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Vol. 13 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2018.13.3
SURVEY ON THE DEMAND OF SICILIAN PHYSICIANS FOR A SPECIFIC TRAINING ON HUMAN CADAVERS AND ANIMALS
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Received: October 22 2025
Published: January 12 2026
Published: January 12 2026
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Currently, surgical training of physicians in Italy has limited possibilities.Surgical training can be
performed on dissection of human bodies as well as in animal laboratories, but experience is very
poor. We conducted a survey through an anonymous questionnaire in order to evaluate the opinions
of post-graduate physicians on their need for experience training on both human and animal bodies
during their medical studies. A total of 165 young Sicilian physicians responded to the survey. Only
14 of them (8.5%) declared they had specific training on a live animal, while 46 (27.9%) reported
they already attended cadaver labs. Over 70% assigned the maximum score to the utility of such
courses as integration of medical academic offer. Our results showed that the majority of the
subjects interviewed expressed a need for training using these practices and that it might be
necessary to investigate patterns to promote the opportunity for direct practice on human and
animal bodies.
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SURVEY ON THE DEMAND OF SICILIAN PHYSICIANS FOR A SPECIFIC TRAINING ON HUMAN CADAVERS AND ANIMALS. (2026). EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal, 13. https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2018.13.3
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