A15 - [IN-PERSON/RECORDED] Assessing Administrative Burden – Not a One-Size Fits All
Monday, December 4, 2023
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Location: Room 152B
This session will be offered in-person and recorded for on-demand access by in-person PRIMR23 attendees registered for this day, and PRIMR23/SBER23 Virtual Meeting registrants.
There has been much discussion in recent years about reduction of administrative burden and the advantages this can offer to animal care and use programs and personnel. However, this has also raised questions for some. How do we assess burden and what should we do when burden to some may be a key source of information for others? Does the public perception of burden reduction equate to less care for animals and less oversight? In this session, we will discuss how animal care and use programs evaluate burden in the context of a specific institution/program. Attendees will review different techniques for evaluating administrative burden, including the advantages and disadvantages of each, and how programs can use information for programmatic and process improvements.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss options for evaluating burden depending on the size, complexity, and focus of your program
Consider how the public perception of “burden” might impact specific programs and overall climate of animal use
Share how the animal care and use program can make meaning of the evaluation
Learn how to use data and information to enact program and process improvements