Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon].

  • Ceylon. Civil Medical Department.
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the meantime such reorganization of teaching and examinations as could be executed without incurring extra expenditure was taken in hand immediately by the College Council and embodied in the Calendar published in September, 1932. The course in practical classes. Bacteriology was enlarged both bv extra lectures and Field work in Public Health was added and extra practical work and demonstrations included in the teaching of Parasitology and Forensic Medicine, the latter being put in charge of a team of teachers provisionally so as to secure better work in its var'ous branches. The system of marking at the Final in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery was revolutionized so that much greater weight attached to clinical and practical work than heretofore, and extra examinations in Clinical Ophthal¬ mology, and Clinical Midwifery and Gynaecology were set up; these innovations being introduced at the Final Examination held in December, 1932. Provision for extra teaching staff is being next years’ estimates. t/ put forward for inclusion in the As the work of training midwives taken over by the College in October, 1931, was found to be for various reasons difficult on the administrative aspect, the scheme was modified. The teaching of pupils was transferred back to the Department of Medical and Sanitary Services from October, 1932, but the examinations for Certificates of Efficiency continue to be held by the College which is thus enabled to control the standard of those who qualify as midwives. The statistics for the year are as follows: — Medical. Number of students qualified for the L. M. S. Number of students admitted to the College . Total number of students on the rolls 10 24 166 Results of Examinations for the academic year 1931-32. Medical. 1931. December. r~ A. > r 1932. March- _a__ 1 932. July. _A__ 1932. September, -A_ 1932. Total. Sat. Passed. Sat, Passed. Pre-medical . . — — . . 41 . . 14 1st Professional . . — — .. 41.. 19 2nd Professional, Parts I. and IT. — .. 37.. 31 Final . . 12. . 6.. 17.. 3 Sat. Passed. Sat, Passed. Sat. Passed. . . 32. 15. . 22. 12.. 63. . — .. 73. 26 34 . . 17. . . 23. 12. 10. —. . — . . 54. . — .. 52. 43 19 242 122 Apothecaries. Number on the rolls Number admitted 57 27 1st Apothecaries 2nd Apothecaries Results of Examinations. 1931. December. Sat, Passed. 1 932. March. r~ r~ 1 932. July. _A-_ Total. _—Aw- Sat. Passed. Sat, Passed. 4.. 25.. 13.. •) o. • 6. . 12.. 4. . 24. . 13, Sat. Passed. 31.. 17 41.. 22 72 39