The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-08

date as possible. and I therefore ask
the privilege of doing SO in the coll
umns of The Times Dispatch.
!. It is said: For months past Off
Gals Of the University of Virginia
nave been dickering with the board Of
St vincent's Hospital in Norfolk in
regard 10 a basis OF cooperation be-
tween the. medical department of the
university and the hospital"
II is extremely improbable that such
negotiations have been going on with
out the knowledge OF the dean of the
school. and / feel no hesitation in
saying that the statement quoted above
is entirely without foundation in fact
. The recommendations of the Viz
ginia Education Commission are said
TO contain declaration that the
students OF the medica. department OF
the university receive diplomas with
out ever having been given the val
liable clinical training which is OBJ
taiaed by work in great city hospi-
tails
The recommendations of the COM
mission contain no such declaration;
nor do they contain any criticism Of
the clinical work now conducted at
the university Those interested in
the matter VIII find j; instructive 20
read what the commission actually did
recommend tsee report Of the virginia
Educational Comm ssion, pages 81 20
5D.
2 The implication carried by these
statements-and the same is true OF
certain statements in the article Of
January As that the clinical work
offered by the university is quite un-
satisfactory. an implication which IS
contra6icted emphatically by the facts
in the case. These facts are. very
briefly. as follows: the University Hos
pitaJ IS not a great city, hospital,
but il is a teaching hospital. regarded
fly national authorities in medical edu-
cation as a model of its kind 1t can
accommodate about 100 patients at a
time four-fifths Of the beds for such
patients are ward beds. e.. the
occupants Of these beds constitute the
clinical material Of the school Ac-
cording to the standard now prevalent
in medical schools. a school should
have for clinical purposes two such
bsds ner senior student. The univer-
sity has At least five beds per senior
student. thus doubling the. standard
and IL SnOllN De dNNNN- Ni-~r~
kept fully occupied
Again. the American Medical Asso-
citation through a standing committee.
known as the council on medical esu-
carton has been investigating all the
medical schools Of the country Tor
number Of years and publishes Its con-
illusions in the form Of classihcatioh
Of the schools In u. last report 'see
Proceedings Of the House Of Dele
rates Of the american Medical Asso-
cation. sixty-third session. 1919 PAGE :
= ana -, the council places the medi-
cal deoartment OF the University 81
virginia in its highest class class \
Mus, a position accorded 70 only one
o,be~ medical school fthe medical a.
na-trent % Johns Hopkinsl between
pb;isselrhia and New Orleans II
would be Impossible for such rank 70
Re attained by school which DOCS ho'
Furnish ADEQUATE clinical training.
-rhcs. are simple facts which may Nc
v.yised By anybody. They are sum
.i.r. ~ make Il clear that such STATE
r,ents As those complained Of IN THIS
ieftsr arc uncaHcd for. and that tncir
appearance IN the public press snouin
be discontinued.