[Relevancy of the clinical subjects in medical training]

A judgment of the relevance of twelve clinical science courses for preparing the students to the practice of medicine and to the development of the scientific mind, was tested by the Pair Comparison and Equal-Appearing Interval methods. The test groups consisted of medical school faculty members, medical students and physicians. Three groups of clinical sciences, according its relevancy for preparing the students for a career as physicians, were identified Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery and Public Health, comprised the group of maximum relevancy; History of Medicine, Medicolegal and Radiological studies, formed a group of lowest relevancy. The remainder sciences (Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Otorhinolaryngology, Dermatology and Psychiatry, formed a middle group. Few differences were found when we considered the relevancy to the development of the scientific mind.