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| Dr. Ray Parkinson |
| Interview date: | Wednesday, April 24, 1985, Wednesday May 1, 1985, Tuesday, May 21, 1985 | 
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| Interviewer: | Sharlene Stacey | |
| Transcriber: | Patricia Startin | |
| Funding: | The Woodward Foundation | |
| Identifier: | Book 2 | |
| Biography | 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 | |
| Transcript: | Read transcript |