Course Content

FORMAT: Online, with a dedicated student portal to access course material consisting of course notes, graphs, pre-recorded presentations, and tutor support (if required). The course can be completed individually within a set time frame.

COURSE DURATION: This course can be completed in your own time over 12 months.

ASSESSMENT FORMAT: Short assessments, and one case study, all completed via our Learner Management System.

The MHERA Model can be used with mammals, birds, reptiles and in a modified way, with amphibians and fish, to monitor wellbeing. The MHERA App makes record-keeping easy, and saves a lot of time by generating wellbeing reports automatically.

The MHERA Assessment results provide a simple visualization of the greatest deficits or excesses that affects an animal’s wellbeing, which gives clear guidance on what needs to be worked on first.

The importance of Behavioural and Emotional Husbandry considerations in captive wildlife.

Discrete and Dimensional Models of Emotionality.

CORE Emotional States in Animals.

The role of appropriate human-animal contact in good welfare / the emotional wellbeing of captive wildlife.

MHERA™: The Science.

Control and consent in animal husbandry.

This course is designed to teach professionals how to apply MHERA to the animals in their care, to manage wellbeing practices.