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Glen R. Leymaster, MD

JAMA. 1970;213(6):1007-1009.

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To many observers outside the medical profession and perhaps to some physicians, this title as a topic of serious discussion may seem contrived or even absurd.

Doesn't everyone know what "MD" means? An MD is a doctor. A doctor takes care of sick people—if and when he can be found. Almost anyone holding an MD degree from a school that the State Board of Licensure recognizes may obtain a license entitling him to practice legally, if not well, medicine and surgery and all their branches. Thus, the MD degree is the sine qua non for the practice of medicine.

Furthermore, it is the starting qualification for admission to internships, to residency training programs, and thus to specialty certification. Phrases such as "graduation from an approved medical school" appear in all descriptions of board requirements. With only a few carefully worded exceptions, hospitals uniformly require that all staff members hold MD . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Footnotes
Read before the 66th annual Congress on Medical Education, sponsored by the AMA

Council on Medical Education, Chicago, Feb 9, 1970.

Reprint requests to 3300 Henry Ave, Philadelphia 19129 (Dr. Leymaster).

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