In recent years, a number of medical schools have changed the way they train students to perform surgery. Whereas medical students previously received surgical experience on animals before moving on to human patients, the use of animals in these schools has been quietly dropped. Now the first surgical experience students at such schools get is when they operate on a human patient. Given that such a change in training affects us all, it is important to examine its consequences. For generations, all medical students were required to take a laboratory course in medical physiology that involved hands-on experience with living … Continue reading Medical Students: Not Tested on Animals