TY - JOUR T1 - ORganization section Y1 - 1939/08/12 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1939.02800320051016 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 599 EP - 603 VL - 113 IS - 7 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 HOSPITAL  SNEW MEXICO  In 1937 the New Mexico Medical Society Committee on Maternal and Child Health, which is composed of an obstetrician and a pediatrician and the secretary of the state society, advised the director of the Division of Maternal and Child Health of the New Mexico Department of Public Health regarding postgraduate instruction in obstetrics. At the request of the director, district health officers proposed postgraduate courses to members of various county medical societies throughout the state. In May 1938 physicians in two counties requested instruction, and an out of state obstetrician gave three lectures in each place. Twenty-two of the thirty-eight physicians in the two localities attended. No registration fees were charged, since federal funds were used. In September 1938 SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1939.02800320051016 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800320051016 ER -