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to those possessing the degree of doctor

to those possessing the degree of doctor
of medicine.
In the period of nearly so years that
has elapsed since that beginning 81 900
physicians have enrolled at the POST
Graduate Medical School for instruc-
ton. Today, with a hospital of 483
beds and teaching staff of some 400
physicians giving instruction in 20 de-
partments of medicine, the Postcard
uate is already leader in the contin-
ued education of the physician. Its
Institutional facilities are open to all
practitioners Of good standing for
week of observation, for q month of
intensive study in continuation courses
or for a year of specialistic training in
some one Of the clinical branches.
On January 81 Of the present year
nounced that Columbia University had
arranged to include the New York Post
Graduate Medical School in its educa-
tional system. This arrangement, which
became operative on July /, Is the first
in New York State by which a univer-
sity provides two schools Of medical
education, one for undergraduates and
one for physicians who are being trained
for general practice or for specialism.
The trustees OF Columbia University
have created a special administrative
board on postgraduate studies, under
whose direction will fall all forms Of in
struction for physicians, whether in the
Post-Graduate School itself or in some
of the hospital centers, where its extern
sion division has for years past pro-
vided br!efer courses In one or another
clinical field.
Similarly, in Philadelphia the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania has two centers
of instruction-the Undergraduate and
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lane University, in New Orleans; the
University of Minnesota and the Uni
versity Of Chicago are other university
centers where long courses are given
for the training of men in the clinical
specialties on a university basis. Nearly
40 other postgraduate medical centers
are already offering courses for the con-
tinued education of the doctor.
It is because the university Is in such
large measure the custodian of this
newer knowledge that practicing physi-
clans are drawn to It, Summer and
Winter, for longer or shorter periods Of
study.
Rural Hospital an Outpost.
Outside OF the immediate university
center, the rural hospital is fast becom-
ing university outpost. Whether in
Farmville, Va, or in Pennington, Me,
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the community hospital are beginning
to find their experience enriched and
their judgment sharpened by contact
with practitioners from whom distance
or competition had formerly almost
completely isolated them. Even In these
rural districts eminent clinicianS are
now invited once or twice a year to
conduct institutes in the community
hospital, to which all the practitioners
of the vicinity may bring their cases
for demonstration or consultation. Such
postgraduate instruction, whether at
the university center or at some well
developed medical outpost, serves to
bring to the practitioner fuller knowl-
edge concerning the nature Of disease
and the dangers, as we'll as the uses,
of the potent agencies now so widely
known.
BY undertaking these great RESPONSE
bilities in postgraduate medical educa-
ton the university says to the COM
munity: I'VE recognize that you have
the right to demand of us an increasing
social consciousness. We stand ready to
train men who shall go out into the
land as general practitioners and who
purpose to continue their education
through life. We are also ready to
train men to meet the highest possible
standards for specialistic practice. Be
assured that we shall work with you for
the conserving Of health throughout the
Nation"