Medical education, medical colleges and the regulation of the practice of medicine in the United States and Canada, 1765-1891 : Medical education and the regulation of the practice of medicine in foreign countries.

  • Rauch, John H. (John Henry), 1828-1894.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Medical education, medical colleges and the regulation of the practice of medicine in the United States and Canada, 1765-1891 : Medical education and the regulation of the practice of medicine in foreign countries. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSTITUTIOKS REPRESENTED. In United States 77 Canadian '/' 5 Foreign ; 12 PERCENTAGES OF REJECTIONS. Alabama 102 graduate candidates; Minnesota 218 New Jersey 11 North Carolina 273 South Carolina 170 Virginia 349 per cent, rejected, 7.84.. 29.81 9.09. 94 Non-graduates. 80% 20.64 59.87% 28.82 29.51 64.29% 1,1^ Graduates U. S. colleges; percentage rejected 24 09% 19 Canadian ;; '' 31:57% 15 Foreign 05% 108 Non-eraduates 62.03% Tile following table is inserted for purposes of comparison: Eesults of the Prussian State Examinations, 1890. t3) CD >1 w o 0 o- B P Second examinations* New examinations Total Marked sufficient good very good..., Total Rejected Per cent, rejected 70 147 217 49 79 2 130 87 40.09 o> p Q 59 O 91 76 15 16.48 72 38 34 47.22 55 47 14.54 37 83 120 27 54 1 82 38 31.66 20 46, 66 45 21 31.81 7 79 4| 42; 9 32 86 17 55 6 78 8 9.3 46 37 9 19.56 41 30 11 26.82 181 613 794 184 357 22 563 231 29.09 Note.—Looking simply at the percentage of rejected candidates, it would seem that the graduates of American schools have done as well before the State Boards of Exam- iners as the apphcants before the Prussian Commissioners. But a study of the German method of examining (given in this Repoet) will show that candidates in this country are not subjected to as severe tests as are candidates in Germanv. A careful examination of the foregoing tables will show that there are marked differences as to the severity of the examinations held by the State Boards, or else that the graduates going from certain colleges before cer- tain boards are much better qualified than the average of the graduates of those schools. It is a fact that the examination papers vary greatly, and the table is not a positive index of the work of the schools represented. To correct these differences and have more uniform examinations there should be a meeting of the examining boards of the different states, and and some system adopted by which examination papers may be exchanged. ♦Rejected previous year.