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0 337 while a similar title has been conferred on Dr. C. S. Darke, of the City General Hospital, who will deal largely with non-tuberculous conditions. Dr. D. J. Campbell, recently appointed venereologist for the Sheffield area, becomes lecturer in this subject in the university; while Dr. H. F. West, who is in charge of the Sheffield Centre for the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases, has been recognised as a clinical teacher in rheumatism. At the UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL the curriculum for social and preventive medicine is being rearranged, and the teaching in this subject has been advanced into the preclinical years. Some lectures on vital statistics are given in the second year, and the main course of social and preventive medicine proper will, in future, begin in the third year. It will be continued with lectures and demonstrations in the fourth and fifth years. By this means, it is hoped to give the students an insight into social problems from their earliest years and to maintain this interest throughout their course. There has unfor- tunately been a diminishing demand in the courses for postgraduate diplomas, and general practitioners have shown no increased interest for postgraduate facilities, either in the form of a fortnight’s course or of weekly demonstrations. The number of applicants for the dental school has increased, and next year a full entry is expected. It is hoped next year to extend further the department of children’s dentistry. The new veterinary school is at present included in the faculty of medicine, and 28 students will begin the second part of the degree course in October. WALES The WELSH NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE has not yet overcome all the difficulties arising from the increased yearly intake of students. The departments of anatomy and physiology have had time to adjust themselves, and their teaching arrangements are satisfactory, although staff is not easily obtained. But lecture-rooms for students in the clinical years are cramped, though some relief will be afforded when the new institute of pathology, with its fairly large theatre, is completed during the next session. In the meantime, an overflow examination-room has been provided as an annexe to the new library which was formally opened by the vice-chancellor last May. The reallocation among the visiting staff of beds at Cardiff Royal Infirmary and Llandough Hospital, both of which are general hospitals in the teaching group, has enabled the latter hospital to be more fully used for clinical instruction than before. This has involved transport by special bus, which is proving rather costly. Problems involving extensions of existing buildings are awkward for the school and the teaching hospitals in Cardiff at present, since arrangements are approaching completion for the acquisition of a site for a new medical teaching centre with 800-1000 beds. The proposed new site consists of 53 acres of good building land which Cardiff city council is prepared to sell to the hospital and university authorities at an agreed price. It is about two miles, as the crow flies, from the centre of the city and about a mile and a quarter from the main buildings of the university college. Communications are good and it should be possible to include outpatient and casualty departments there. A new chair and department of child health has been created this year. Fairly suitable premises will soon be acquired for research in anaesthetics under Dr. Mushin. Research in pneumoconiosis has been advanced by a new technique for preparing and mounting full-sized sections of lungs, evolved by Professor Gough and his colleagues in the pathological department, which has aroused wide interest in the pathological world. It has been agreed to recognise the director,and senior assistants of the M.R.C. pneumoconiosis research unit at Llandough Hospital as honorary teachers in the school. SCOTLAND No new medical chairs were established at ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY last year but several departments have been strengthened by an increase in the number of lecturers, and the old lectureship in public health is shortly to be raised to the dignity of a chair of social medicine. The building programme is nearly completed and it is hoped that the additional accommodation for the new departments of child health and mental health and for some of the older departments will be completed in time for the start of the session in October. The number of applicants for admission to the UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Medical School for next session, while slightly less than in the last few years, has again greatly exceeded the number of places available, and many applicants who might, in ordinary circum- stances, have been accepted have had to be refused admission. A new curriculum covering a period of six years’ study for the degrees of M.B., cH.B. was intro- duced in October, 1948, and during the session 1950-51 the medical students enrolled will comprise first, second, and third year students under the six-year curriculum along with fourth and fifth year students and a compara- tively small number of third-year students under the old five-year curriculum. The first year’s work of the curriculum for the degree of B.D.s., which was instituted in October, 1949, has now been completed. B.D.S. students take the same courses and examinations in the first year as the students for the M.B., CH.B. Courses and examinations for the various medical diplomas granted by the university have been conducted during the past year with the exception of the diploma in industrial health. The five-week intensive course, which candidates for the diploma in psychiatry are required to attend in the university after completion of the prescribed hospital work and special study, and before they appear for the diploma examination, was held for the first time in the autumn term 1949. Ten held. tor tne nrst time in ttie autumn term 1B:JLJ,B:J. ren graduates attended the course. The regulations govern- ing the examinations for the diploma in medical radio- diagnosis and the diploma in medical radiotherapy have been revised. Graduates may obtain particulars of the university diploma courses from the dean of the faculty of medicine, University New -Buildings, Edinburgh. In GLASGOW UNIVERSITY the number of students in attendance continues at a high level, especially in the clinical years where the classes are swollen by the large number of students transferred from the extramural colleges in 1947 when they were at a preclinical stage of their curriculum. The present preclinical classes are now, however, returning to more normal proportions with advantage to both teachers and students. The end of the current session will see the termination of the former five-year curriculum so far as preclinical instruction is concerned, and from 1950-51 onwards, the preclinical students will be following a six-year curriculum in accordance with the recent recommendations of the General Medical Council. Postgraduate medical instruc- tion is available both in the form of clinical attachments and of organised courses. The transition from the class i and class ill Government-subsidised posts to the regis- trarships of the National Health Service has led the school to abandon for the present prolonged full-time post- graduate courses in general medicine and surgery, but it is hoped to resume organised courses in these subjects during the coming session. Courses in child health and in mental deficiency have been held during the past year, and will be repeated during the coming session. Training in radio- diagnosis and in radiotherapy, recognised for the D.M.B.-D. and D.M.R.-T. is also available. The medical school also provides annually a course for the diploma in public health, and if sufficient candidates offer them- selves a course for the diploma in industrial -health will be arranged. Periodic refresher courses for general practitioners are also held. At the UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS instruction in the subjects of the clinical years of study is given in Dundee, while the premedical and preclinical subjects can be studied either at St. Andrews or at Dundee. The annual intake of students to the faculty of medicine is limited to between 70 and 80 entrants to ensure that the hospital facilities available are sufficient to allow adequate clinical instruction to be given to each under- graduate. In 1948 the six-year curriculum recommended by the General Medical Council was introduced. The
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while a similar title has been conferred on Dr. C. S.Darke, of the City General Hospital, who will deallargely with non-tuberculous conditions. Dr. D. J.Campbell, recently appointed venereologist for theSheffield area, becomes lecturer in this subject in theuniversity; while Dr. H. F. West, who is in charge ofthe Sheffield Centre for the diagnosis and treatment ofrheumatic diseases, has been recognised as a clinicalteacher in rheumatism.
At the UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL the curriculum forsocial and preventive medicine is being rearranged, andthe teaching in this subject has been advanced into thepreclinical years. Some lectures on vital statistics aregiven in the second year, and the main course of socialand preventive medicine proper will, in future, begin inthe third year. It will be continued with lectures anddemonstrations in the fourth and fifth years. By thismeans, it is hoped to give the students an insight intosocial problems from their earliest years and to maintainthis interest throughout their course. There has unfor-tunately been a diminishing demand in the courses forpostgraduate diplomas, and general practitioners haveshown no increased interest for postgraduate facilities,either in the form of a fortnight’s course or of weeklydemonstrations. The number of applicants for the dentalschool has increased, and next year a full entry isexpected. It is hoped next year to extend further thedepartment of children’s dentistry. The new veterinaryschool is at present included in the faculty of medicine,and 28 students will begin the second part of the degreecourse in October.
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The WELSH NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE has notyet overcome all the difficulties arising from the increasedyearly intake of students. The departments of anatomyand physiology have had time to adjust themselves, andtheir teaching arrangements are satisfactory, althoughstaff is not easily obtained. But lecture-rooms forstudents in the clinical years are cramped, though somerelief will be afforded when the new institute of pathology,with its fairly large theatre, is completed during the nextsession. In the meantime, an overflow examination-roomhas been provided as an annexe to the new librarywhich was formally opened by the vice-chancellor lastMay. The reallocation among the visiting staff of bedsat Cardiff Royal Infirmary and Llandough Hospital,both of which are general hospitals in the teaching group,has enabled the latter hospital to be more fully usedfor clinical instruction than before. This has involvedtransport by special bus, which is proving rather costly.Problems involving extensions of existing buildings areawkward for the school and the teaching hospitals in Cardiffat present, since arrangements are approaching completionfor the acquisition of a site for a new medical teachingcentre with 800-1000 beds. The proposed new siteconsists of 53 acres of good building land which Cardiffcity council is prepared to sell to the hospital anduniversity authorities at an agreed price. It is abouttwo miles, as the crow flies, from the centre of the cityand about a mile and a quarter from the main buildingsof the university college. Communications are good andit should be possible to include outpatient and casualtydepartments there. A new chair and department ofchild health has been created this year. Fairly suitablepremises will soon be acquired for research in anaestheticsunder Dr. Mushin. Research in pneumoconiosis hasbeen advanced by a new technique for preparing andmounting full-sized sections of lungs, evolved by ProfessorGough and his colleagues in the pathological department,which has aroused wide interest in the pathologicalworld. It has been agreed to recognise the director,andsenior assistants of the M.R.C. pneumoconiosis researchunit at Llandough Hospital as honorary teachers inthe school.
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No new medical chairs were established at ABERDEENUNIVERSITY last year but several departments havebeen strengthened by an increase in the number oflecturers, and the old lectureship in public health is
shortly to be raised to the dignity of a chair of social
medicine. The building programme is nearly completedand it is hoped that the additional accommodation forthe new departments of child health and mental healthand for some of the older departments will be completedin time for the start of the session in October.
The number of applicants for admission to theUNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Medical School for nextsession, while slightly less than in the last few years, hasagain greatly exceeded the number of places available,and many applicants who might, in ordinary circum-stances, have been accepted have had to be refusedadmission. A new curriculum covering a period ofsix years’ study for the degrees of M.B., cH.B. was intro-duced in October, 1948, and during the session 1950-51the medical students enrolled will comprise first, second,and third year students under the six-year curriculumalong with fourth and fifth year students and a compara-tively small number of third-year students under theold five-year curriculum. The first year’s work ofthe curriculum for the degree of B.D.s., which wasinstituted in October, 1949, has now been completed.B.D.S. students take the same courses and examinationsin the first year as the students for the M.B., CH.B.
Courses and examinations for the various medical
diplomas granted by the university have been conductedduring the past year with the exception of the diplomain industrial health. The five-week intensive course,which candidates for the diploma in psychiatry are
required to attend in the university after completion ofthe prescribed hospital work and special study, andbefore they appear for the diploma examination, washeld for the first time in the autumn term 1949. Tenheld. tor tne nrst time in ttie autumn term 1B:JLJ,B:J. ren
graduates attended the course. The regulations govern-ing the examinations for the diploma in medical radio-diagnosis and the diploma in medical radiotherapy havebeen revised. Graduates may obtain particulars ofthe university diploma courses from the dean ofthe faculty of medicine, University New -Buildings,Edinburgh.
In GLASGOW UNIVERSITY the number of students inattendance continues at a high level, especially in theclinical years where the classes are swollen by the largenumber of students transferred from the extramuralcolleges in 1947 when they were at a preclinical stage oftheir curriculum. The present preclinical classes are now,however, returning to more normal proportions withadvantage to both teachers and students. The end of thecurrent session will see the termination of the formerfive-year curriculum so far as preclinical instruction isconcerned, and from 1950-51 onwards, the preclinicalstudents will be following a six-year curriculum inaccordance with the recent recommendations of theGeneral Medical Council. Postgraduate medical instruc-tion is available both in the form of clinical attachmentsand of organised courses. The transition from the class iand class ill Government-subsidised posts to the regis-trarships of the National Health Service has led theschool to abandon for the present prolonged full-time post-graduate courses in general medicine and surgery, but it ishoped to resume organised courses in these subjects duringthe coming session. Courses in child health and in mentaldeficiency have been held during the past year, and willbe repeated during the coming session. Training in radio-diagnosis and in radiotherapy, recognised for theD.M.B.-D. and D.M.R.-T. is also available. The medicalschool also provides annually a course for the diplomain public health, and if sufficient candidates offer them-selves a course for the diploma in industrial -health willbe arranged. Periodic refresher courses for generalpractitioners are also held.
At the UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS instruction inthe subjects of the clinical years of study is given inDundee, while the premedical and preclinical subjectscan be studied either at St. Andrews or at Dundee.The annual intake of students to the faculty of medicineis limited to between 70 and 80 entrants to ensure thatthe hospital facilities available are sufficient to allowadequate clinical instruction to be given to each under-graduate. In 1948 the six-year curriculum recommendedby the General Medical Council was introduced. The
