Requirements for admission to medical schools including the combined baccalaureate and medical course : a paper delivered at the 40th University Convocation, July 1, 1902 / by Albert Vander Veer.

  • Vander Veer, A. (Albert), 1841-1929.
Date:
1902
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Credit: Requirements for admission to medical schools including the combined baccalaureate and medical course : a paper delivered at the 40th University Convocation, July 1, 1902 / 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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    In comparison with this table may be considered the follow- ing requirements of Johns Hopkins, the only university of the United States that requires the baccalaureate degree for ad- mission, including certain specific sciences. In the sophomore year, chemistry 281 hours; English 94 hours; German 125 hours; physics 219 hours. In the junior year, biology 281 hours; chemistry 281 hours; English 94 hours; French 125 hours. In the senior year, biology 281 hours; history 125 hours; philosophy 156 hours. In the first year of the medical school, anatomy 681 hours; chemistry 152 hours; philosophy 72 hours. The requirements of Johns Hopkins then become Anatomy 681 hours Biologic sciences 562 U Chemistry 714 « English 188 U French 125 (C German 125 (C History 125 u Physics 219 u Philosophy 228 a 2967 it Using the experience of Johns Hopkins as a guide, it would be safe to relegate the physics and part of the chemistry to the sophomore year; chemistry and part of the biologic sciences to the junior year; the remaining biologic sciences, anatomy and physiology to the senior year. The law recently passed by the Legislature to allow a student possessing a baccalaureate degree to complete his medical education in three years will fail to accomplish its purpose if all baccalaureate degrees are to be recognized because of the very excellent four years course that is now offered by the medical colleges in this State. The first year comprises so much anatomy, chemistry and physiology that a