Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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'1ffe'rra ., ii ' 'fvu .. 5: 1 i1,iii5F5 . 'Jfplfi'-il 553.21 'V fi 7 L' Ufin-i'?:'1i f l . ' .:' 5:-Qiigilifii-f I 3,1 ig I . .'., .:. l,'4,' , . I' -I -v- - ', 1. Ly . I Ill. 'V iflwzffTF!5rr - I f ' i A I I 5 f - f . ' I ,Q . I ,, . zft2'ff:,-rjiggji' 7' ' TOE' HLtgh'DL BCDHCU. pB.S., M.D Q,'2i25f'gfi-'fsig-iev'fi. I I r , A Q I 1'5,'f:i'.'?? f ' Associate Dean H I Professor' of Medicine I Dr. Bennett's Message: An Association of Scholars To the members of the graduating class I give my personal greetings and congratulations. You have successfully complet- ed a difficult phase in the long process of education. This is truly a milestone as it represents the termination of your for- mal education, a period during which teachers sought to de- termine your academic needs and to design courses and in- struction to fit these needs. From this point forth you must determine your own needs and prepare accordingly. This is a great responsibility as failure to correctly gage these needs and to carry out the self im- posed tasks derived therefrom can destroy all that you have accomplished. Your preceptors in the Internship and Resi- dency years will aid in this educational transformation but fundamentally and increasingly the task will be yours. I am pleased to welcome you into the great fraternity of phy- sicians and to wish you every success. I have been asked by the editors of your Yearbook to give a brief description of my philosophy of medical education. A portion of this philosophy is included in my greetings to your Class indicating that medical education is a continuing pro- cess, the responsibility for which lies with the individual. The remainder of my philosophy, I believe, can simply be stated by saying that I want to see medical education parallel the development of current scientific post-graduate education. This implies a certain base of required courses to be accom- plished at the speed chosen by the individual, a variable length of medical education, and a maximal degree of free- dom, with proper advice, towards the medical student choosing his own curriculum. This implies a partnership rela- tionship between the teacher and student. In other words,.an association of scholars, rather than a strict student-teacher re- lationship. It acknowledges that there are medical careers and not a medical career. Thus, the training of the individual would progress at variable speeds and in different lines. The graduate physicians would have certain basic knowledge, but the differences in knowledge between one graduate and an- other would be vast. The training attempts to match the vari- ations between students with variations in the educational process. ,

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John J. Spitzer. A.B.. M.D Professor Phvsiolovv . Cu IN ACKNOWLEDGEM ENT To provide thc lincst quality of postgraduate education should he the primary goal ofa medical college. This ide- al is. in reality. quite dillicult to achieve. Good instructors are qi scarce commodity in any discipline, and the teaching of medicine is perhaps unrivaled in the difficulty of the subject matter. Furthermore. the qualified individ- ual is constantly attracted by fascinating and time-con- suming pursuits in research. patient care. and administra- tion. which provide more renown and better remunera- tion. While teaching is considered in the highest regard philosophically. an instructor is usually evaluated by his administrative position. the size of his medical practice. or the extent of his publications. Unfortunately. even the most stimulating and qualilied instructor is of little value to the medical student unless this sophist has considerable time to dedicate to teaching. We would like to acknowledge the immeasurable con- tribution made by many of our teachers. Following a poll of our classmates. the 1966 Medic wishes to extol fifteen doctors for excellence in the art of teaching. These men have encouraged an academic environment like unto an association of scholars. George G. Westerman Sam Gould Jewell L. Ostcrholm. M.D. Senior Instructor. Surgery Joseph R. DiPalma. B.S.. M.D, Professor 8: Chairman. Pharmacology