 | University of Virginia March, 1907 |  |
THIRD YEAR.
Mathematics—5 periods a week. Algebra and Geometry.
Science—3 periods a week. Elements of Physics and Elementary Agriculture,
or Elementary Chemistry and Elementary Agriculture.
Drawing—2 periods a week. Or Manual Training.
History—3 periods a week. English History. In a second grade high
school, American History and Civil Government shall be taught.
English—5 periods a week. Rhetoric, History of English Literature,
Classics.
Languages—5 periods a week. Any one of the following:
(a) Latin—Four Orations of Cicero, Grammar and Composition.
(b) German—Grammar Review and Syntax, German Classics.
(c) French—Grammar Review and Syntax, French Classics.
(d) Spanish—Grammar Review and Syntax, Spanish Classics.
Bookkeeping and Business Forms.
If time permits, more than one of the above elective studies may be
taken. In high schools of two or more teachers other subjects may be
added if it can be done without infringing upon the time of required
subjects.
The above curriculum contains 65 "counts," a count being one period
per week for a school year. Of these subjects the applicant for admission
to the Medical Department must have completed the entire course of
three years in Mathematics and English, two years in language other than
English, two years in History, and one year in Science—49 counts in all.
The remaining 16 counts may be furnished at the option of the applicant
by further credits in the various branches of the curriculum.
Applicants unable to satisfy these requirements by acceptable certificates,
in part or in whole, may remove their deficiencies by satisfactory
examinations.
Further information concerning the character of these examinations
may be obtained by addressing the Dean of the University, or Mr. Howard
Winston, Registrar, at the University.
The work of each of the four years of the course in Medicine
continues through the nine months of the University session, beginning
immediately preceding the fifteenth day of the following June. The
studies included are arranged as follows:
During the first session: Medical Chemistry; Normal Histology
and Embryology; Descriptive Anatomy and Anatomy of Nervous
System; Physiological Chemistry.
During the second session: Physiology; Bacteriology; Pathology;
Anatomy; Pharmacognosy.
During the third session: Obstetrics; Materia Medica; Practice
of Medicine; Surgery; Clinical Diagnosis; Diseases of the Eye and
Ear; Dispensary Clinics.
During the fourth session: Neurology; Pediatrics; Therapeutics;
Hygiene; Abdominal Surgery; Dermatology; Gynecology; Medical
Jurisprudence; Dispensary and Hospital Clinics.
An examination of this system will show that the work of the
first year is given to those sciences which are fundamental to the
entire work of the remaining part of the course; that of the second
year includes the study of those sciences, more distinctively medical,
which are based upon the work of the previous year, while they in
turn underlie the more strictly professional subjects of study; these
latter are begun in the second year, while the third and fourth years
are devoted wholly to them. The larger part of the work of the
first year is accompanied by practical work in the laboratory; the
same is true in great measure of the work of the second year, while
in the third, and especially the fourth year, the time of the student
is devoted largely to practical clinical instruction. The facilities
afforded by the University for such work will be more fully described
in the statements which follow concerning the different subjects included
in the course.
Relations of the Student in the Second and Succeeding Years.—
For the purposes of this Department the attainment of a grade of
eighty per cent. upon a subject is regarded as satisfactory, and students
who obtain such grades are excused from further attendance
upon the subjects in question. Students who attain a grade less than
eighty per cent. but as much as seventy per cent. on one or more subjects
are entitled to admission to the Fall Examinations of the following
session as explained in a subsequent paragraph, when deficiencies
may be removed by satisfactory examinations. Those who receive a
grade of less than seventy per cent. on one or more subjects are
regarded as having failed thereon, and are required to take such subject
or subjects over during the succeeding year, without, however,
the payment of any additional fee. Students whose failures extend
to all the subjects of a given year are not permitted to go on to the
work of the succeeding year, but are required to confine themselves
to a repetition of the work of the year upon which they have failed.
year until they have completed that of the first year, save by special
consent of the Medical Faculty based in each case upon a careful examination
of the student's real interest.
A student may not be examined upon the entire course in any
subject more than three times. Failure upon the third trial involves
withdrawal from the Department of Medicine.
Advanced Standing.—Students are admitted to advanced standing
in the second and third years under the following conditions:
1. Satisfaction of the requirements for entrance into this Department.
2. The presentation of a certificate from an accredited school of
medicine showing that the applicant has completed work equivalent
to that maintained by this Department with a grade of at least eighty
per cent. in each subject for which credit is sought. Applicants complying
with these conditions will be admitted to advanced standing
without examination. Applicants who have not completed all of the
work of the year or years preceding that to which they seek admission
are admitted to the Fall Examinations under the conditions stated
in the preceding paragraph. The right is reserved in every case to
obtain satisfactory evidence of the genuineness of a certificate by
correspondence with the proper authority of the school from which the
applicant comes.
No credit can be allowed for time not spent in a regular school
of medicine; except that applicants holding the degree of A. B. or
B. S. from a reputable college or university will be admitted to the
second year, provided their academic course has included the equivalent
of the first-year medical course.
A student who is already a graduate of a reputable school of medicine
may be received as a student in this Department for the fourth year.
Certificates of Attendance.—Students who attend the whole regular
course of one or more of the four years are entitled to certificates
of attendance.
Requirements for Graduation.—The degree of Doctor of Medicine
is conferred by the University of Virginia upon candidates who have
complied with the entrance requirements of this Department; attended
a regular medical course of four years of at least eight months each,
the last two of which must have been at this institution; and passed
satisfactory examinations upon all of the subjects included in the
medical course.
Examinations.—These are in writing, accompanied in most subjects
by individual practical examinations. The regular examinations are held
during the session. In addition, examinations are held each year during
are admitted:
1. Students of the previous session, who from illness or other
equivalent cause approved by the faculty, were unable to present
themselves for examination in any particular subject at the regular time.
2. Students who at the regular examination of the preceding
year have attained a grade less than eighty per cent. but as much as
seventy per cent. on one or more subjects, as explained in a preceding
paragraph.
3. Certain applicants for advanced standing, as explained in the
paragraph under that heading.
The Fall Examinations for 1907-8 begin September ninth, and
close September fourteenth. Application for admission to them should
be made in writing to Dr. R. H. Whitehead, Dean of the Department
of Medicine, not later than September first.
A General Oral Examination for Graduation is held at the close of
the session on all the different branches on which the candidate for
the degree of Medicine has passed during either that session or some
preceding one. This is intended to test the permanent acquisition
of such general knowledge as every practitioner of medicine should
possess.
Expenses.—The tuition fees are $110 for the first year, $100 for
the second year, $80 for the third year, and $60 for the fourth year.
The annual expenses exclusive of tuition are $40 for the University
fee (which entitles the student to the use of the library, the gymnasium,
to medical attention, etc.), an average of about $200 for living
expenses, and of $20 for books. The special fees for single subjects
are, Medical Chemistry, $30; Histology and Embryology (including
materials), $35; Anatomy (including materials), $45; Pathology, $25; Bacteriology, $35; Physiology, $30; Materia Medica, $20; Therapeutics,
$10; Embryology, $10; Obstetrics (with manikin work), $20;
Gynecology, $20; Surgery, $20; Practice of Medicine, $30; Clinical
Diagnosis, $10; Dermatology and Diseases of the Eye and Ear, $15;
Hygiene, $10; Medical Jurisprudence, $10; Clinics (collectively), $30.
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