Gyger Marcel, Berdoy Manuel, Dontas Ismene, Kolf-Clauw Martine, Santos Ana Isabel, Sjöquist Mats
1 Centre of PhenoGenomics, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland.
2 BMS, University of Oxford, UK.
Lab Anim. 2019 Apr;53(2):137-147. doi: 10.1177/0023677218788105. Epub 2018 Jul 24.
FELASA accredits courses that fulfil the requirements of Functions A, B, C and D as defined by EU Directive, Article 23, as well as for designated veterinarians and specialists in laboratory animal science.
Cohesive courses for Functions and for very specific topics are accredited, but flexibility and mobility are possible: a researcher can start his/her training with one FELASA accredited course and complete other modules with another. A course organizer will deliver a FELASA certificate relating to the successfully completed modules.
The process consists of two major steps: (1) a review of full course documentation provided by the applicant will lead, if successful, to FELASA accreditation. The course is posted on the FELASA website as 'FELASA accredited' and the course provider can deliver FELASA certificates upon successful completion of the course; (2) successful accreditation is followed by an on-site course audit. In the case of a negative outcome of the audit, FELASA accreditation is withdrawn, the course is deleted from the list of FELASA accredited courses and FELASA certificates cannot be issued. To ensure that quality is maintained, continuation of accreditation requires regular revalidation.
FELASA认可符合欧盟指令第23条所定义的A、B、C和D职能要求的课程，以及认可面向实验动物科学领域指定兽医和专家的课程。
FELASA认可针对各项职能以及非常具体主题的连贯课程，但同时也具备灵活性：研究人员可以从一门FELASA认可的课程开始其培训，并通过另一门课程完成其他模块。课程主办方将颁发与成功完成的模块相关的FELASA证书。
该流程包括两个主要步骤：（1）对申请人提供的完整课程文档进行审查，若审查成功，课程将获得FELASA认证。该课程将在FELASA网站上公布为“FELASA认可课程”，课程提供者在课程成功完成后可颁发FELASA证书；（2）成功认证后将进行课程现场审核。若审核结果为负面，FELASA认证将被撤销，该课程将从FELASA认可课程列表中删除，且无法颁发FELASA证书。为确保维持质量，认证的延续需要定期重新验证。
