"Michael DeBakey came to Houston in 1948 as the new chairman of the
Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine." This brief but interesting
overview by Dr. Justin Barr in NLM's Circulating Now describes "the state
of American surgery in the 1940s and 1950s. In the early 20th century, most
surgeons trained by a combination of apprenticeship and post-graduate
courses. This model worked well enough
when operations were rare and relatively simple" but as medicine grew more
complex, changes were needed. DeBakey began to push residency programs and
board certification to improve the training level of Houston surgeons.
Contributor Dr. Barr was a Michael E. DeBakey Fellow in the History of Medicine at the National Library of Medicine in 2017.
Websites
Referenced
https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/11/29/michael-debakey-and-the-education-of-american-surgeons/
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/get-involved/debakey-fellowship.html
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