“…Secondly, there is the possibility of apprenticeship training in scientific methods by the use of elective periods which allow students to tackle defined problems in a bedside or laboratory setting. Many medical schools, including our own (Findlay, Smith, Graves, and Linton, 1969), encourage such an approach. Finally, it is conceivable that a few students might receive a more formal and extensive grounding in clinical science by taking a year's advanced study attached to a clinical department.…”