The Pressure Mounts
Aug 25, 07 01:49 AM News
The Dean of Saint Louis University
(SLU) School of Medicine reported on August 15, 2007 that, "animals
are no longer used for teaching purposes in the MD curriculum in
our School of Medicine."
This action is in response to a letter from the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) regarding the resolution passed by the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) in March. This resolution "strongly encourage(d) the replacement of animal laboratories with non-animal alternatives in undergraduate medical education." SLU has now eliminated the use of pigs in their M2 cardiovascular physiology module.
SLU's move forward in medical education marks the tenth medical school to stop live animal use since 2006, leaving only 11 allopathic medical schools in the US still using live animals in their curricula.
This action is in response to a letter from the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) regarding the resolution passed by the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) in March. This resolution "strongly encourage(d) the replacement of animal laboratories with non-animal alternatives in undergraduate medical education." SLU has now eliminated the use of pigs in their M2 cardiovascular physiology module.
SLU's move forward in medical education marks the tenth medical school to stop live animal use since 2006, leaving only 11 allopathic medical schools in the US still using live animals in their curricula.