Timeline of medical education
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This is a timeline of medical education.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient history | Scholars usually consider that medical education began with the ancient Greeks’ method of rational inquiry, which introduced the practice of observation and reasoning regarding disease.[1] | |
| Middle Ages | Apprenticeship training in monastic infirmaries and hospitals dominates medical education during the early Middle Ages. A medical school is established in Salerno in southern Italy between the 9th and 11th centuries. During the same period, medicine and medical education flourish in the Muslim world at such centres as Baghdad, Cairo, and [[w:Córdoba, Spain | Córdoba]].[1] |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th century BC | Greek physician Hippocrates teaches and originates the oath that would become a credo for practitioners through the ages.[1] | Greece | |
| 1518 | The Royal College of Physicians of London is established.[1] | United Kingdom | |
| 1858 | The Medical Act of 1858 is passed in Britain, often termed the most important event in British medicine. It establishes the General Medical Council, controlling admission to the medical register, thus having great powers over medical education and examinations.[1] |
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