TY - JOUR T1 - ORganization section Y1 - 1939/04/01 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1939.02800130046017 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1262 EP - 1266 VL - 112 IS - 13 N2 - GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION  A PROGRESS REPORT OF THE FIELD STUDY ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES BEING CONDUCTED BY THE COUNCIL ON MEDICAL EDUCATION AND HOSPITALSPENNSYLVANIA  The Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania is committed to its responsibilities to keep its members who live away from medical centers abreast of the progress of medicine. In 1933, when Dr. Donald Guthrie was president of the state society, postgraduate seminars were planned by the society and conducted by instructors of the medical schools in Pennsylvania. County medical societies desiring to organize classes of not less than twenty-five physicians communicated with the chairman of the committee on postgraduate education. In 1934 this committee consisted of six members with the former president of the state society as chairman, and he continues to act in this capacity.Physicians who registered for the seminars indicated their preference of subjects for discussion. A SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1939.02800130046017 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800130046017 ER -