Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1914-1917)

688

FEBRUARY MEETING, 1917

I. Undergraduate teaching should be continued and
developed at Ann Arbor. Reasons are given as follows:(a) You already have there a first-class medical
school; the standards of instruction are high and are carried out in the spirit of University scholarship, and the atmosphere of the University community is a valuable asset.
The clinical facilities at Ann Arbor can be developed sufficiently to meet the needs of undergraduate teaching, and it
should be planned that undergraduate teaching in clinical
subjects shall continue there in the future.
(b) Notwithstanding the wealth of clinical material in
Detroit, the methods and organization for utilizing this
material are at present considerably inferior to those at Ann
Arbor. After these opportunities at Detroit have been developed, however, it may be advantageous to give a limited
amount of clinical instruction in special subjects to undergraduates at that place. This question may, however, be
left for future consideration. It would be unwise to contemplate any such change at the present time.
2. Practitioners' courses can best be developed at
Detroit.
3. Advanced instruction and research in medical sciences can now be offered at Ann Arbor, with its well equipped laboratories. In the future it may be desirable to offer
such opportunities at Detroit as well as at Ann Arbor, if
funds are available for the proper development of the Detroit laboratories and for the appointment of all-time men
of the highest attainments.
4. Advanced instruction and research in clinical subjects should be planned for at Detroit. Reasons for this
are:(a) Such instruction and investigation in clinical subjects may and should be carried on at Ann Arbor to a limited extent,-chiefly through teaching fellows,-but, with
the limited amount of clinical material, an extensive development of such teaching would be detrimental to undergraduate teaching.
(b) Such teaching will be necessary at Detroit, to
stimulate the best use of the clinical material there and the
proper development of the hospitals. Furthermore, only
by the utilization of the material available in Detroit could
the graduate medical school compete with similar schools
in other large centers.
5. This plan involves a first-class teaching hospital in
Detroit, under the control of the University.