The organization and the system of examinations of the Conjoint Examining Board of the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England : an address / delivered by Frederic G. Hallett.

  • Hallett, Frederic Greville.
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[1912]
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    :55 the University degree, but this is by no means general. Another reason, I think, is that many University men look forward to obtaining our higher diplomas—our Fellowships which are almost essential for consulting practice in England, and they, therefore, wish to become our Licentiates and Members as a stepping-stone to those diplomas, I may perhaps just sum up the particular features of the Examination. We can examine at one time as many as 250 candidates. In the case of Chemistry they would all write their paper on one day : they would be examined in the laboratory in three batches of 80 men each, leavino- a few for a fourth batch. These four hatches would take two mornings and two afternoons. In Physics the candidates would be examined at the rate of 16 men an hour in the practical part, or a total of 16 hours spread over 3 days. Jn Biology we only take 36 candidates a day for the oral part, and therefore the Examination would occupy 7 days. For the Second Examination in Anatomy and Physiology we examine 48 candidates a day in the oral part, and we should therefore take five days and a part to get through this number. Asa matter of fact, however, we do not have such large numbers for the First and Second Examinations, because many of our candidates obtain exemption from these Ex- aminations by passing in the subjects at their Universities. For the Final Examination the papers in Medicine are written on a Tuesday and Wednesday and the clinical and oral part commences on the following Saturday when 24 candidates are taken. We should examine four days in the next week when 96 more candidates are taken, and four days in the week after, when again 96 candidates would be examined, leaving 34 to be taken in 1^ days in the following week, so that in three weeks from the date of the paper we should finish the whole of the candidates. In Midwifery we examine 32 candidates a day, therefore in