2 ICARE Post Surveys

ICARE DIALOGUES
POST SURVEY
As requested in the earlier survey, please answer the following questions from the perspective
of your role in your institutional animal program. (This may not necessarily be your career (e.g.,
if you are a professor or staff scientist that serves on the IACUC please answer wearing your
“IACUC hat.”)) Inquiries about your group refer to the group through which you interact with the
institutional animal program. Roles and groups include:
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IACUC (e.g., chair, member, ad hoc, director, administrator, staff);
compliance, PAM, training;
animal care and use operations (e.g., clinical vet, facility management, technician,
husbandry staff);
animal program administration (e.g., IO, dean).

1. I have increased my understanding of how my group can integrate COVID-19 restrictions
into existing policies in our program.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

Strongly disagree;
Disagree;
Neither agree nor disagree;
Agree;
Strongly agree.

2. I have increased my understanding of how to conduct operations at an optimal level under
the current phase of COVID-19 restrictions.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

Strongly disagree;
Disagree;
Neither agree nor disagree;
Agree;
Strongly agree.

Comment field:

OMB # 0925-0648 Expiration Date: May 2021
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3 minutes per response, including the time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing
and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden,
to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA
(0925-0648). Do not return the completed form to this address.

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3. My team is working effectively together despite social distancing during the COVID-19
crisis.
(1) Strongly disagree;
(2) Disagree;
(3) Neither agree nor disagree;
(4) Agree;
(5) Strongly agree.

4) I currently have resources (e.g., ideas, strategies, supportive management, software) that
enable my group to function effectively under our current circumstances.
(1) Strongly disagree;
(2) Disagree;
(3) Neither agree nor disagree;
(4) Agree;
(5) Strongly agree.

5) POST TEST ONLY I have gained useful ideas about how to manage teams
(1) Strongly disagree;
(2) Disagree;
(3) Neither agree nor disagree;
(4) Agree;
(5) Strongly agree.
Comment Field:
6) The recent issues surrounding race in our society have had an impact on the efficient
functioning of my group.
(1) Strongly disagree;
(2) Disagree;
(3) Neither agree nor disagree;
(4) Agree;
(5) Strongly agree.
OMB # 0925-0648 Expiration Date: May 2021
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3 minutes per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC
7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0648). Do not return the completed form to this address.

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7) POST TEST ONLY I have gained useful ideas about how to address issues of race in my
group.
(1) Strongly disagree;
(2) Disagree;
(3) Neither agree nor disagree;
(4) Agree;
(5) Strongly agree.
Comment Field:
8) My group is challenged by meeting the federal standards of the PHS Policy and the AWAR.
(1) Strongly disagree;
(2) Disagree;
(3) Neither agree nor disagree;
(4) Agree;
(5) Strongly agree.

9) POST TEST ONLY I have gained understanding of the flexibility in the PHS Policy and the
AWAR to enable my group to comply with federal standards.
(1) Strongly disagree;
(2) Disagree;
(3) Neither agree nor disagree;
(4) Agree;
(5) Strongly agree.
Comment Field:
10) Pandemic restrictions have increased burden of continuing to provide optimal animal
welfare.
(1) Strongly disagree;
(2) Disagree;
(3) Neither agree nor disagree;
(4) Agree;
(5) Strongly agree.
OMB # 0925-0648 Expiration Date: May 2021
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3 minutes per response, including the
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD
20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0648). Do not return the completed form to this address.

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11) POST TEST ONLY I have new ideas about how to reduce burden impacting animal
welfare caused by COVID-19 restrictions.
(1) Strongly disagree;
(2) Disagree;
(3) Neither agree nor disagree;
(4) Agree;
(5) Strongly agree.
Comment Field:

Check all that apply to the ICARE Dialogues session you attended.
Sharing ideas with colleagues has been helpful in:

Contributing to my resilience and sense of community
Generating approaches to improving animal welfare
Identifying ways to reduce burden
Generating new ways to leverage the flexibility of federal standards
Gaining understanding of federal expectations during the pandemic.
Sharing ideas has not been helpful

Additional comments field _____________________________________

Please provide comments about additional themes that would be helpful to your ACUP.

OMB # 0925-0648 Expiration Date: May 2021
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3 minutes per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch,
6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0648). Do not return the
completed form to this address.

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