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The Use of Animals for Physiology Instruction at the Medical College of Wisconsin
A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C. October 11, 2006 (Revised December 20, 2007) I. Executive summary Twenty years ago, live dogs, cats, pigs and other animals were commonly used in physiology, pharmacology, and surgery courses at medical schools. A sta |
Longtime Army Doctor Asks Military to End Animal Trauma Training
It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to understand that using and killing animals in trauma training is cruel and archaic. But 20 years as an Army neurosurgeon and 15 years spent treating civilian trauma provides William Morris, M.D., a solid platform when he speaks out against the military’s use of live ani |
Animals, Research, and Alternatives: Presentations
Presentations Click on the links below to view the presentations. Day 1 Conference Presentations John Gluck, Ph.D. - What is Missing in the Ethics of Animal Research? Brian Hare, Ph.D. - Noninvasive Cognition Research in Nonhuman Primates and Other Animals Hope Ferdowsian, M.D., M.P.H. |
Frequently Asked Questions: Implementing Nonanimal Training Methods in U.S. Military Medical Courses
Frequently Asked Questions: Implementing Nonanimal Training Methods in U.S. Military Medical Courses Q: What does this medical training entail? A: In U.S. military combat trauma training courses, pigs and goats are subjected to severe injuries, including stab wounds, gunshot wounds, burns, and amputations, bef |
Two New Trauma Training Victories
Medical centers in New Jersey and Saskatchewan have stopped using live pigs for trauma training courses. Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses teach emergency medical procedures used to treat trauma injuries. At the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of |
Meet Some of the Lost or Surrendered Dogs Who Were Used and Killed at University of Michigan
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (U-M) continues to use dogs from Michigan shelters in its Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course. Notorious Class B dealer R&R Research sells dogs to U-M. Learn more about how these dogs are sold to U-M and help us end the use of animals in U-M’s ATLS course. |
Human-Based Combat Trauma Training Methods
Human-Based Training Methods Because widely validated and accepted nonanimal alternatives for chemical casualty management and combat trauma training courses exist, there is no justification for the use of live animals for these training purposes. Combat Trauma Training The U.S. military’s combat t |
Dissection Alternatives Victory
PCRM has worked for more than two decades to promote humane alternatives to the use of animals in science education. That hard work has paid off as more and more states around the nation pass dissection choice policies, and young students everywhere ask for—and receive—humane alternatives to dissection. |
Doctor Training Shouldn't Cost Animals Their Lives
By John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C. This opinion piece was published on July 14, 2008, in The Star-Ledger. We all want the best training for medical professionals - but is practicing emergency medical skills on live animals the best way to train our physicians and EMTs in the 21st century? As a cardiologist an |
Food for Life TV Archive
View any of the many archived shows below. March 3: Lively Flavored Latin Seitan Stew (YouTube) Katherine Lawrence, a Cancer Project Food for Life cooking class instructor, prepares Latin Seitan Stew from Dr. Barnard’s The Cancer Survivor’s Guide: Foods That Help you Fight Back. The bell peppers in th |
Education and Training
Animals in Medical Student Education More than 90 percent of all United States medical schools, including Harvard, Stanford, and Yale, have eliminated old-fashioned animal laboratories in favor of modern, cost-effective and humane alternatives. |
PCRM Online Archive
February 2012: Read this issue> Watch James Franco and Kevin Nealon Pledge to Save Chimpanzees; Paula Deen Has Diabetes, PCRM Offers Help; Bob Barker Asks University of Virginia to End Cruel Use of Live Cats; Chinese-Language 21-Day Healthy Challenge Begins March 5; Cheese Billboards Highlight Obesity Risk; Feb. 10 |
Readily Available Alternatives to Animals
In the early 1990s, medical schools began rapidly replacing the use of animals for medical education with non-animal teaching methods. Today, the use of animals for all medical school educational courses has been eliminated by more than 85 percent of U.S. medical schools. The Medical College of Wisconsin is one o |
Massachusetts General Hospital Urged to Stop Killing Sheep
It’s one of the last facilities in the country still using animals in Advanced Trauma Life Support courses. But in an October demonstration, more than 50 Boston-area residents, PCRM physicians, and even a few Massachusetts General Hospital employees let the hospital know that it can’t continue to kill s |
Food for Life Recipe of the Week
Recipes are selected from PCRM's comprehensive nutrition website NutritionMD.org. In addition to hundreds of recipes, NutritionMD.org also offers a meal planner, along with nutrient analyses, recipes, and a shopping list. February 2012 Quick Rice Pudding (2/3/12) This week's featured video: |
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