Reciprocity in medical licensure / by Albert Vander Veer.

  • Vander Veer, A. (Albert), 1841-1929.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Reciprocity in medical licensure / by Albert Vander Veer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    State required for admission to registered medical schools and the medical licensing examination is evidence of four full years of secondary education subsequent to eight years of elementary or the equivalent in higher institutions. The evidence of this preliminary education is the medical student certificate, in the determination of which certain specific requirements are exacted. By reason of the unification of the various educational forces of the State a harmonious and complete determination of the various conditions surrounding the problem of admission to higher institutions is possible. For example, the more than 650 high schools and 150 academies are chartered or admitted to membership in the university under uniform requirements. The courses of study in these secondary institutions are based on eight full years of elementary instruction brought into harmony with the secondary work through a centralized administration. The subjects, and their treatment in the secondary schools are out- lined and determined on expert judgment of the teaching body through its representatives and the appropriate authorities in the education department, which finds expression in the academic syllabus in force for a syllabus period of five years. The work of these secondary schools is tested and kept up to grade by a system of examinations which not only provides for this purpose, but renders possible the determination of the character of work done by stu- dents unable to take advantage of the schools. The registration of the secondary schools based on inspection and examination tests provides for a series of credentials the most accurate and clearly determined by any administrative authority. By reference to the full agreement in effect August, 1906, between the States of New York and Ohio, Section 5 (see page xx) it will be seen that the preliminary education required for admission shall be the same for both States, and that the certifica- tion of the education department of either State shall be accepted by the education department of the other. The effect of this agreement, as shown by experience with New Jersey, is to develop and har-