Survey of Live Animals in Surgery Training
The Physicians Committee is actively surveying all general surgery residency programs in the United States and Canada to determine their training methods.
Currently:
- 79% of responsive programs use only human-relevant training methods, like medical simulators and human cadavers.
- 227 programs use only nonanimal training methods
- 61 programs use live animals
These are some of the surgery programs the Physicians Committee is actively working to change:
Explore Our Findings
Below is a list of all accredited general surgery residency programs in the U.S. and Canada. This list is continuously updated.