RT Journal
A1 COLWELL NP
T1 THe need, methods and value of medical college inspection
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD August 14
VO LIII
IS 7
SP 512
OP 515
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.92550070016002
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.92550070016002
AB That we have in this country no national body having legal power to charter and control educational institutions is generally understood. Under our system of government this control, along with the licensing of physicians, belongs to the police powers of the various states. In the majority of foreign countries, however, there are national boards or committees which charter all schools, including medical, and which insist on definite standards being maintained.This country is still comparatively young and in some respects has not attained full growth. Our educational institutions have been allowed to shift for themselves and, of course, much confusion of standards has resulted. The past eight or ten years, however, has seen a gradual development toward system and in the last few years particularly rapid progress has been made. At the present time only three or four states regulate the chartering of institutions, while in the