Tell Laval University to End the Use of Piglets in Its Pediatrics Residency Program
Action Alert from All-Creatures.org

FROM

Physicians Committee
June 2017

ACTION

Please take a minute to ask Laval University's pediatrics department director Marc-André Dugas, M.D., to immediately replace the use of live piglets in his school's pediatrics residency program.

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Sign an online petition [NOTE: The message on the petition is in French because that is the predominant language of this Canadian province].

And/Or better yet, make direct contact:

Marc-Andre Dugas, M.D.
Université Laval
2325, rue de l'Université
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
1-418 656-2131

Here are some talking points:

  • Please replace the use of live piglets in Laval University's pediatrics residency training with human-based methods.
  • Laval's is the only pediatrics residency program in Canada and the United States known to use live animals for training.
  • Simulators like Laerdal's SimBaby and SimNewB, CAE Healthcare's BabySIM, and Simulab's TraumaChild system are widely used for this training and can immediately replace the use of piglets.
  • After careful review, the U.S. Department of Defense ended the use of live animals in pediatrics residency courses as of Jan. 1, 2015.
  • Please end this cruel and unnecessary practice immediately.

INFORMATION

SAMPLE:

I am writing to ask that you immediately end the use of live piglets in Laval University's pediatrics residency program. As department director, it is your responsibility to ensure that the program provides the best and most ethical education possible. Medical simulators such as Laerdal's SimBaby and SimNewB, CAE Healthcare's BabySIM, and Simulab's TraumaChild system are widely used for this training. In fact, Laval University has the only remaining Canadian pediatrics residency program using animals. Please ensure that humane, modern training methods replace the use of animals in this program.

 

J'écris pour vous demander de cesser immédiatement l'utilisation de porcelets vivants dans le cadre du programme de résidence en pédiatrie de l'Université Laval. En tant que directeur du département, il est de votre responsabilité de veiller à ce que le programme offre l'éducation la meilleure et la plus éthique possible. Les simulateurs médicaux tels que Simbaby et Sim NewB, de Laerdal, Babysim de CAE Healthcare, and TraumaChild de Simulab sont couramment utilisés pour cet usage. La réalité est que l'Université Laval a le seul et dernier programme de résidence en pédiatrie au Canada à toujours utiliser des animaux. Je vous prie de vous assurer que des méthodes modernes et humaines d'éducation remplacent l'utilisation d'animaux pour ce programme.


Thank you for everything you do for animals!


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