LECTURERS
HEARN BRADLEY, M. D
FREY, M. D
D. HARTMAN, D
CHARLOTTE B. WARD, A. B. Rn~arch Assistant ill Pharmacology .. anderbilt l'niversity Hospital ROBERT JAY WARNER, M. D. Assistant in Clinical Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology .. 1921; AssiltaDt to tbe Chair ofEye, FAr, Nose IlIId Tl1roat, VllIId.-bilt Uaivenit)'.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
THE STAFF OF THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
PATHOLOGY
GENERAL STATEMENT
HISTORY
William Utterer. a capitalist of Nashville, donated to the Vniversity the fonner medical building of the University of Nash\'ille. This building contained a large assembly hall, class rooms and laboratories of bacteriology and anatomy, and added much to the facilities of the school. Thln n mains of the original Carmgie l{ifts and the appro- priations b) the Gem ral Education Board and the Carnegie Corporation a sum of for endowment of the School of ~Icdicine and of the Vanderbilt l'niversity Hos- pital.
The buildin~ of the School of ~Iedicine is located in the southeast corner of the eniversity Campus. The huilding on the \\ cst side of the cOllrt contains the laboratories of gross and microscopic unatom). of patholog), and of bacteriolog\. The two buildin~s connecting the buildings of the north and the south courts contain laboratories, lecture roo111 5 and.
The buildings of the school of .:\Iedicine contain all the necessary departments, facilities and equipment for con- ducting a modern hospital and for tile teaching of all the subjects contained in the medical curriculum. The buildinJ{ for the school of nursin~ is in conformity with the building of the medical school. The out-patient department occupies the entire first floor of the southern portion of thc buildin~. Itis especially.
The surgical operatin~ rooms are placed over the central portion of the medical school court, facing- north. Besides the clinical facilities offered by the wards and out-patient department of the Cniversity Hospital, the School of Medicine has been granted the professional control of the :-';asll\.ilIe General Hospital during eight months of.
REQUIREMENTS FOR
ADMISSION AND GRADUATION
- Seniors in absentia of collegiate institutions of recog- nized standing who will be granted the Bachelor's degree by
- Students of foreign Wliversities of recognized standing who have completed at least the equivalent of three years of
- Chemistry.-Tweh'e semester hours are required, of which at least eight semester hours must be in general in-
- English and co",position.-Six semester hours
- A modernforngll language.-Six semester hours based on two units in high school or their equivalent in college
- Biology.-.\n advanced course of at least eight sem- ester hours including at least two semester hours of labora-
- Psych%gy.-A course of at least 4 semester hours, that deals especially with experimental or abnormal psychol-
Students of foreign Wliversities of recognized standing who have completed at least the equivalent of three years of who have completed at least the equivalent of three years of collegiate education may be admitted to the School of Medicine at the discretion of the Committee on Admissions. As admission to the School of }'Iedicine is competitive, students will be selected on the basis of the quality of their college work and the general fitness of the applicant for the study of medicine. The number of students admitted to the first year class of the School of Medicine is limited to fifty.
Applications for admission should be filed at as early a date as possible, and not later than ~ray 15th of the year. 34;ill, upon completion of the first year in that School, receive twelve hours' credit, thus fulfilling all the requirements for the Bachelor's degree. Examinations maybe written, oral Or practical, and they may be held either at the completion of each course or at the end of the academic year.
The quality of the work of each student is considered, usually at the end of each trimester, by a committee composed of the instructors responsible for his more important courses. 111e a\erage grade for the year is obtained by addin~ the computtd KTadls and dividing this sum by thl sum of the course values. Students who at the beginning of an academic year have failed to complete all the work of the preceding years may not be allowed to carryall the prescribed courses.
Additional units may be granted for sJ>tcial work when such work is considered by a committee of the faculty to be of superior quality. They must have satis- factorily completed all the required courses of the medical curriculum, have passed all prescribed examinations.
GENERAL INFORMATION
FEES AND EXPENSES
This medal is awarded to the student in the graduating class of each School of the University who has attained the highest average standing in scholarship throughout the four years of study. To each student attaining the highest average grade in tbe first, second and third years is awarded a scholarship valued at fifty dollars, which will be credited on the tuition fee of the following year. The Beauchamp Scholarship-This scholarship, founded by Mrs. John A. Beauchamp in memory of her husband, who was for many years Superintendent of the Central State Hospital for the Insane, at Nashville, is awarded to the student showing greatest progress in the department of neurology and psychiatry and who is othernise worthy and deserving.
This society has for its purpose the development of high standards of personal conduct, and scholarship, and the encouragement of the spirit of medical research. It is a handsome buildinR in the rollel{iate Gothic Style dt'signed chiefl .. as a center for the social life of the Pni ..crsit. For the succcc;sful operation of the Honor System the cooperation of e\ery studl nt is essential.
It is the duty of each student to 5ho\\ his appreciation of the trust reposed in him under this syst('m, not alone by hIS O\\n conduct, but by insisting on the absolute honesty of others in his class. At these meetings papers are pres( nted by the teaching staff and students of the school, representing the research that is being carried on in the various departments. These meetings arc opt:n to the students of the school and to the medical profession of the community.
Students are referred by him to various mcmbers of the hospital statT \\henevcr there arc indications for such consultations, and all applications for medical care mUst be made first to the physician to students. Students are admitted to the wards of the hospital ""hen necessary at one-half the regular rate, and they usually occupy beds in small separate wards.
GENERAL PLAN OF INSTRUCTION AND
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. 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 tlchnkal 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 OF INSTRUCTION
Lectuns and llOOratory work six hours a week during the third trime ter of the second ye r. Sixtel:,l1hours of I(ctures and laboratory work a week durlDg the first trimester of the second year. Ten hours of lectures. demonstrations and practical work a week during the third trimester of the second year.
Three hours a week during the second trimester and 10 hours a week during the tbird trimester of the second year. Bedside instruction is given each morning from II30to 9 '0 o'clock by various members of the staff. The course also includes instruction in the methods of application of the usual surgical dressings.
The object of the course is to prepare the students for beginning their clinical training. During the fourth year one honr each week IS given to the instructIOn of the c:ntlre fourth )'ear class in the diagnOSIs and treatment of fractures. One hour a y,eeL: during the second and third tnmesters of the .. fourth year DR. BROMBERGAND STAPP.
Three hours a week dUring the first and second trimester and two hours a week during the third trimester of the third year. Approximately fifteen hours a week: during half of one trimester of the third year. exclusive of outside deliveries. Three hours one afternoon) a week during the tint and second trimesters of the fourth year.
The available material in the wards of the '"andcrbilt lniversity Hospital will be used for instruction purpOses.
STUDENTS, 1927-1928
HONORS
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SCHEDULE OF ELECTIVE COURSES
