HIST 1377 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - African Americans, Alabama, Supreme Court Of The United States
HIST 1377
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
30 Jan 2018
PROGRESSIVE ERA
Not a single movement.
Diverse set of configurations, principles, and practices for social reform.
Middle Class respectability.
WHAT IS A “PROFESSION”? WHAT IS “PROFESSIONALIZATION”?
Refers to an occupation that has achieved a high degree of public legitimacy.
Keeping someone financially secure. Highly respected career.
Requires extensive training or education and a series of exams to be legally
qualified.
MID 19TH CENTURY REQUIREMENTS
Ability to attract patients.
Anyone could practice medicine.
MEDICAL EDUCATION
Less than 1/3 practicing physicians had a medical degree (1860).
Apprenticeship
Medical degree —> Usually only consisted of 2 years’ training.
Four months of lectures.
No standard, shared curriculum among medical schools.
UNREGULATED MARKETPLACE
Homeopathy
Allopathy
Christian Science
Osteopathy
Chiropractic
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (1847)
Overcrowding of the marketplace.
Poor training among a large number of physicians.
AMA pushed states to pass licensing laws.
1870-1890 —> Every state passed such laws.
Dent v. West Virginia
Medical Licensing Act
“No one had the right to practice medicine without having the necessary
qualifications of learning and skill” Justice Stephen J. Field.
1880s and 1890s
First reformed undertaken by medical schools.
Penn, Michigan, Harvard
Strengthen the connection between medical school and university.
Increased admission requirements:
High school diploma
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Undergraduate training
Preference for biology and chemistry courses.
ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL COLLEGES (1890)
Standardization of American Medical Colleges among best schools.
Three year curriculum.
Six months of coursework.
Chem and pathology required labs.
1907 COUNCIL ON MEDICAL EDUCATION CONCLUSIONS
161 Schools in Existence
82 Acceptable
47 Doubtful
32 Unsatisfactory
FLEXNER REPORT spotlighted lows and highs of American Medical Education.
Progress in medical education required a reduction in the number of
medical schools.
Medical education should be articulated with general education,
particularly science-related fields.
Effective teaching of clinical medicine required the affiliation of medical
school with one or more hospitals.
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Document Summary
Diverse set of con gurations, principles, and practices for social reform. Refers to an occupation that has achieved a high degree of public legitimacy. Requires extensive training or education and a series of exams to be legally quali ed. Less than 1/3 practicing physicians had a medical degree (1860). Medical degree > usually only consisted of 2 years" training. Poor training among a large number of physicians. No one had the right to practice medicine without having the necessary quali cations of learning and skill justice stephen j. Strengthen the connection between medical school and university. Standardization of american medical colleges among best schools. Flexner report spotlighted lows and highs of american medical education. Progress in medical education required a reduction in the number of medical schools. Medical education should be articulated with general education, particularly science-related elds. E ective teaching of clinical medicine required the a liation of medical school with one or more hospitals.
