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While the quality of the dissertations varies widely, "many, perhaps ten per cent over the years, would be acceptable to the same pre-clinical department if presented by its candidates for the Ph.D. degree," according to Dean Lippard...
...answer to those who feel that the time of the students would be better spent if they saw more patients instead of working on research, Dean Lippard contends that "the four-year period as a medical student is the time to develop attitudes and to gain basic knowledge. Experience in dealing with large numbers of patients will come later." Since Yale also hopes to give many students the incentive to enter a career in academic medicine, it strongly encourages those who wish to engage in additional research...
Finally, the "Yale Plan" is unique in its emphasis on elective courses. "It has been a basic policy in this programs," Dean Lippard has said, "that the student should not be under such pressure to attend required exercises from eight to five daily for four years that he has no time for pursuit of special interests." The Medical School has therefore included fewer than the usual scheduled hours in the curriculum. The student may choose to attend several electives or none, and he receives no credit. The brilliant student may take as many as he is interested...
While many of the elective courses are highly specialized, Dean Lippard points out that intimate contact with a faculty member whose investigative interests have carried him into a limited field can be an exciting experience for a student; "and we believe," he says, "that he should be excited as well as taught...
...despite the unorthodox features of the "Yale Plan," Dean Lippard insists that "there is nothing unique or ingenious about it. The material covered is in most respects similar to that in other American medical schools, and the methods of instruction are those which have been considered satisfactory in fields of graduate study other than medicine for centuries...