Historical account of Charing Cross Hospital and Medical School (University of London) : original plan and statutes, rise and progress; founded 1818; with which is included some account of the origin of the other hospitals and schools in London / [William Hunter].
- William Hunter
- Date:
- 1914
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Historical account of Charing Cross Hospital and Medical School (University of London) : original plan and statutes, rise and progress; founded 1818; with which is included some account of the origin of the other hospitals and schools in London / [William Hunter]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Coap. XXVIITI.] EXPENDITURE ON Mepicat Epucation. paris 1. To place Medical Education on a sound basis, the fees thus earned, plus any Educational Grants given by the Board of Education, should be entirely available for the Education of the Students, and for payment of Lecturers and Demonstrators. On the basis of what is being done in German Universities and a few of the Schools in America, to which so much attention has been drawn as examples of what the standard of University Education should be, these ought to constitute about one-third of the total annual cost of a Student’s Medical Education. 2. But this alone is quite inadequate. In addition there is required money for the provision, equipment, and support of the laboratories required for instruction, and for payment of the salaries of the Professors in charge of the various Departments. The amount required for this is about the same as that earned in Fees. 3. And lastly, over and above these requirements there should be a third quotient connected with Medical Education, available for the Promotion of Research in the various Departments. ANNUAL EXPENDITURE PER STUDENT. I estimate, on the basis of practical experience, that the current annual expenditure for University Medical Education in London should work out to at least £70 to £80 a year per Degree Student, or, approximately, £80,000 to £100,000 a year. No provision approaching this is available in any of the Medical Schools of London. It means that two-thirds of the cost of education must come from sources other than fees. Owing to the absence of any adequate support from the State, University, or Municipal or any public sources, no such funds are available. The requirements here stated may seem to be large and costly even for a rich country like England. Nevertheless, they fall below the actual expenditure on Medical Education in the Universities of Germany. According to official figures supplied by the German Government, the actual expenditure in ten Universities in Germany amounts to no less than £95 per student, and a total sum of over £500,000 per annum. CoMPARISON BETWEEN A GERMAN AND A LONDON SCHOOL. For purposes of enquiry, I have thought it interesting to compare the expenditure in one of these Universities—K6nigsberg (with 370 Medical Students)—with that of one of the largest London Schools, taking 353 Full-time Students (in addition to 170 Part-time Students—a total of 523). 2M](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31352297_0381.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
