Brief to the Royal Commission on Health Services
Brief to the Royal Commission on Health Services

Author: Hamilton, John

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Published: 1962

Total Pages: 26

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"The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Toronto is submitting this Brief for the purpose of presenting to the Commission problems of medical education and some aspects of this medical centre that are unique, and therefore have not been included in other presentations such as that of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges. Because of the size of the city and the University, the clinical and basic science facilities are extensive so that in the four areas in which a medical school functions, that is: undergraduate and graduate teaching, research, and the continuing education of the physician, the University of Toronto is the largest in Canada. The number of physicians receiving graduate education and continuing medical education in this centre is very large and is increasing annually, having already reached the point where they greatly exceed the number of undergraduate medical students. Toronto is becoming an international centre for foreign students seeking training at both the undergraduate and graduate levels."--Leaf 1, intro

Brief to the Royal Commission on Health Services
Brief to the Royal Commission on Health Services

Author: Chester Bryant Stewart

Publisher:

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 34

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"The Association of Canadian Medical Colleges, whose members are the Deans of the Faculties of Medicine in the Canadian Universities, finds that the medical schools of Canada do not graduate the number of physicians necessary to provide adequate medical service for our citizens, and that there is no current provision for increasing the volume of graduates as the population expands. There has been, recently, a reluctance of young Canadians of good academic promise to apply for admission to Faculties of Medicine; possible reasons for this are suggested such as length of or cost of training. The medical schools have inadequate physical facilities to educate more students; the salaries of teachers are low; the schools are understaffed; and there is no prospect of producing in Canada, the number of physicians essential to the health of our people unless steps are taken to expand the facilities of the existing schools, create new medical schools, attract and hold medical teachers and scientists in the universities, and reduce the cost to the student of medical education."--Leaf [i].