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...Daniel C. Tosteson will become dean of the Faculty of Medicine effective July 1, 1977, President Bok announced yesterday. Tosteson will replace Dr. Robert H. Ebert, who is resigning after 12 years in the position...
President Bok has narrowed to about six the list of candidates to replace Robert H. Ebert, dean of the Medical School, and he is close to making his final choice, a member of the committee advising Bok on his choice said yesterday...
William Silen, chief of surgery at Beth Israel Hospital, said Bok is looking for someone with scientific, clinical and educational credentials to fill the post. Ebert will leave his position next July to pursue his studies in medical education...
With the assistance of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act last month, Ebert and the deans of the 105 other American medical schools can breathe more easily. By treating the maldistribution of doctors as an evil that can be cured on an individual basis, the new legislation leaves the foundation of a national health care system to the random career choice of thousands of medical students. Beginning next year, each student who needs financial aid but does not qualify for a school scholarship can contract with the federal government for yearly loans, paying the sum back after graduation...
...legislating admissions quotas for medical schools would be a pyrrhic victory at best. There would be reverse discrimination and deans would fight hard to retain their right to determine who is qualified for the profession. It is in the admissions office that Ebert's talk of academic freedom is made flesh. The uproar over a provision in the new bill requiring medical schools to reserve places in their third year class for students who have completed two years in a foreign school and passed part one of the national board exam, is no freak accident...