Ethical and scientific study on alternative methods use in the teaching of surgical practice in Medicine Veterinary

Abstract

This project aims to evaluate the alternative method´s efficiency for teaching surgical practices, making a comparison with the conventional methods, using as example the subjects offered by Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Uberlândia (FAMEV/UFU) as conventional methods, and three examples as alternative methods: Larssen´s solution modified, video-classes and 3D simulation´s software, in order to make out a study based on ethical and scientific criteria, evaluating both methods. As scientific criterion, seeks to establish the advantages and disadvantages of these methods comparing their efficiency to imply the need to use; as ethical criterion seeks to find the damage to non-human animals and the violation of their interests submitted by each method. Comparing the efficiency and the results obtained in conventional teaching methodologies with the methodologies that use alternative methods, it will be possible to understand the real need for the use of nonhuman animals alive for teaching purposes.