Obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) medical residents at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee will no longer practice surgical procedures on live animals, following approximately four months of talks between the hospital and PETA. In response to our survey regarding animal use in OB/GYN residency programs, the hospital confirmed that it had been using three live pigs annually for training medical residents in an assortment of female reproductive surgical procedures. After we discussed and agreed upon the superiority of high-tech human uterus simulation modules, administrators made the compassionate decision to purchase a number of them for teaching doctors-in-training, which will spare numerous pigs invasive surgeries in the coming years.
