20. Students at Law and Articled Clerks and other persons 20-1-03 may be admitted to such lectures and examinations in Law as they may desire, and in the event of their passing in the subjects of any course, they shall be entitled to receive certificates to that effect. CHAPTER XVII.-FACULTY OF MEDICINE. 1. The Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, the Fellows of the 20-1-03 Senate who are legally qualified members of the Medical Profession, and the Professors and Lecturers in the subjects of the Medical Curriculum shall constitute the Faculty of Medicine. 2. The Dean shall exercise a general superintendence over 20-1-03 the administrative business connected with the Faculty, and it shall be the duty of the Registrar to summon meetings of the Faculty at such times as may be required by the Dean, provided that upon the written requisition of any three members of the Faculty, the Dean, or in his absence the Registrar, shall convene a special meeting. No question shall be decided at any meeting of the Faculty unless there be present at least five members. In the absence of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor the Dean shall act as Chairman at all meetings of the Faculty, but in his absence the members then present shall elect a Chairman from among themselves. The Chairman at any such meeting shall have a vote, and in case of an equality of votes, a second or casting vote. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to attend all meetings and to record the proceedings. 3. The Faculty shall meet for the purpose of considering 20-1-03 and reporting to the Senate upon such subjects as have relation to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees in Medicine, and such questions as may be referred to it by the Senate. 4.-Class Examinations shall be held during each course of 20-1-03 instruction in each term, unless such term immediately precedes the annual examination in the subject of the course. Students shall not absent themselves from these examinations except upon a medical certificate, and at the end of each course a report of the result, signed by the responsible teacher, shall be presented to the Senate by the Dean. The results of these examinations may be taken into account by the examiners at the annual examinations. 5.-There shall be three Degrees granted in the Faculty of 20-1-03 Medicine, viz. Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.), and Master of Surgery (Ch.M.). : 24-1-05 30-4-07 6.--Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.) shall, before admission to the Medical School, produce evidence either (i) of having graduated in Arts or in Science; or (ii.) of having completed the First Year in the Faculty of Arts, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter X., Section 7; or (iii.) of having passed the Matriculation Examination for the Faculty of Medicine prescribed in Chapter X., Sections 5 and 6. 7. Candidates for the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery shall attend the following courses instruction: I. In the First Year of Biology and Practical Biology-Lent and Trinity Terms. Practical Chemistry-Trinity and Michaelmas Terms. II. In the Second Year- Descriptive Anatomy-Lent and Trinity Terms. III. In the Third Year Physiology-Lent Term. Regional Anatomy-Lent and Trinity Terms. General Pathology-Michaelmas Term. Tutorial Surgery-Michaelmas Term. IV. In the Fourth Year Practical Pathology and Bacteriology-Lent and Trinity Special Pathology-Trinity Term. Surgery-Lent Term. Clinical Surgery-Lent, Trinity and Michaelmas Terms. Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery-Lent Term. Tutorial Medicine-Michaelmas Term. V. In the Fifth Year Medicine-Lent Term. Tutorial Medicine-Lent Term. Clinical Medicine-Lent, Trinity and Michaelmas Terms. Public Health (25 lectures)-Trinity Term. Posology and Prescription Writing (10 lectures)- They shall also be required to attend during the Fifth Year the following courses: Diseases of the Mind (15 lectures), including Cliniques. (a) Special Therapeutics (15 lectures). (b) Diseases of Children (15 lectures, including Cliniques). including Cliniques). 8.-For the Degrees of M.B. and Ch.M. the examinations 30-4-07 shall be as follows:-(1) A First Degree Examination at the end of the First Year in Physics, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Biology and Introductory Human Anatomy; (2) a Second Degree Examination at the end of Trinity Term of the Third Year in the entire subjects of Anatomy and Physiology. No candidate shall be admitted to this examination unless he has completed the dissection of every part of the body at least once. (3) A Third Degree Examination at the end of Trinity Term of the Fourth Year in Pathology, Surgical Anatomy, and Operative Surgery. (4) A Fourth or Final Degree Examination at the end of the Fifth Year in Medicine (including Clinical and Tutorial Medicine), Surgery (including Clinical and Tutorial Surgery), Midwifery, Gynecology, Public Health and Medical Jurisprudence. 0-1-03 20-1-03 9.-Before admission to the Final Examination, candidates shall also be required to present the following certificates at least ten clear days before the date of the examination :— (i.) Of Hospital Practice during Michaelmas Term of the Medicine. (iii.) Of having acted during not less than nine months as Clinical Clerk in the Medical Wards, not less than six months as Dresser in the Surgical Wards, and not less than three months in each of the following capacities in a recognised hospital, viz., Clinical Clerk and Dresser in the Gynecological In-patients Department, Student in attendance upon the Surgical Out-patients Department, Student in attendance upon the Medical Outpatients Department, Student in attendance upon the Gynæcological Out-patients Department. (iv.) Of attendance at Post-mortem Examinations and Demonstrations during at least one term after passing the Second Degree Examination. (v.) Of attendance on at least 12 cases of childbirth, under such supervision as may be approved by the Faculty of Medicine, after having attended the course of lectures upon Midwifery. (vi.) Of proficiency in Vaccination, signed by a legally qualified Medical Practitioner. (vii.) Of proficiency in the Administration of Anaesthetics from a recognised hospital. (viii.) Of regular attendance and attention signed by the Lecturers in (a) Diseases of the Mind, (b) Diseases of the Eye, and (c) the Elective Course chosen by the Student. 10. No candidate shall be admitted to the Final Examination until he shall have produced evidence of having completed his twenty-first year. Each candidate shall also furnish a certificate of good fame and character, signed by two competent persons. 11. At each examination candidates shall be required to 20-1-03 give proof of their knowledge by written answers to the questions set, to be followed by a practical or a vivá voce examination in all subjects whatsoever. 12. Students who fail to pass, or neglect to attend their 20-1-03 examinations in any subject or subjects, may be required by the Faculty, on the report of the Examiners, to attend again the Courses of Instruction or Hospital Practice in such subject or subjects before again presenting themselves for examination. 13. Candidates who have passed all the examinations to the 20-1-03 satisfaction of the Examiners shall be recommended to the Senate for admission to the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine, and to the Degree of Master of Surgery if they so elect. 14.-Honours at graduation shall depend upon the proficiency 20-1-08 shown in the examinations, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Senate from time to time, and the candidate who shall have been most distinguished shall receive a bronze medal, provided that he shall have obtained First Class Honours. 15.-Accredited certificates of attendance on courses of instruc" 20-1-03 tion from other Universities and Schools of Medicine recognised by the University of Sydney may, on the report of the Dean, be accepted by the Senate as proof of the attendance on courses of instruction pro tanto required by these By-laws. Provided always that no person shall be recommended to the Senate for admission to the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine or of Master of Surgery by examination unless he shall present certificates of having attended within the University of Sydney, during each of at least nine Terms, not less than two courses of instruction in subjects included in the Medical Curriculum of the University. In all such cases a Degree in Arts or in Science, or some certificate of general education satisfactory to the Senate, will be required. Every candidate making application under this By-law must present a certificate of good fame and character, signed by two competent persons. 16.-Bachelors of Medicine and Masters of Surgery of this 20-1-03 University shall not possess any right to assume the title of Doctor of Medicine. 17.-The Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall not be conferred 20-1-03 until after the expiration of two Academic years from the granting of the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine. |