Medical Department of the Texas Christian University. University of Texas Department of Medicine. Toledo Medical College. Tufts College Medical School. Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine. Albany Medical College. Vanderbilt University Medical Department. University of Vermont College of Medicine. Homeopathic Atlantic Medical College. Boston University School of Medicine. Hahnemann Medical College of the Pacific. Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College. Detroit Homeopathic Medical College. Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Chicago. Chicago Homeopathic Medical College. Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. Hering Medical College. State University of Iowa College of Homeopathic Medicine. University of Michigan Homeopathic Medical School. University of Minnesota College of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery. National Medical University. New York Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Hospital. Kansas City Hahnemann Medical College. Southwestern Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Eclectic Hospital Medical College, Eclectic, Atlanta. California Eclectic Medical College. Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery. Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati. Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery. Indiana Eclectic Medical College.' Eclectic Medical University, Kansas City. Lincoln Medical College, Eclectic. Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery, School of Medicine of Loyola University. Eclectic Medical College of the City of New York. Syracuse University College of Medicine. Graduates from homeopathic medical schools made scores on examination alpha as much greater than those made by graduates from schools calling themselves eclectic as are the scores of Class A schools above those of Class C (table 41). The median alpha scores of graduates from "regular" schools fall approximately half way between those of groups from homeopathic and eclectic schools. It is of course possible that homeopathic physicians were scrutinized with special care before they were commissioned in the army so that they were thus more carefully selected than the "regulars." The homeopathic group shows the same superiority in the matter of earnings, though this may be partly accounted for by its greater experience. The eclectic group reports lower earnings than the regulars, but this may be accounted for by its relative lack of experience (table 42). TABLE 41 Distribution of alpha scores of graduates from schools of different medical sects Eight schools are represented by more than 75 graduates each. These groups are considered large enough to yield fairly reliable statistical information. Ten additional schools are represented by from 35 to 60 graduates. The information for these schools, although less reliable, is worthy of presentation. Table 43 gives, for each of these 18 schools, the number of graduates by which TABLE 42 Distribution of earnings of graduates from schools of a school was represented, median alpha score, pre-medical education, total education, experience, annual earnings, percentage of the graduates who were members of the American Medical Association, percentage known to have been promoted while in the army and information concerning the specialties of graduates. It is not surprising to find that a few schools are seemingly of outstanding excellence. There are, for example, among these 18 medical schools 5 which rank exceptionally high in intelligence of graduates. These 5 constitute two groups, the first of which comprises the Johns Hopkins Medical School and the Medical School of Harvard University, and the second, somewhat lower in intelligence of graduates, the College of Physicians and Surgeons University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. 18.42 12.03 $5500 43.821.3 17.0 8.6 14.338.6 1 Harvard requires a bachelor's degree, or standing in upper third of class during two or three college years. 2 of Columbia University, the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania and Rush Medical College. The graduates of the medical schools of Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University present the highest scores on examination alpha and few exceptionally low scores, 100 points being practically the minimum. They also spend relatively more time on their medical training and command large earnings. In the latter respect, however, they are surpassed by the graduates of Northwestern University Medical School, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and Rush Medical College. The earnings reported by the group from Northwestern University Medical School are notably high. This is not due to greater experience, for the median (9 years) for the group is two years less than that for the entire group of medical officers. It is not to be explained geographically, for in general schools in the same section show smaller earnings. Probably the unusually large proportion of surgeons is largely responsible for the high rank of the school in earnings of its graduates. It is interesting to compare the three Chicago schools from which there is a considerable number of cases: The University of Illinois College of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School and Rush Medical College. The alpha medians are 129.4, 139.3, and 148.8, respectively. The median number of years devoted to education is 15.8, 17, 17.6, respectively; the median experience is 9.1, 9.1 and 12.2 years, and the median earnings, $4750, $5889 and $5500. |