Resources

Resources

List of U.S. Medical Schools that have progressed beyond such labs.

"Dog Lab" video. See what dog-lab instructors and their assistants do to dogs and how they do it.
Running time: 16 minutes. $10.00
To order, click here.

New! Read about opposition to dog labs at Colorado University School of Medicine in Denver at these two web sites: http://www.stopcudoglabs.org and http://rmad.org/dogs.html.

Then watch "Advances in Medical Education" with Henry Heimlich, M. D., available from the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). See how the faculty of Harvard Medical School responded to students' requests for an alternative to dog labs.
Running time: 16 minutes.
Free to medical students.
For others: $10.00
To order, click on the link: http://www.pcrm.org/resource/video.html

Read about interactive physiology software SimBioSys at the Critical Concepts website. In his review of SimBioSys in JAMA, Charles G. Durbin, Jr, MD, says, "A major strength of the model is its flexibility. Hundreds of variables can be programmed to simulate a huge variety of clinical conditions. The simulator is extremely powerful and responds to interventions realistically." A fully licensed SimBioSys is available for UCSD medical students at the LRC.

Charles G. Durbin, Jr, MD, Patient Simulator, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association April 8, 1998 Volume 279, No. 14, page 1125.

Samsel Richard W., Schmidt Gregory A., Hall Jesse B., Wood Lawrence D. H., Shroff Sanjeev G, and Schumacker Paul T. Cardiovascular Physiology Teaching: Computer Simulations vs. Animal Demonstrations. Advances in Physiology Education, Volume 11 : Number 1, June 1994, S37 - S39. (Reprints are available while supplies last. Request via email.)
My synopsis of the Samsel article above.

American Medical Student Association Position on the use of animal laboratories in medical education.

Barnard, Neal D., M. D., "Pound Seizure", Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

"Lab Animal", Information, Ideas, Methods and Materials for the Animal Research Professional.

The syllabus of UCSD Cardiovascular Animal Laboratory.

Chiodo, Christopher P. Dog Lab: A Question of Rite and Wrong, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 265 : Number 1, April 3, 1991. (Reprints are available while supplies last. Request via email.)

Somewhat tangential, but see the review in the journal Science about Johns Hopkins University's Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing. Swapping Lab Rats for Test Tubes, Science 14 May 1999, Vol 284.

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