[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and R. B. Anderson - May 1940] Page: 3 of 8
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. ' DOi~S QY,~ J r.VSTO : . r Andujar has presented a very
complicat tiebject in a con t ~o prehensive and lu mcid maier. The
training of medical tks; sfsl presents iany problems. First is
the qestion of the relative iiport nce of dLdactic and practical
trainin . In my experlonce the value of scheduled lectures and
laboratory exercises is scondary to practical oexer onec. *here
the nater of students under txr~anit la keot at a miniam:, at a
ratio of one student to one paid oeber of the laoLatory staff, or
con ere the ratio somewhat hiher, the student gain m.ore by
becoming gradually, an internal part f the laboratory or:anizatoIn.
To he extent that a student has real ability and is reliable, to
that extent is it desirable to g ive h-r more and more responsibili-
ties, r a esult of s:ch training, supleented by informal
individualized discussions, principally at the work-table, and a
liberal amount of supplementary reading (I require all of y,
students to read th roa ,:h alf dozen ,o icuin . for
example, Kra-ke 's "Hea tology), the student at the end of the
course of training findo little difflt f to die olt inform nation
ro3 references and to adjust horeolf to the practices in other
laboratories. I feel that the student should not be taught too
far above the level of her ability. To crowd an average individual
with more facts than she is able to digest may be dangerous, because
more k nolede is a a~sed than actually exists. e may anticipate
further p rores in the standardization of the training of medical
technmolo:ist and the integration of su! training with a University
carricus~., uch a program will re e special subsidies. In all
of theso Mans we have to keen in mind the interest of the student.
The only way a student can become really proficient is to afford' .i-.;:. s ate,
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Anderson, R. B. & Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941. [Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and R. B. Anderson - May 1940], letter, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth228412/m1/3/?q=%22manuscripts%22: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Moody Medical Library, UT.