Category: General Conference Context – Previews and Faculty

In 1974, a new governmental entity, the California Health Manpower Policy Commission commenced operations. The commission was charged with the task of helping establish and expand family medicine residency programs (the oldest of which were not yet five years old). Although the majority of states had enacted legislation in support of the newly recognized specialty…

The passage of PPACA is occurring at a time when the medical schools and teaching hospitals that train the physicians who are crucial to it ultimate success are themselves undergoing processes of transformation. A panel consisting of three academic administrators, one of whom is a member of a residency accreditation committee, will discuss the interplay…