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In 1887, the university resumed medical teaching in its Faculty of Medicine. The faculty promptly absorbed the Toronto School of Medicine, which could no longer compete with the university as it faced heavy costs of scientific work and higher examination standards set by the faculty.
1984 – Herbert Ho Ping Kong, Chief of Internal Medicine at the Toronto Western Hospital, establishes the first Clinical Teaching Units in Toronto, which continue to play a central role in general internal medicine teaching and learning.
The University of Toronto is ranked sixth in the world for clinical, preclinical and health programs, according to the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) subject rankings. The ranking is the highest-ever for the University in clinical, preclinical and health programs, of 775 top universities in the world. It’s a reflection of the ...
Published: October 30, 2013. By Jim Oldfield. The history of the University of Toronto’s medical school has been captured for the first time, in a book that tells the story of the Faculty of Medicine, from its start as a small school for training local doctors to an international force in health research and education.
While the Faculty of Medicine opened in 1843, medical teaching was conducted by proprietary schools from 1853 until 1887 when the faculty absorbed the Toronto School of Medicine. Meanwhile, the university continued to set examinations and confer medical degrees. [28]
By the early 1890s, with the reintroduction of the teaching of medicine, the expansion of the physical plant of the university, and a growing demand that students ought to be able to do graduate work in Canada, the stage was set for change.
Last Edited March 4, 2015. The theory and practice of medicine in Canada changed significantly from the 16th to the 20th century, with important developments in medical education and regulation, understanding of anatomy and disease, public health and immunization, and pharmacology.
