Template Digestive Form A, undated

File — Box: 15, Folder: 7

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Records of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Continuing Education Programs date from 1973 to 1981 and consist of correspondence and records pertaining to continuing education programs, including the Basic Science Section, FOCUS, College Night, PREP, PREP CV, CME, Emergency Medicine, and other programs. Of note is the distance education model employed by PREP to allow all physicians the opportunity to participate in a continuing medical education program and the practice profiles included in the PREP participant folders which directed participant learning.

The collection is arranged into ten series: Programs, Correspondence, Basic Science Section, FOCUS, College Night, PREP, PREP CV, CME, Emergency Medicine, and Other Programs.

Series 1: Programs dates from 1974 to 1981 and consists of general information about the College's Continuing Medical Education programs, including meeting minutes from the Committee on Continuing Medical Education and correspondence with and newsletters from the American Medical Association. Of note are the surveys sent to hospitals during 1980 and 1981 about continuing medical education.

Series 2: Correspondence (1974-1980) consists of correspondence from John P. Hubbard, M.D., president of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Frank L. Bowler Ed.D., project director of the continuing education program, Albert J. Finestone, director of the continuing education program, and Edward McGehee, Professor of Family Medicine.

Series 3: Basic Science Section (1976-1980) was a program that covered various topics in the health sciences. Records include proposed topics and planning and records of individual programs on a variety of subjects. Records are composed of attendance lists, correspondence, evaluations, and in some cases notes and/or handouts. Topics include Nutrition in Today’s Society, Clinical Immunology, Dietary Factors, and The Kidney.

Series 4: FOCUS (1979-1981) developed workshops and symposiums on various topic. Records cover evaluations, handouts and materials, registrations, correspondence, faculty information, and inquiries. Symposiums address Developing Humane Care for the Elderly, Maintaining Executive Health, Impact of Drugs and Alcohol, Sexuality in Adolescence, Promoting Well-Being of Adolescents, etc.

Series 5: College Night (1977-1981) records consist of yearly attendance lists and attendance broken into course topics.

Series 6: Practice Related Educational Program for Physicians in Primary Care (PREP) dates from 1974 to 1980 and contains participant records including pretests, posttests, evaluations, and correspondence, correspondence, feasibility studies, records pertaining to grant funding from Hew, course materials, and answer keys.

Series 7: Practice Related Educational Program in Cardiovascular Disease for Physicians in Primary Care (PREP CV) dates from 1976 to 1981 and begin with proposals to the Kynett Memorial Foundation, reports to the foundation, and committee meetings. Records also include correspondence, answer sheets, program analyses, and participant registration cards.

Series 8: CME (1974-1981) consists of committee meeting minutes and records, newsletters, CME travel and trips records, blank forms, and medical society records, including the Obstetrical Society of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society.

Series 9: Emergency Medicine (1975-1981) program was a yearly course. The records include participants, correspondence, evaluations, handouts, and tests.

Series 10: Other Programs (1973-1981) consists of records about various symposiums and courses affiliated with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Proposals for Health University without Walls and Continuing Mental Health Education are included.