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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 13, No. 12. June 15, 1950

Students in favour

Students in favour

In 1943 a referendum vote was taken and out of the 900 students then attending V.U.C. 625 recorded a vote on the medical examination proposals. 605 of the 625 voters declared in favour of the scheme for an medical [unclear: examinations]

In 1944 a voluntary examination was conducted. Just over one-third of the students then attending lectures completed the examination. In a report submitted by the committee which ran these examinations it was stated that for the efficient running of the scheme it was necessary for the examination to be compulsory. This was based on records from the doctors who carried out the exams and from the students who assisted.

In 1945 and 1946 not a great deal was heard about the Medical Scheme although a great deal of solid work was done by small committees who were investigating possibilities, writing reports, getting opinions of medical men, professors, students and lecturers, on the best way to organise and run such a scheme.