Medical Schools and Licensure

Rypins' Medical Licensure Examinations

The chapter on solar radiations is well and interestingly done. This reviewer was surprised to learn how little of the germicidal portion of the ultraviolet spectrum is found in solar radiation. Ultraviolet transmission through various types of glass, plastics, other solids, and liquids is considered. Solutions for choosing various sections of the ultraviolet spectrum are included. A similar pl...

A national analysis of medical licensure applications.

The 1990 enactment of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and subsequent case law have established that medical board screening of physician licensure applicants for histories of mental illness or substance use may constitute discrimination. This study examines how physician licensure questionnaires have evolved since the enactment of the ADA. Specifically, we requested medical licensure ...

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact: Pernicious Myths and Inescapable Facts.

language, passed by legislatures and signed by governors. As a legal construct, the interstate compact is specifically provided for in the US Constitution4 and has long been recognized by the courts as an effective tool for states to collectively resolve common problems without the intrusion of the federal government. More than 200 compacts exist in the United States, with 22 of them being trul...

Should medical schools be schools for virtue?

I n the Republic , Plato recounts the myth of Gyges, who wore a ring that allowed him to become invisible simply by turning the ring around his finger. 1 Gyges misused the ring’s powers to seduce the wife of the king, kill him, and take over the country. The lesson that Plato drew from this myth was that the person of true virtue is the one who can be trusted to do the right thing, even when no...

Rypins' Medical Licensure Examinations : Topical Summaries, Questions and Answers