Alternatives in Education - New Approaches For A New Millennium

Description: This video film features state-of-the-art alternatives to animal experiments. Products featured include computer simulation and learning packages, computer-linked human self-testing apparatus, waste organ surgical training apparatus, high-resolution video and a veterinary training model. Full details of the products and procedures are available. Further alternative approaches for practical work requiring animal tissue are covered in the video with the sourcing and use of naturally-dead or euthanised animals, and clinical practice. The video film samples classical experiments in anatomy, pharmacology, physiology and surgery where conventional animal use has been replaced by a range of progressive alternative methods. With a focus on gaining the skills and knowledge required for the professions, these new educational tools and approaches are demonstrated by the teachers who use them today.

Comments & References: Running time: 33 minutes. Available in PAL and NTSC formats. Suitable for teachers and students of biological science, veterinary and human medicine, and to ethics committees, legislators and animal protection groups. Available in English, Czech, Slovak, Russian and Japanese. It will also be available in French, German, Estonian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Italian, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Romanian. This item may be borrowed for up to 6 weeks through the Alternative Loan System of the International Network for Humane Education (InterNICHE), free of charge, but return postage must be paid by the person who has borrowed the product. Please note that there are practical limitations on where some items can be sent. For more information, please contact loansystem@interniche.org. See http://www.interniche.org for more information. The Library in Oslo: Item number 316.   The Library at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science lends out this product for one week to employees and students at the Veterinary School, and to veterinarians in Norway.   Others must contact their local library.   Please note that this product cannot be loaned outside Norway. The Library would appreciate that the video film was rewound when returned.

Price: Western Europe: £12.00 (£8.00 concessions); Eastern Europe: £6.00 (£4.00), US$20.00 (US$15.00); Australia: A$30.00 ($20.00); Also available free of charge from the InterNICHE web site (downloadable). Loan Program from InterNICHE: Free of charge; The Library, Oslo: Free of charge (on loan)