352 final examination for the F.B.c.s. and for the F.R.F.P.S. may be taken in ophthalmology.
Orthopaedics Liverpool University offers the degree of M.CH. ORTH. which is open to medical graduates of an approved university or of graduates other than medicine who hold the F.R.C.S. of one of the British colleges or of the American College of Surgeons. Physical Medicine The English Conjoint Board offers a diploma in physical medicine (D.PHYS.MED.). Psychological Medicine The Universities of London, Belfast, Bristol, Durham, Edinburgh, Ireland (National University), Leeds, and Manchester, and the English and Irish Conjoint Boards offer diplomas in psychological medicine. The University of Dublin hopes to resume examining for the diploma shortly. .
Public Health A diploma in
.
health (D.P.H.) is granted by the Board and by all the universities of
public
English Conjoint Great Britain except Cambridge, Oxford, Reading, Sheffield, and Nottingham. The University of Dublin hopes to resume examining for the diploma within the next few years.
Radiology The Faculty of Radiology grants a fellowship (F.F.R.). The Universities of London, Bristol, and Edinburgh and the English Conjoint Board offer two diplomas-one in medical radiodiagnosis (D.M.R.-D.) and one in medical radiotherapy (D.M.R.-T.). Liverpool University offers a diploma D.M.R.(D.) or (T.), obtainable by examination after a two-year course on diagnosis or therapy : after a further two years diplomates may be awarded the M.RAD. by presentation of a thesis.
Tropical Medicine
diploma
tropical medicine and hygiene (D.T.M. Edinburgh, by Liverpool University jointly with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and by the English Conjoint Board. The University of London has an academic postgraduate certificate and an ’academic postgraduate diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene. A
&
in.
H.) is granted by the University of
Tuberculous Diseases A diploma in tuberculous diseases (T.D.D.) is the University of Wales.
granted by
DENTAL DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS
There
are
schools
of-dentistry at the Universities
of London,
Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, and St. and at the University Colleges of Dublin and Cork in the National University of Ireland. London Univer. sity offers a B.D.s. and an M.S. in dental surgery ; it also prepares students for the L.D.S. of the Royal College of Surgeons. This college has a fellowship in dental surgery (F.D.S.). A fellowship is also granted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University offers a B.D.s. and a M.D.s., Leeds grants an L.D.s., a baccalaureate degree (13.CH.D.), and mastership (M.CH.D.), and Manchester grants an L.D.S., a B.D.s., an M.D.s., and also a doctorate in dental science (D.D.s.). Glasgow University and the University Colleges of Dublin and Cork grant a B.D.s. and a M.D.s., and Trinity College, Dublin, offers a B.DENT.sc. and a 2.DENT.So. St. Andrews no longer offers a diploma, but in its place a baccalaureate (B.D.s.), and it has also instituted a doctorate of dental science (D.D.SC.). It continues to offer a diploma in public dentistry (D.P.D.) and an M.D.s. All the other universities mentioned offer L.D.S., B.D.s., and M.D.s. Licences in dentistry are granted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and the Royal College of Surgeons in Iroland. The Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons confers a higher diploma in dental surgery (H.D.D.) and a diploma in orthodontics (D.D.O.).
Andrews;
REGISTRATION No-ONE is a legally qualified medical practitioner unless his name appears on the Medical Register kept by the General Medical Council. The council is a standardising body, ensuring that there is a prescribed minimum of medical education and examination requirements ; it is
Numbers
starting study
and
during 1947-48, 2573 during 1948-49, 2734 during 1949-50, and 2725 during 1950-51. The numbers newly registered were : in 1946, 2237 ; in 1947, 2787; 2722
in 1948, 3968; in 1949, 3109; and in 1950, 3160. Doctors temporarily registered by virtue of Defence Regulation
registering.*
also responsible for discipline within the profession. The Medical Act, 1950, which received the Royal Assent in July, provides that after qualification and before full registration an applicant must for a period hold a resident post at an approved institution. This new condition of registration will not, however, be implemented before 1952 at the earliest. The approximate number of second-year students admitted to medical schools in the United Kingdom and in Ireland was 2498 during 1945-46, 2793 during 1946-47,
Numbers
32B
or
on
the Medical
Register.
of the Polish Resettlement Act
were
enabled to
apply for permanent registration, provided that they were resident in Great Britain ; at the end of 1950 only 12 names remained on the temporary foreign register. -
*
The numbers shown as starting study are taken from the Medical Students’ Register up to 1938 ; and since then from returns made by the medical schools to the General Medical Council. Both forms of registration are incomplete, but latterly returns have been received from almost all schools.