491 may be takpn separately ;also during the year there are other short courses, lectures and demonstrations in psychological medicine.
have held a resident medical appointment at a recognised institution for the treatment of Mental Diseases for 12 months, or who have held such an appointment for six months and have attended clinical instruction Maudsley Hospital at an approved institution for six months. Candidates Appointments as clinical assistants are obtainable at must also attend special courses of instruction and the Maudsley Hospital. The holding of such appoint- pass a special examination. Details can be obtained ments for varying periods satisfies the requirements from the Registrar of the School of Physic, Trinity of the different examining bodies in respect of practical College, Dublin. study- of mental disorders. The appointments and other facilities for clinical experience are open to National University of Ireland qualified medical practitioners apart from the courses This University confers a diploma in Psychological of instruction. A course for the Diploma in Psycho- Medicine ; application should be made to the Registrars logical Medicine is held annually from January to of the Constituent Colleges, University College, June at the Central Pathological Laboratory of the Dublin, University College, Cork, and University London County Mental Hospitals, which is situated College, Galway, for all information. in the Maudsley Hospital. Facilities and grants-in-aid are given for research work in psychiatry and allied subjects at the Laboratory. Inquiries as to lectures should be addressed to the Director of the Central DIPLOMA IN TROPICAL MEDICINE
Pathological Laboratory, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E. ; and as to clinical facilities, to the Medical Superintendent at the same address. Bethlem Royal Hospital A course of lectures and practical instruction for the Diploma in Psychological Medicine, granted by the various universities and the Conjoint Board, is held at Bethlem Royal Hospital, Orchard, Eden Park, Beckenham, twice annually, during the spring and autunm. Part A or Part B, however, may be taken separately. In addition to the above, clinical instruction in Psychological Medicine is given at Bethlem Royal Hospital every morning (except Wednesdays) at 11 A.M. A reduction is made to those who attend the Diploma Course. House physicians are appointed at Bethlem Royal Hospital for a term of six months, which may be extended. These appointments are made on Feb. 1st, May 1st, August 1st, and Nov. 1st in each year, and the vacancies are advertised in the medical papers. Apartments, complete board, attendance, and laundry are provided, and a salary at the rate of .6150 per annum for the first three months, rising if commendable service be given, to the rate of 2200 per annum for the second period of three months. Clinical assistants are often appointed from time to time for periods of three months or longer. These are nonsalaried and non-resident posts, but partial board is provided. The Physician-Superintendent, Bethlem
Monk’s
qualification in tropical medicine has registrable by statute, a diploma is regarded as indispensable for appointments in the Colonial Medical Service and similar positions abroad. Systematic instruction for these diplomas is given at the Incorporated Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (founded in 1898) and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel-street, Gowerstreet, London, W.C. ; while the University of Edinburgh and the English Conjoint Board grant a
Although
a
not been made
diploma. London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of instruction in tropical medicine and hygiene is divided into two parts : Section A, a three months’ course in clinical and laboratory instruction, and Section B, a two months’ course in tropical hygiene. Each section can be taken independently of the other, and the examinations of the Conjoint Board will follow closely upon the end of the corresponding course of study. This revised course is recognised by the University of London as a course for Associate students. The dates of the courses for the Session 1932-33 are as follows :— Section A (Clinical and Laboratory Instruction) : First course, Oct. 3rd to Dec. 23rd, 1932 ; second course, Jan. 2nd to March 24th, 1933 ; third course, April 3rd to June 22nd, 1933. Section B (Tropical Hygiene) : First course, Jan. 16th to March 17th, 1933 ; second course, April 18th to June 16th, 1933. The course of instruction under Section A includes clinical tropical medicine, applied pathology, medical zoology, and elementary bacteriology. Section B comprises instruction in tropical hygiene, including, in relation to hygiene, bacteriology, medical zoology, anthropology, and vital and medical statistics. Section A is so arranged, in three self-contained groups or blocks, as to allow of the admission of a student at the beginning of any block of work, subject to a place in the laboratory being available. Accordingly, applications can be received for admission : to the four weeks’ ’period of study in Protozoology and Haematology, or the four weeks in Helminthology, or the three weeks in Entomology, with. in each case, if the student so wishes, the corresponding clinical demonstrations, instruction in applied pathology, and special lectures. Further, students wishing to attend the clinics and clinical lectures only can do so for any period of four weeks during the course. The instruction in the Division of Clinical Tropical Medicine is given by the medical staff of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and by visiting lecturers. In this way the resources of the hospitals of the Seamen’s Hospital Society at Endsleigh-gardens, at the Albert Docks, and elsewhere, become available for the clinical instruction of the students at the School. The
course
Royal Hospital, Monk’s Orchard, Eden Park, Beckenham, will supply further particulars. University of Edinburgh Candidates for the Diploma in Psychiatry must be graduates in medicine and surgery of the University of Edinburgh or hold corresponding registrable degrees or qualifications of some other licensing body. Candidates are required subsequent to the date of graduation or obtaining a registrable qualification to have held (a) a resident appointment for one year in a hospital for mental disorders approved by the Faculty of Medicine, or alternatively (b) a six months’ appointment as defined in (a) and six months’ practical study of nervous diseases in a special or general hospital approved by the Faculty of Medicine. There are two examinations for the Diploma. Part I. comprises: 1. Anatomy of the Nervous System. 2. Physiology of the Nervous System. 3. Psychology and Experimental Psychology. Part II. comprises : 1. Neuropathology. 2. Clinical Psychiatry. 3. Clinical Neurology. 4. An additional subject selected by the candidate from a prescribed list. The examinations are held twice yearly in March and July. Candidates who have held an asylum appointment for a period of five years or more may be exempted from the course of study in one or more subjects of the curriculum. Full particulars can be obtained from the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine University of Dublin (Trinity College) The Liverpool University Diploma of Tropical A post-graduate diploma in Psychological Medicine Medicine (D.T.M.) is open only to those who have is conferred upon registered medical practitioners who been through a full course of instruction at
492 The subjects of examination are (a) Parasitology, (b) Entomology, (c) Tropical Medicine, including Etiology, Symptoms, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Tropical Diseases. The advanced course consists entirely of Practical and Clinical Laboratory Work, given at the Laboratory at the University. Applications should be made to the Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Liverpool. The University also grants a diploma in Tropical Hygiene (D.T.H.). The subjects of examination are (a) Tropical Hygiene (including Sanitary Engineering, Vital Statistics and Epidemiology, and Applied Parasitology and Entomology). (b) Practical Sanitation. (c) Bacteriology. (d) Chemistry (including Two University Meteorology and Climatology). Fellowships of .6100 a year each are open to students of the school, amongst others. Accommodation for research work is to be had at the University Laboratory. The Mary Kinglsey Medal is awarded by the school for distinguished work in connexion with Tropical Medicine.
this school.
University
of
period
registrable in this country, may enter for the Examination for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on fulfilling the conditions in regard to study. These conditions may be modified at the discretion of the Committee of Management In the case of a candidate (a) who has been employed in foreign (in the case of Naval Medical Officers, one or more commissions abroad must have been held) or Colonial Medical Service, (b) who has been engaged in professional work in tropical countries, (c) who produces evidence of having been engaged in original not
investigations in Tropical Medicine or Hygiene. Further particulars from the Secretary, Examination Hall, Queen-square, London, W.C.I. DIPLOMA IN OPHTHALMIC MEDICINE
Edinburgh
Candidates for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene must be graduates in medicine and surgery of the University of Edinburgh or corresponding registrable degrees or qualifications of ’, The course of instruction, ’, some other licensing body. comprising a primary and a second course, is given during the autumn and spring terms, October to March, and includes Tropical Hygiene, Bacteriology, Entomology and Parasitology, Diseases of Tropical Climates (systematic and clinical), Tuberculosis, and Venereal Diseases. Provision is made in the University for instruction in all subjects. The examinationsare written, oral and practical, and are held at the end of the courses. Candidates are required on the first occasion of presenting themselves for examination in either part to appear for all the subjects of that part. Candidates who fail to pass the entire examination in either part within a period of 12 months after first appearance are required to reappear for all the subjects. The University is included in the list of institutions whose courses of instruction in Tropical Medicine may be taken by officers on appointment to the Colonial Medical Services or during study-leave. Full particulars can be obtained from the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
hold
English Conjoint
Institution recognised for this purpose during a further of not less than two months. Graduates (M.B., B.S., or M.D.) in Medicine and Surgery of Indian, Colonial, and foreign Universities recognised by the Examining Board in England, whose degrees are
Board
The Board conducts an Examination three times a year for the D.T.M. and H. granted by the Royal Colleges, namely in January, April, and July. The Examination comprises written, oral, and practical examinations in the following subjects :-Section A, Clinical Tropical Medicine and Surgery; applied Pathology, Zoology, and Elementary Bacteriology. Section B, Tropical Hygiene, including Epidemiology, Medical Zoology, and Bacteriology in relation to Hygiene. Candidates may enter for either or both Sections of the Examination provided that Section A is taken before Section B. (Candidates who are unsuccessful in Section A will not be debarred from presenting themselves for Section B). Candidates must give 14 days’ notice, in writing, to the Secretary at the Examination Hall, 8-11, Queen-square, London, W.C.1, and produce at the same time the necessary certificates of study (after Dec. 18tb, 21 days’ notice will be required). Candidates must produce evidence of being in possession of a registrable qualification in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, and of having attended subsequently to obtaining such registrable qualification :-(i) for admission to Section A : Practical instruction in Pathology, Protozoology, Helminthology, Entomology, and Bacteriology in an Institution recognised for this purpose, together with the clinical practice of a hospital recognised for the study of Tropical Diseases, during not less than three months; (ii) for admission to Section B : Instruction in Tropical Hygiene and Sanitation in an
Special diplomas in ophthalmic medicine and surgery are issued by two examining bodies. University of Oxford The diploma in ophthalmology (D.O.) is granted to registered medical practitioners after passing an examination, held annually in June, which is open to candidates who have pursued at Oxford a course of study in ophthalmology over a period of at least two months and who have attended a 12 months’ recognised hospital course. Further information regarding these requirements may be obtained from the Dean of the Medical School, University Museum, Oxford.
English Conjoint Board The Conjoint Board grants the D.O.M.S. after an examination held in two parts, twice yearly in February and July. Part I. comprises anatomy and embryology of the visual apparatus, physiology of vision, and elementary optics. Part II. comprises optical defects, ophthalmic medicine and surgery, and pathology with special reference to ophthalmology. The examination in each case is written, oral, and practical or clinical. Candidates may only enter for Part II. on completion of a year of special study of ophthalmology after obtaining a registrable diploma or a Degree in Medicine and Surgery of a University recognised by the Board. DIPLOMA IN MEDICAL RADIOLOGY AND ELECTROLOGY
University
of
Cambridge
The D.M.R.E. is open only to those who have held for at least one year a medical qualification approved by the Committee. The next course, which begins early in October, occupies nine months. The first three months, which can be spent either in Cambridge or in London, are occupied with lectures and practical work in Physics, in preparation for the examination for Part I. in January, with an introductory course in Radiology and Electrology. The second three months must be spent in London. The course in preparation for Part II. includes lectures and clinical instruction in Radiology and Electrology, with clinical practice in the radiological department of a hospital approved by the Committee. During this period instruction is given in Radium Therapy, a short course of lectures and clinical instruction being given in connexion with the National Centre and Post-graduate School of Radiotherapy. The examination for Part II. is held in April. During the final three months a candidate must hold a clinical clerkship or similar appointment in a radiological department approved by the Committee, and must then present an exercise in the form of a critical report with notes upon six
’