A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

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school passed to the Board of Regents of the University and its name
was changed to the College of Medicine and Surgery, since abbreviated
to the College of Medicine. The history of the college is closely associated with that of the Philippine General Hospital where the services
for the teaching of clinical medicine and surgery are found. The personnel and departments in the college and hospital are practically identical. All officers and teachers of the College of Medicine who have
duties in connection with the hospital hold corresponding appointments
in the hospital. All officers and employees of the hospital who have
teaching functions hold corresponding appointments in the College of
Medicine. The Dean of the School of Medicine is the Director of the
Hospital. Thus the Philippine General Hospital and the College of
Medicine are practically one institution. The connection between the
two institutions is a most fortunate one and has meant much for the
training of physicians in the Islands.
The admission requirement for the college is the completion of two
years' work in a pre-medical course of a college of liberal arts. The
requirement for graduation is the completion of a five-year course, in the
fifth year of which students are required to serve in rotation as internes
in the major departments of the Philippine General Hospital. To the
layman the equipment seems adequate, the instruction proper and the
opportunity for observation and clinical practice at the hospital excellent.
Certainly in the annual examinations held by the Board of Medical
Examiners, the students of the College of Medicine have made a splendid record. The results as compared with the other institutions of the
Philippines which prepare students for the examination are as follows:
TABLE 114.-SHOWING THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE YEARLY OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
FROM DIFFERENT COLLEGES OF MEDICINE

1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
Names of colleges of S
medicine 5 a
Xrj ~4 P 0C4 Pk s 4 x 4 P 4 X4 X X4X P 4X
University of the Philippines.......0.... 37 10 0 0 23 1000 30 100 3 19 86 0 11 100
University of Santo
Tomas.......... 30 24 44 37 75 67 39 44 53 150 34 18 22 45 67
THE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY.-In 1915 the Board of Regents
authorized the establishment of a School of Dentistry to be a division