GENERAL PLAN OF INSTRUCTION AND

-- ---

GENERAL PLAN OF

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

GENERAL PLAN OF INSTRUCTION

69

Each academic year is divided into three trimesters of cleven weeks each. Requircd lectures, classroom and laboratory work and practical work with patients occupy approximately SC\'cnhours a day on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week. The afternoons of Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays are generally free from required work throughout the course. The first two of these after- noons are intended for optional work in elective courses, in the library, or in supplementing the rcgular rcquired work in the laboratories or hospitals. As Tuesday and Thursday afternoons are usually free from required work for all classes, with the cxception of the first-year class. there is an Oppor- tunity for students of different classes to work together in elective courses. This feature of the curriculum tends, to some cxtent, to break down the sharp distinction between the classes. It also allows students to return to departments in which they have developed special interests.

Saturday aftcrnoons are sct aside for recreation, and work at t11csetimes is not encouraged.

Admission to the School of ~Iedicine presupposes that

everystudent has had an adequate preparation in chemistry,

physics and biology, and the proper comprehcnsion of prac-

tically every course in the medical curriculum is dependent

upon knowledge gained in previously required courses. The

proper succession of courses is therefore an important factor

in determining the medical curriculum. Another important

factor is, however, the correlation of courses. In several in-

stances courses given simultaneously are planned to supple-

ment and expand each other. Such correlation also allows

students to study a subject from different points of view, and

Onecourse may often excite an interest in another.

70 l'ANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Although there is no sharp demarcation in the curriculum between the laboratory and the clinical courses, the first year and the greater part of the sl'cond year are taken up in the study of the medical SC'icnCls,-anatomy, hiolol{ical chemistry. physiology, bacteriology, pathology and phar- macology.

During the third trimester of the second year attention is strongl) fOCUSl:don

tl

chnkal training nCldcd for the study of patilllts, \\ hich i~ begun in the hospital wards with the beginning of thc third year, the students bc:ing assigI1ld to the \ arious wards of thl' hospitals in groups. The fourth year studlnts an assil'llld to till' diffen:nt di\isions of the out-patil'nt dl'partmcnt. B\ this amn~CII1l nt thl' It s-.

matun: studl nts MC tlH' more out-spokl'n manifl stations of disease under conditions which allow thl'ir study with grcatl:f facility, while till mon' matun' students study the l arlv maniflstations of diStas<, wlH:n tht ir rl'coj.,'llition is morc difficult. Till ~nior students \\ork also more indt pllldllltly under conditions mon' nt arly like tlwsc obtaining in thl' practict. of medicine During thc fourth year an opportunity is also giyen the studl'nts to acquire some of the simpler methods of specialists.

:-':0

attempt is made however, to give them sufficient kno\\ledge or cXJX:rience,to encourage them to enter upon the practice of a specialty without serious post- graduate study.

Throughout the latter half of the course the students are taught as far as possible by practical work, and every effort is made to devdop sound and well-trained practitioners of medicine.

Finally, during the fourth year courses in preventive

medicine are given, \\ith the intent of familiarizing the

student with the more important aspects of the prevention

of disease, of public health and of hygiene .• >\11 attempt is

SCHOOL OF MED/CINE 71

also made to interest the student in the relation of disease and injury to society, and to awaken in him a consciousness of his broader obligations to his community and to its social organization. Various aspects of prenntion of disease are introduced throughout

t1l('

l'ntire medical curriculum to the end that the graduate of medicine is imbued with the ..Prnentin; Idea." The out-patient departml'nt is utilized in gi\ ing the student a practical knowll dge of the social aspects of dist'asl>,as wl'1las the application of the principles of pn:nntion in rdation to ml'dical practice.

COURSES OFFERED TO CA.'lDIDATES FOR GRADUATE DEGREES

Candidates n:gistered by the Committl'( on Graduate In- struction of the l'niversit}' for the degree of Master of Science or of DoctrJr of Philosophy, may pursue nork in the Medical Sciences gin'n in the ~Iedical School, either in regular COursesor in special dective courses, provided such students are accepted by the heads of departments offering the COurses. Graduate ,\ork in the Medical Sciences is regu- lated by the Committee on Graduate Instruction of the Uni- versity, which controls such work in all departments of the University. Candidates for graduate degrees should apply to Dean W. L. Fleming.

COURSES FOR GRADUATES IN MEDICINE

Postgraduate instruction in the School of ~Iedicine has recently been placed under the direction of a faculty com- mittee in cooperation with the heads of the departments.

Courses may be offered at any time during the year for periods varying from two to six weeks. Only a limited number of physicians can

^be

admitted to any course.

A description of a,'ailable courses may

be

found in the

catalog on pages 103-104. More detailed information may

be

obtained concerning postgraduate instruction

by

writing the

Dean.

72 VAIWERBILT UNIVERSITJ'

SUMMARY OF THE REQUIRED HOURS OF THE CURRICULUM

First Year Second Year

Su"jects

Anatomy _

Histology and ;"\;turology Biochellll~tr}

Physiology TotaL_

/lours __ 4H

\'15 300 349 127M

Suhjul$

Bactc:nology_u _ Pathology _^{u __}

Phannacology Clinical Patholo~y _ Parasitic DiseaslS Physical Diagnosls._

Applied Anatomy _ Pnnciplc:s of Surgery Surgical Clinics _ Medical Clilllcs _

/luurs

no

176 110 77 17 110 66 55 II II

TotaL ^u ₁₀₂₃

TotaL __uu __ uu __1035

Fourth Year

TotaL ^{u __}lOll

/lours 165 III 110

99 99 55 55 44 44 33 44 33 33 22 22 11 Subjects

Surgery _

Medlclne ^{u __}

Preventive Medicine _ Gynecology and Obstetncs

l'edlatncs u _u ^{U _}

Psychiatry u u _

t:rology_u u

Orthopedic Surgery _ Ophthalmology _

Otolaryngolog)" _ Dermatology _

Neurology _

Pathology .. _

Immunology and Serology _ Medical Jurisprudence _ Radiology uuu __^p_

/lours _ _ _ 2911

--3Q9 _ 99 _ 170 _ 60 33 _ 22 22 22 Third Year

Subjects Medicine _

Surgery _

Surgical Patholoil'~^u

Obstetricsu _

Pediatrics u __

Pathology _

Neurology _

Medical Psychololty_

Therapeutics _

SCHOOL OF JlEDICl.VE