Læknablaðið - 01.12.1963, Page 60

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ble educations trusts or philan-
thropists hut particularly in
countries like yours and mine,
where the State has assumed re-
sponsibility for the health serv-
ices, we must seek State aid
in this project of increasing
Post Graduate education. This
lias been accepted in the United
Kingdom in principle, but it is
probable that our demands for
finance and tlie Government’s
conception of its priority are
likely to be some distance apart.
Let us assume we liave the
organization, the facilities and
the money and now let us turn
to tlie problem of the doctor
who requires tx-aining, the fu-
ture specialist, the future gen-
eral pi'actitioner and tlie estab-
lisbed doctor.
For the future specialist I
would say that tlie first thing
essential is guidance from liis
chief or from the Post Gi'aduale
Dean. He needs to plan his
programme of study ahead in-
corporating botli clinical work
and phases of study. In the
clinical field there must be op-
portunity to work in suitable