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Sir George Edward Godber
The recent development of postgraduate
medical education in Britain
Sir George Edward Godber er
fæddur 1908 og nam við Oxford-
háskóla og London Hospital.
Doktorsnafnbót í heilbrigðisfræð-
um hlaut hann við London School
of Hygiene and Public Health ár-
ið 1936.
Sir George hefur starfað í
brezka heilbrigðisráðuneytinu síð-
an 1939 og varð Chief Medical
Officer árið 1960. Hann hefur
unnið mikið starf í þágu brezku
heilbrigðisþjónustunnar og verið
fulltrúi lands síns í framkvæmda-
nefnd Alþjóðaheilbrigðisstofnun-
arinnar. Aðlaður var hann árið
1962.
Sir George heimsótti Island
síðsumars 1971 og flutti hér m. a.
nokkra fyrirlestra, er athygli
vöktu. Læknablaðið hefur fengið
tvo þessara fyrirlestra til birting-
ar og fjallar sá, er nú birtist,
um framhaldsmenntun brezkra
lækna.
Undergraduate medical education in Britain has been in many ways
similar to that in Iceland, although the total length of courses after
entering medical school has been slightly shorter. In particular the
clinical part of the course is probably more closely linked with
the preceding year. Before full registration the British graduate, since
1954, has had to work for a year in two hospital posts, one surgically
and one medically orientated. He does not have to work as does the
Icelandic gi'aduate, for three months outside hospital. Nevertheless,
at the time of registration, that is one year after passing qualifying
examinations, no British graduate would now expect to enter im-
mediately into unsupervised practice even though the law would
permit him to do it. Everywhere the science of medicine has become
so much more complex that the new graduate can really expect to be
only scientifically trained and sufficiently educated in his profession
to be able to take advantage of the further opportunities he needs