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Oral History Interviews

Dr. Ray Parkinson

Interview date:	Wednesday, April 24, 1985 Wednesday May 1, 1985 Tuesday, May 21, 1985
Interviewer:	Sharlene Stacey
Transcriber:	Patricia Startin
Funding:	The Woodward Foundation
Identifier:	Book 2
Biographical Information:	Dr. Parkinson was a member of the 1st medical class. He later practiced psychiatry in Vancouver.
Summary:	Tape 1: Dr. Parkinson describes how he managed an air force career, high school matriculation and a university degree in the 1940s; important role of the Pre-Med Society; problems of aspiring medical students; benefits of local medical training; preceptorships; facilities and teaching; the 'split' school; UBC Hospital controversy; isolation of the Faculty of Medicine; classes at VGH and the library; relationships with the professors; Dean Weaver; student social life. Tape 2: Dolman and Strong Reports; teaching hospitals; the medical lectures and the lecturers; psychiatric training; summer jobs; medical school admission process Tape 3: Getting into medical school; the clinical teachers; general reminiscences; student sacrifices
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