TY  - JOUR
T1  - EVasion of entrance requirements to medical colleges
Y1  - 1914/02/07
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1914.02560310040023
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 462
EP  - 462
VL  - LXII
IS  - 6
N2  - Those familiar with conditions in some of the medical colleges of Chicago will not be surprised at the "story" which appears this week in our Medical Education Department.1 The investigation shows that fraudulent credentials of preliminary education, secured through a local institution, have been accepted by a Chicago medical college. The fact that this story centers around one school is merely incidental: the information which led to the investigation pointed quite as much to two other local colleges as it did to the one in question. The acceptance of questionable entrance credentials prevails to a greater extent in Chicago than elsewhere, although makeshifts if not fraudulent devices for admitting medical students whose qualifications are below the standard are employed in probably two or three other cities. Not only are these efforts to nullify the medical practice act or the rules established by state boards dishonest, but also they work
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1914.02560310040023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1914.02560310040023
ER  -