The War Department announced today that graduates of foreign medical schools will be considered eligible for appointments to the Medical Reserve Corps, provided they meet certain requirements as to citizenship, licenses and internship. About 6,000 doctors are affected.
Previously only graduates of United States medical schools were eligible for Medical Corps commission. Recently a delegation headed by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, conferred with Assistant Secretary of War Robert Patterson to request removal of the bar against graduates of foreign schools.
All applications for commissions must be referred to the Surgeon-General of the Army for approval. A candidate must be a citizen of the U.S. and must present satisfactory evidence of pre-medical education equivalent to the requirements of the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association. He must have completed a medical course of at least four academic years and have a license to practice medicine in the country in which his medical school is located, and also a license to practice in the U.S.
An internship of at least one year in a hospital acceptable to the Council on Medical Education and the Committee on Hospitals of the American Medical Association must have been completed. The candidate also must be eligible to take the examination given by the National Board of Medical Examiners.
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