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Dental Educa tional Program
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after a careful study of the schedule of all schools, and the effort has been made to prepare a schedule w hich would m eet War Department, W ashington, the view s of the large majority. November 8, 1918. The opportunity is hereby presented, Dr. Otto U. King, regardless of w hether or not the Commit U nity Building, tee on Education m aintains control, of placing all dental schools on a uniform Chicago, Illinois. schedule, at the sam e tim e givin g each Dear Dr. King: I enclose herew ith copy of B ulletin Q. b. school considerable leaw ay in the ar 35, issued by the Committee on Educa rangem ent of its hours. There are many advantages to be gained if th is plan can tion. You w ill notice by paragraph be carried out, and it is hoped that all that the courses for the present Senior, Junior and Sophomore classes as ar schools w ill be w illing to m ake w hatever changes m ay be n ecessary for the gen ranged by the respective schools are to eral advancem ent of dental education. remain undisturbed, except' for such changes as m ay be n ecessary to m eet the Very truly yours, m ilitary requirem ents, and to permit of COMMITTEE ON E. AND S. T. Arthur D. Black. three exam inations betw een now and June 21, 1919, the end of the third term. (Advance copy.) C. b. 35. Paragraph 6, prescribes the subjects for the freshm en course, but perm its WAR DEPARTMENT. considerable leaw ay in the adjustm ent C om m ittee on E ducation and Special of the hours, also as to the term in which Training. the prescribed subjects w ill be given. Special B ulletin on Inform ation and This w hole arrangem ent has been made Program for D ental Schools. with two objects in view ; to disturb as little as possible the schedules arranged 1. The term s should be arranged in for the upper classes this year, and to all schools on a quarterly basis, in each start the present freshm an cla sses in all term tw elve w eeks being devoted to schools on a practically uniform sched instruction and exam inations. ule. 2. Members of the Students Army Training Corps w ill be under military There w ill be issued within a few days another bulletin w hich w ill su ggest the discipline continuously and w ill liv e in barracks as prescribed by m ilitary au full four year schedule for the present thorities. A definite schedule of work freshm an class, arranged in tw elve m ust be arranged, eleven hours per week term s. This schedule has been made up 1303
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being devoted to m ilitary instruction; and forty-two hours to the W ar Issues course and professional instruction, this tim e including lectures, recitations and supervised study. In the case of students who have pursued for at lea st one year a t an approved in stitu tion such studies as form part of the program of prepara tion for the D ental Corps, th e Committee on Education and Special Training may authorize a reduction in the hours of m ilitary instruction to not le ss than six hours, provided the reduction is made good by the substitution of a correspond ing number of hours in approved dental subjects. 3. Dental Schools are classified as professional schools under the Special R egulations for the Students Army T raining Corps (Aa, 1 , Par. 26). 4. A special W ar Issues course is pre scribed for all students w^o are not excused under the follow ing provisions.. of par. 26, Special R egulations: , “The D istrict Education D irector (S ec tion A— C ollegiate Section) may em pow er colleges to excuse from this course: (1) Members of the S. A. T. C. who have had a sim ilar course e v e n tho not identical in every detail, or (2) Mem bers of th e S. A. T. C. who have already had at lea st tw o years of work of colle giate grade in an approved institution and who should be required to concen trate the w hole of their tim e on advanced studies.” T he W ar Issues Course is described in Special Circulars C.e. 12 and C.e. 13. The m odification of th is course for Den tal Schools requires that it shall occupy six m onths (tw o term s) instead of nine m onths (three term s). For the fresh man class the course should be combined w ith E nglish Composition. There should not be more than one lecture per w eek, w ith one hour for class discussion, and one hour for the discussion of w ritten work on the subject of th e course, con sidered both for its form and content, and six hours devoted to study. For other classes, th is course m ust consist
of a minimum of three class-room hours per w eek, w ith corresponding study hours, for six months. 5. T he program of studies for the senior, junior and sophom ore cla sses in dental schools w ill for the present con form to the schedules previously ar ranged by the respective schools, w ith such m odification as m ay be n ecessary to m eet the m ilitary program, and to perm it of exam inations being held at the close of each of the three term s betw een now and June 22, 1919. The w eekly program for th ese cla sses w ill con sist of six hours of m ilitary instruction, nine hours devoted to the War Issues Course, and thirty-eight hours devoted to professional courses. 6. The w eekly program for the fresh man cla ss m ust include M ilitary Instruc tion 11 hours in each term , W ar Issues and E n glish 9 hours in th e first and se c ond term s. For the professional sched ule for th is class the follow ing subjects are prescribed and the approxim ate dis tribution of hours is indicated: First term, October 1 to D ecem ber 21; Biology 12 hours, »Chemistry 12 hours, Dental Anatomy 9 hours. Second term, D ecem ber 30 to March 22; Chem istry 12 hours, Anatom y (arm or leg, thorax and abdo men, including d issection) 11 hours, P rosthetic T echnic 10 hours. Third term , March 30 to June 22; H istology (general) 12 hours, Operative T echnic 10 hours, P rosthetic Technic 11 hours, Eng lish 9 hours. It is understood th at th e hours stated above represent in each case the tim e over all including c la ss room, laboratory and study. 7. Som e variation as to the term dur ing w hich specified courses are given w ill be perm itted in cases in w hich any of the above courses not prescribed for the first term may already be too far ad vanced to ju stify a change, or in cases in w hich the physical equipm ent of the school, or the burden placed on certain teachers by the plan of in ten sifyin g the courses, w ill m ake it more practicable to give a course to half of the class in
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one term and h alf In another. For exam follow s: Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, ple, the laboratory course in anatom y Anatom y (arm or leg, thorax and abdo m ay be given to one-half of the cla ss in m en), H istology (gen eral), P h ysics, Or the second term and to the other h alf in ganic Chemistry, M etallurgy, Anatomy th e third term . In th is case, the course (head and n eck ), P hysiology, P h ysiologi in histology or th at in operative technic cal Chem istry, Bacteriology, Materia would necessarily be sim ilarly divided. Medica, Pharm acology, Pathology (gen A ll of th e prescribed courses m ust be eral), Surgery, A nesthesia. com pleted during th e current school The dental su b jects present in the fol year. low in g order: D en tal A natom y, T ech 8. The courses in P h y sics and T ech n ica l Drawing, P rosth etic T echnic, Oper nical drawing scheduled by m any den ative T echnic, D ental H istology, Opera tal schools for th e freshm an year are tive D entistry, P rosth etic D entistry, Den om itted. T hese m ay be included in the tal Pathology, Radiography, Orthodontia, Sophomore program of this class. Oral Surgery, D ental E thics, D ental Jur COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION isprudence, D ental Econom ics. AND SPECIAL TRAINING, In th e tenth, eleven th and tw elfth B y R. C. MACLAURIN, term s, tw o cla ss hours have been a s Educational Director, C ollegiate Section. signed to each of the follow ing subjects: October 15, 1918. Operative D enistry, P rosth etic D entistry, D ental P athology, and Oral Surgery. It is suggested that one hour for each shall (A dvance Copy) C.b.35.a. be devoted to sem inar work, the class WAR DEPARTMENT. being divided into sm all sections. Committee on Education and Special It is expected that th e su b jects m en Training. tioned for each group of th ree term s Special B ulletin on Program in w ill be given w ithin that particular nine Dentistry. months, altho th ere m ay be reasonable variation as to th e term in w hich the The progrn™ here presented is not specified subjects are scheduled in cases prescribed, but an exam ple of w hat w here th e p hysical equipm ent of the w ill be approved. It is an arrangem ent school, or the burden placed on certain of the dental program in tw elv e term s, teach ers by the plan of in ten sifyin g the with a proper allow ance of tim e for m ili courses, justifies the change. It m ay tary instruction and for the W ar Issues often be advantageous to give a particu course. T his schedule is planned to be lar course to h alf of a class in one follow ed by the present freshm an class term and half in another. E ach school and is not intended for the other cla sses m ay work out th e schedule to w hich it during the present school year. H ow m ay best adapt itself, so long as the ever, it m ay serve as an aid in arranging subjects of each group of th ree term s are the schedules of th ese cla sses on the com plete w ithin th e three-term period. term basis. T he program for senior, C O M M I T T E E ON E D U C A T IO N A N D junior and sophom ore cla sses for the S P E C IA L TR A IN IN G . current year m ust comply w ith par. 5, S u ggestive Course for D ental Schools B ulletin C.b.35. arranged by term s, each term , including E ach term w ill con sist of tw elve w eeks, exam inations, to occupy 12 w eeks: inclusive of tim e for exam inations. F irst term Hours per week T he sequence of subjects has been Total Class Lab. carefully studied in the preparation of Biology .......................................................12 3 7 this program. F or w hat m ay be term ed Inorganic Chemistry ............................... 12 3 6 the basic studies, th e arrangem ent is as Dental Anatomy . . . . , ............................. 9 1 7
Dental Educa tional Program
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SPECIAL TRAINING.
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after a careful study of the schedule of all schools, and the effort has been made to prepare a schedule w hich would m eet War Department, W ashington, the view s of the large majority. November 8, 1918. The opportunity is hereby presented, Dr. Otto U. King, regardless of w hether or not the Commit U nity Building, tee on Education m aintains control, of placing all dental schools on a uniform Chicago, Illinois. schedule, at the sam e tim e givin g each Dear Dr. King: I enclose herew ith copy of B ulletin Q. b. school considerable leaw ay in the ar 35, issued by the Committee on Educa rangem ent of its hours. There are many advantages to be gained if th is plan can tion. You w ill notice by paragraph be carried out, and it is hoped that all that the courses for the present Senior, Junior and Sophomore classes as ar schools w ill be w illing to m ake w hatever changes m ay be n ecessary for the gen ranged by the respective schools are to eral advancem ent of dental education. remain undisturbed, except' for such changes as m ay be n ecessary to m eet the Very truly yours, m ilitary requirem ents, and to permit of COMMITTEE ON E. AND S. T. Arthur D. Black. three exam inations betw een now and June 21, 1919, the end of the third term. (Advance copy.) C. b. 35. Paragraph 6, prescribes the subjects for the freshm en course, but perm its WAR DEPARTMENT. considerable leaw ay in the adjustm ent C om m ittee on E ducation and Special of the hours, also as to the term in which Training. the prescribed subjects w ill be given. Special B ulletin on Inform ation and This w hole arrangem ent has been made Program for D ental Schools. with two objects in view ; to disturb as little as possible the schedules arranged 1. The term s should be arranged in for the upper classes this year, and to all schools on a quarterly basis, in each start the present freshm an cla sses in all term tw elve w eeks being devoted to schools on a practically uniform sched instruction and exam inations. ule. 2. Members of the Students Army Training Corps w ill be under military There w ill be issued within a few days another bulletin w hich w ill su ggest the discipline continuously and w ill liv e in barracks as prescribed by m ilitary au full four year schedule for the present thorities. A definite schedule of work freshm an class, arranged in tw elve m ust be arranged, eleven hours per week term s. This schedule has been made up 1303
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being devoted to m ilitary instruction; and forty-two hours to the W ar Issues course and professional instruction, this tim e including lectures, recitations and supervised study. In the case of students who have pursued for at lea st one year a t an approved in stitu tion such studies as form part of the program of prepara tion for the D ental Corps, th e Committee on Education and Special Training may authorize a reduction in the hours of m ilitary instruction to not le ss than six hours, provided the reduction is made good by the substitution of a correspond ing number of hours in approved dental subjects. 3. Dental Schools are classified as professional schools under the Special R egulations for the Students Army T raining Corps (Aa, 1 , Par. 26). 4. A special W ar Issues course is pre scribed for all students w^o are not excused under the follow ing provisions.. of par. 26, Special R egulations: , “The D istrict Education D irector (S ec tion A— C ollegiate Section) may em pow er colleges to excuse from this course: (1) Members of the S. A. T. C. who have had a sim ilar course e v e n tho not identical in every detail, or (2) Mem bers of th e S. A. T. C. who have already had at lea st tw o years of work of colle giate grade in an approved institution and who should be required to concen trate the w hole of their tim e on advanced studies.” T he W ar Issues Course is described in Special Circulars C.e. 12 and C.e. 13. The m odification of th is course for Den tal Schools requires that it shall occupy six m onths (tw o term s) instead of nine m onths (three term s). For the fresh man class the course should be combined w ith E nglish Composition. There should not be more than one lecture per w eek, w ith one hour for class discussion, and one hour for the discussion of w ritten work on the subject of th e course, con sidered both for its form and content, and six hours devoted to study. For other classes, th is course m ust consist
of a minimum of three class-room hours per w eek, w ith corresponding study hours, for six months. 5. T he program of studies for the senior, junior and sophom ore cla sses in dental schools w ill for the present con form to the schedules previously ar ranged by the respective schools, w ith such m odification as m ay be n ecessary to m eet the m ilitary program, and to perm it of exam inations being held at the close of each of the three term s betw een now and June 22, 1919. The w eekly program for th ese cla sses w ill con sist of six hours of m ilitary instruction, nine hours devoted to the War Issues Course, and thirty-eight hours devoted to professional courses. 6. The w eekly program for the fresh man cla ss m ust include M ilitary Instruc tion 11 hours in each term , W ar Issues and E n glish 9 hours in th e first and se c ond term s. For the professional sched ule for th is class the follow ing subjects are prescribed and the approxim ate dis tribution of hours is indicated: First term, October 1 to D ecem ber 21; Biology 12 hours, »Chemistry 12 hours, Dental Anatomy 9 hours. Second term, D ecem ber 30 to March 22; Chem istry 12 hours, Anatom y (arm or leg, thorax and abdo men, including d issection) 11 hours, P rosthetic T echnic 10 hours. Third term , March 30 to June 22; H istology (general) 12 hours, Operative T echnic 10 hours, P rosthetic Technic 11 hours, Eng lish 9 hours. It is understood th at th e hours stated above represent in each case the tim e over all including c la ss room, laboratory and study. 7. Som e variation as to the term dur ing w hich specified courses are given w ill be perm itted in cases in w hich any of the above courses not prescribed for the first term may already be too far ad vanced to ju stify a change, or in cases in w hich the physical equipm ent of the school, or the burden placed on certain teachers by the plan of in ten sifyin g the courses, w ill m ake it more practicable to give a course to half of the class in
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one term and h alf In another. For exam follow s: Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, ple, the laboratory course in anatom y Anatom y (arm or leg, thorax and abdo m ay be given to one-half of the cla ss in m en), H istology (gen eral), P h ysics, Or the second term and to the other h alf in ganic Chemistry, M etallurgy, Anatomy th e third term . In th is case, the course (head and n eck ), P hysiology, P h ysiologi in histology or th at in operative technic cal Chem istry, Bacteriology, Materia would necessarily be sim ilarly divided. Medica, Pharm acology, Pathology (gen A ll of th e prescribed courses m ust be eral), Surgery, A nesthesia. com pleted during th e current school The dental su b jects present in the fol year. low in g order: D en tal A natom y, T ech 8. The courses in P h y sics and T ech n ica l Drawing, P rosth etic T echnic, Oper nical drawing scheduled by m any den ative T echnic, D ental H istology, Opera tal schools for th e freshm an year are tive D entistry, P rosth etic D entistry, Den om itted. T hese m ay be included in the tal Pathology, Radiography, Orthodontia, Sophomore program of this class. Oral Surgery, D ental E thics, D ental Jur COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION isprudence, D ental Econom ics. AND SPECIAL TRAINING, In th e tenth, eleven th and tw elfth B y R. C. MACLAURIN, term s, tw o cla ss hours have been a s Educational Director, C ollegiate Section. signed to each of the follow ing subjects: October 15, 1918. Operative D enistry, P rosth etic D entistry, D ental P athology, and Oral Surgery. It is suggested that one hour for each shall (A dvance Copy) C.b.35.a. be devoted to sem inar work, the class WAR DEPARTMENT. being divided into sm all sections. Committee on Education and Special It is expected that th e su b jects m en Training. tioned for each group of th ree term s Special B ulletin on Program in w ill be given w ithin that particular nine Dentistry. months, altho th ere m ay be reasonable variation as to th e term in w hich the The progrn™ here presented is not specified subjects are scheduled in cases prescribed, but an exam ple of w hat w here th e p hysical equipm ent of the w ill be approved. It is an arrangem ent school, or the burden placed on certain of the dental program in tw elv e term s, teach ers by the plan of in ten sifyin g the with a proper allow ance of tim e for m ili courses, justifies the change. It m ay tary instruction and for the W ar Issues often be advantageous to give a particu course. T his schedule is planned to be lar course to h alf of a class in one follow ed by the present freshm an class term and half in another. E ach school and is not intended for the other cla sses m ay work out th e schedule to w hich it during the present school year. H ow m ay best adapt itself, so long as the ever, it m ay serve as an aid in arranging subjects of each group of th ree term s are the schedules of th ese cla sses on the com plete w ithin th e three-term period. term basis. T he program for senior, C O M M I T T E E ON E D U C A T IO N A N D junior and sophom ore cla sses for the S P E C IA L TR A IN IN G . current year m ust comply w ith par. 5, S u ggestive Course for D ental Schools B ulletin C.b.35. arranged by term s, each term , including E ach term w ill con sist of tw elve w eeks, exam inations, to occupy 12 w eeks: inclusive of tim e for exam inations. F irst term Hours per week T he sequence of subjects has been Total Class Lab. carefully studied in the preparation of Biology .......................................................12 3 7 this program. F or w hat m ay be term ed Inorganic Chemistry ............................... 12 3 6 the basic studies, th e arrangem ent is as Dental Anatomy . . . . , ............................. 9 1 7