How do medical professionals justify their involvement with live tissue training?

ABSTRACT:

Background

"Live tissue training" (LTT) is simulation that uses a live anaesthetised animal in place of a human patient. It is a training practice which is significantly contested, but continues to occur despite availability of alternative simulator models. The aim of this study was to explore if, and how, medical professionals who participate in LTT justify their own professional involvement.

Methods

Fifteen semi-structured interviews of physicians who had knowledge and prior experience of LTT were performed as part of a wider research project and initially analysed using the Framework Method. Data categorised as 'ethical views' underwent a secondary thematic analysis to answer this research aim. Data were grouped by similar meaning to produce themes in the form of beliefs

SUBMITTER: Swain CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12506302 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature