This report concerns the issues which were involved in the considerations of future development of the Medical Care Group (MCG), an experimental group practice model offering medical care on a prepayment basis. (Author)

The Texas Academy of Family Physicians requires its members to fulfill continuing education requirements to remain in good standing in the academy. The continuing education program at the annual meeting is described. (Author/PG)

An alternative proposal to the reduction of the medical school curriculum from 4 to 3 years. (HS)

Describes the New York Heart Association's experimental program aimed at evaluating a method of developing physicians disciplined by research and competent both as teachers and in the care of patients (clinical scientists). (Author)

An experimental study reveals no significant difference between student learning by means of microfiche and self-paced tapes versus students trained by the traditional procedure even though the self-instructional group and one-third the formal contact hours with the teacher. (Editor/PG)

Contains a description and an evaluation of an experimental clinical course in history-taking for first-year medical students. (Editor)

Role playing oral tests have been used for rating physicians' competence in dealing with patients' problems. (IR)

After the experience with the first three classes, the M.D. program for Ph.D.s at the University of Miami School of Medicine is analyzed in terms of the backgrounds of students, their motivations toward a medical education, criteria for admission, curriculum, budget, and evaluation of student performance. (Editor)

Presented at the meeting of the Council of Academic Societies, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1969. (IR)

The President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation points up the lack of a dependable system of ambulatory front-line medical care in the U.S., outlines basic capabilities of the system needed, and suggests the role of foundations and academic centers in developing training programs recast in light of real world situations. (JT)

A program is described that relates behavioral science research to cancer care, encourages frank discussion and objective analysis of oncology practice, and attempts to dispell the myth that cancer patients are not medically manageable. A wide range of teaching methods are used. (MSE)