University of Oregon Medical School surgery clerkship papers

During the years 1942-43 when the bulk of the papers were written, the medical school faculty were mobilized for war service. UOMS accelerated and reorganized their instructional programs in order to train more doctors and nurses for the armed forces in as short a time as possible. The strenuous tempo of the war program abolished all vacations. By October 1942, 114 medical faculty were enlisted in the Medical Corp of either the Army or Navy.

It is noted in the University of Oregon Medical School catalog of 1942-1943, that surgical clerkships began in the third year of study. For general surgery, the UOMS students completed 66 hours in his/her third year at Multnomah County Hospital under the instruction of Drs. John A. Gius, Associate Professor, and Matthew McKirdie, Clinical Associate. Students also completed 33 hours in gynecology under Clinical Instructor, Dr. Clifford Fearl, Resident, Ronald P. Neilson, and Resident, James E. Witely; as well as 22 hours in pediatrics under Associate Clinical Professor, Dr. Paul V. Woolley. During the fourth year, students attended clerkships of 11 hours in anesthesiology with Assistant Professor and Chief of Anesthesia Service, Dr. John H. Hutton and Resident, Dr. Marjorie Noble and 11 hours in obstetrics with Dr. Clifford Fearl.