Bring medical training in RI into the 21st century!

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Bring medical training in RI into the 21st century!

Name of Bill: Use of animals in medical training

Bill Number: S. 2398 and H. 7234

Humane Cosmetics What was once seen as standard practice – cutting into live animals to train medical professionals – is now seen as not only outdated, but cruel and unnecessary. In fact, across the U.S. and Canada, 97% of emergency medicine programs have replaced the use of animals in their curriculum.

This change in course is largely the result of technological innovation. Today, medical professionals can be trained on human-relevant simulators that recreate the human condition and provide lifelike physiological responses. Multiple studies have shown that medical training simulators improve skill acquisition and retention. Some simulators feature flowing blood, breakable bones, and layers of skin, muscle, and fat. All of these devices are more appropriate than animals for teaching emergency procedures.

Even so, medical programs in Rhode Island continue to function in the last century by using and killing animals to train medical professionals.

S. 2398/H. 7234 would bring medical training in Rhode Island into the 21^st century by prohibiting a medical training program from using live animals if another accredited training program in the same medical discipline does not use animals, or if an alternative teaching method exists.

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Please support S. 2398/H. 7234 to prioritize human-relevant medical training

Dear [Decision Maker],

I am writing as your constituent to ask for your support of S. 2398/H.7234 concerning the use of animals in medical training. Almost every medical program in the nation has ended this practice, but it persists in Rhode Island.

Using animals for medical training is no longer considered the most effective way to train medical professionals; human-based simulators are increasingly being used with great success. Some simulators feature flowing blood, breakable bones, and layers of skin, muscle, and fat. All of these devices are more appropriate for teaching emergency procedures than animals. After all, are we trying to train doctors in human medicine or to be veterinarians?

Despite the availability of better training tools like human-based simulators, medical programs in Rhode Island continue to use and kill animals to train doctors.

S. 2398/H.7234 would modernize medical training in Rhode Island and make it human-relevant. This bill would prohibit the use of animals for the training of students, residents, or physicians if at least one other related program in the state uses nonanimal methods, or if an alternative animal-free option exists.

This bill would address not only the substandard animal-based medical training occurring in Rhode Island, but it would also ensure that Rhode Island is a leader in ethical, human-relevant medical training.

Thank you for your consideration.

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