Medical History: For about the last 15 years, a rapidly accelerating program of research in the medical sciences had accumulated a tremendous volume of new knowledge. The results of this research, however, were available to only a small number of developed medical centers. In order to achieve more rapid application of medical advances and to broaden their distribution, the Regional Medical Centers Act contained five main features, with emphasis on the treatment of heart disease, cancer, and strokes: (1) the coordination of medical activities in regions near medical schools; (2) the development of programs for continuing the education of physicians who were already established in their practice;
Recently the world has seen one of the most dramatic developments in medical history-heart transplantation in human patients. Although this medical procedure captured the imagination of the entire world, it has also introduced a multitude of problems, among which are moral, legal, and ethical questions as well as the authority and responsibility for the decisions involved. Other problems were the logistics of supply to meet the demand and the compatibility of the donor and recipient.
The first requirement for admission to medical school is that one's undergraduate college be approved by the American Medical Association. Most medical schools will accept applicants with only three years of college (or 90 semester hours of credit); some will even accept graduates from junior colleges with only 60 hours of credit. But preference is given to those with four years of college and a bachelor's degree. College juniors who are giving serious thought to entering the medical profession may take aptitude tests designed to screen candidates for medical school. These tests are sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and are given twice a year.
|
|
Photography
