Engineered Mice: Overview of Transgenesis and
Conditional Control
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