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Posted 6:16 PM, July 28, 2009, by jaruiz

Number of Radiology Departments in Top U.S. Medical Schools in 1913
As ranked by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association, only 4 of the top 18 U.S. medical colleges in 1913 recognized Roentgenology as a distinct "Department of Instruction": Northwestern University, Harvard University, Cornell University, and the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College (from "Medical Colleges of the United States: Annual Presentation of Educational Data by the Council on Medical Education in J Am Med Assoc1913;61(8):569-598 and quoted in "Instruction in Roentgenology" by Adolph Henriques and Lodilla Ambrose, JAMA 1914;V.LXIII;N.8:651-653).

The Council chose the top or "A+" 18 U.S. medical colleges by . . .

rating all medical schools on a scale of 1,000 points based on 10 criteria each worth 100 points (please see criteria listed below). Class A+ colleges were those that earned an "acceptable" rating based on these 10 criteria (to read more, please access "Medical Colleges of the United States: Annual Presentation of Educational Data by the Council on Medical Education" in J Am Med Assoc 1913;61(8):598).

10 Criteria:
1. Showing of graduates before state boards and other evidences
of the training received.
2. Enforcement of a satisfactory preliminary educational requirement,
granting of advanced standing, and the character of records.
3. Character of curriculum, grading of course, length of session, and
time allowed for matriculation and supervision.
4. Medical school buildings: light, heat, ventilation, cleanliness.
5. Laboratory facilities and Instruction.
6. Dispensary facilities and Instruction.
7. Hospital facilities and Instruction, maternity work, autopsies, and specialties.
8. Faculty, number, and qualifications of trained teachers, full-time
instructors, and assistants, especially of the laboratory branches, organization, and extent of research work.
9. Extent to which the school is conducted for properly teaching
the science of medicine rather than for the profit of the faculty
directly or indirectly.
10. Possession and use made of libraries, museums, charts, and stereopticons.