SIMULATED ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Animal experiments are of paramount importance in the pre-clinical screening of new chemical entity. On the other hand, various regulatory guidelines for animal experiments are becoming more stringent in the face of worldwide protests by animal rights activists. Moreover, simulated animal experiments’ softwares are being developed and they can be implemented in the postgraduate and graduate students' curriculum for demonstration of standard physiological and pharmacological principles compared to real time animal experiments. In fact, implementation of virtual experiment will decrease hand on experience of animal experiments among medical students, but after medical graduation, animal experiment is lest utilized during their day to day clinical practice. Similarly, in case of postgraduate pharmacology curriculum, computer based virtual animal experiments can facilitate teaching and learning in a short span of time with various protocols, without sacrificing any animal for already established experimental outcomes.
Authors and Affiliations
Chirag B. Mistry| Tutor, Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Baroda, Gujarat, India, Corresponding author email: drchiragm@gmail.com, Shreya M. Shah| Additional Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Baroda, Gujarat, India, Jagatkumar D. Bhatt| Past-Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Baroda, Gujarat, India
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