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ARTHUR C. CURTIS, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1965;91(4):291.

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TO MY KNOWLEDGE, there has never been a conference on undergraduate teaching in dermatology. This conference, then, is unique. It should stimulate us, confuse us, defeat us, puncture our egos, but also show us how little we know about that which we are supposed to be expert. If it does nothing more than that, it will have been worthwhile.

I cannot help but remember Dr. Walter C. Lobitz's speech before the Association of Professors of Dermatology, Dec 1, 1963: "I wanted to be a doctor of medicine. By taking special training in medical school for four years, I became a doctor of medicine. Next, I decided I wanted to be a dermatologist. After one year of internship, one year of internal medicine and three years of dermatology training, I became a Board qualified specialist. But when I decided that I wanted to be a teacher, I was a self-appointed teacher, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ANN ARBOR, MICH

From the Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan.

Footnotes
Read before the Conference on Undergraduate Teaching in Dermatology under the auspices of the Association of Professors of Dermatology, Chicago, April 10-12, 1964.

Reprint requests to University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich 48104 (Dr. Curtis).

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