Annual Congress 
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ON 
Medical Education 
AND 
Li censure 
The Council on Medical Education 
of the American Medical Association. 
The Federation of State Medical Boards 
of the United States. 
The Association of American Medical Colleges 
February 4 adT5, fSQA 
CONGRESS 
Michigan Avenue and Congress Street 
CHICAGO OFFICERS 
Council on Medical Education 
Horace D. Arnold, Chairman Boston 
Robert C. Coffey Portland 
William D. Haggard Nashville 
Harry Gideon Wells Chicago 
William Pepper Philadelphia 
N. P. Colwell, Secretary Chicago 
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States 
David A. Strickler, President Denver, Colo. 
William W. Golden, Vice-President Elkins, W. Va. 
Walter L. Bierring. Secretary-Treasurer Des Moines. Ia. 
The Association of American Medical Colleges 
William S. Carter, President . Galveston 
Edward H. Bradford, Vice-President Boston 
Fred. C. Zapffe, Secretary-Treasurer . Chicago FIRST DAY PROGRAM 
Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Council on Medical Education 
Monday, February 4, 1918 
Morning Session, 9:30 A. M. 
Opening of the Conference, Dr. Horace D. Arnold, Chairman, Council on 
Medical Education, Boston. 
“Recent Progress in Medical Education,” Dr. N. P. Colwell, Secretary, 
Council on Medical Education, Chicago. 
“Problems of Administering Entrance Requirements,” Prof. George 
Gailey Chambers, Director of Admissions, University of Pennsyl- 
vania, Philadelphia. 
Discussion opened by Dr. John M. Dodson, Dean of Rush Medical 
. College, Chicago. 
“The Student’s Clinical Course in Medicine,” Dr. George Dock, Professor 
of Medicine, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis. 
“Some Problems in Medical Education Resulting from the War,” Major 
Horace D. Arnold, M. R. C., U. S. Army, Boston. 
Joint Session with the Federation of State Medical Boards 
Afternoon Session, 2 P. M. 
“A Central Cooperative Bureau of Information,” Dr. David A. Strickler, 
President, Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, 
Denver. 
“The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and Medical Licensure,” 
Francis W. Shepardson, Director, Illinois Department of Registra- 
tion and Education, Springfield. 
“The General Problem of the Minor Forms of Healing,” Hon. Howell 
Wright, State Senator of Ohio, Cleveland. 
“The National Service Medical School,” Dr. Isadore Dyer, Dean of the 
Tulane University College of Medicine, New Orleans. SECOND DAY PROGRAM 
Tuesday, February 5, 1918 
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States 
Session Beginning 9:30 A. M. 
President’s Address, Dr. David A. Strickler, Denver. 
Report of Secretary, Dr. Walter L. Bierring, Des Moines. 
“State Board Problems,” Dr. C. B. Pinkham, Secretary, California Board 
of Medical Examiners, San Francisco. 
“Responsibilities of State Boards in the Present War Emergency,” Dr. 
C. E. Sawyer, Marion, Ohio. 
“Uniformity of Reciprocity Applications,” Mr. F. C. Dodds, Superinten- 
dent of Registration, Department of Registration and Education, 
Springfield, 111. 
“Sectarianism in the Science of Healing, as Treated in Legislative Acts 
and Judicial Decisions,” Mr. Harry Eugene Kelly, Chicago. 
Report of Committee on Standardization of Medical Colleges. 
Report of Executive Committee. 
New Business. 
Association of American Medical Colleges 
Florentine Room, Congress Hotel, 9: 30 A. M. 
Call to Order. 
Roll call of members. 
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer. 
Report of the Executive Council. 
Reports of Committees— 
1. Education and Pedagogics. 
2. Special Committee (Dr. Phillips). 
3. Equipment. 
4. Revision of Constitution and By-Laws. 
“Courses for Military Training for Medical Officers,” Dr. Edward H. 
Bradford, Dean, Harvard Medical School, Boston. 
“Arrangement of Work in Internal Medicine.” Dr. Charles P. Emerson, 
Dean, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis. 
“The Teaching of Medicine: A Retrospect and a Forecast,” Dr. J. Van 
de Erve, Associate Dean, Marquette University School of Medicine, 
Milwaukee. 
“The Entrance Conditions After Jan. 1, 1918,” Dr. Harley E. French, 
Dean, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine. 
“Administration of the Two Years Requirement,” Dr. W. H. MacCraken, 
Secretary, Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery, Detroit. 
Unfinished Business. 
New Business (including election of officers). 
Adjournment.