Cornell University Medical College, Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program Records
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Scope and Contents
This collection includes the research gathered during the five years of the study conducted by the Bureau of Applied Social Research on the Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program at Cornell University Medical College (CUMC). Among various organizational data of the Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program, there are diaries kept by selected CUMC students in the program, interviews, and seminar and staff minutes. There are also daily field observations, interviews, and miscellaneous research data kept by Renee Fox, the Bureau of Applied Social Research of Columbia University 's research assistant and consultant to the Comprehen¬sive Care and Training Program. There are also annual reports, papers, and publications that resulted from the Comprehensive Care and Training Program.
Dates
- 1946-1977
Creator
- Cornell University. Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College (Organization)
- Reader, George G. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), internal policies requiring protection and confidential handling of PHI (protected health information), FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), or other institutional polices regarding internal or confidential records, and may require additional permissions prior to access. Some records in this collection are restricted and require additional permissions prior to access. View the container inventory for more information and visit the Medical Center Archives website for the most updated policies and procedures regarding access to historical materials containing restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright holder of this collection is Weill Cornell Medicine. Materials from this collection cannot be reproduced outside the guidelines of United States Fair Use (17 U.S.C., Section 107) without the advance permission of the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine or the copyright holder. In the event that anything from the collection become a source for publication, a credit line indicating the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine is required.
Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and internal policies which require protection and confidential handling of all protected health information (PHI). Materials containing PHI, personally identifiable information (PII), and/or student information (protected under FERPA) have been restricted and require additional permissions prior to reproduction and use.
Please visit the Medical Center Archives website for the most updated policies and procedures regarding reproduction and use.
Biographical / Historical
The Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program at Cornell University Medical College (CUMC) was a non-departmental program aimed at a more complete care of ambulant patients, while providing greater integration of outpatient care with students' training during their fourth year in medical school. After two years in the planning stages, medical students from CUMC were brought into the program in June 1952. George G. Reader, MD, Professor of Medicine at CUMC, became the first director of the program. Funding was received from the Commonwealth Fund until 1960.
In April 1952, the Bureau of Applied Social Research of Columbia University set about developing means "for evaluating the impact of the Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program" on student development. These studies were concerned with medical student experience during the years from 1952 to 1957. In 1961, a post-graduate training program was designed for practicing physicians to expand their knowledge in administering a clinical service and research skills. J. Robert Buchanan, MD was the director of this graduate training program. The program ended at CUMC in 1966.
Bibliography
Reader, George and Mary E. W. Goss. Comprehensive Medical Care and Teaching. Cornell University Press, 1967
Buchanan letter from 1963 January 22; Box #1, Folder #1; RGPPM-075, J. Robert Buchanan, MD Papers, 1956-1975 (Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY).
Extent
7.8 Linear Feet (16 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program at Cornell University Medical College was a non-departmental program aimed at a more complete care of ambulant patients, while providing greater integration of outpatient care with students' training during their fourth year in medical school. This collection includes the research gathered during the five years of the study including reports and student diaries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Comprehensive Care and Teaching Program Records was donated to the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine by George Reader, MD at an unknown date. Medical Center Archives staff collected additional publications. Materials in the folders “K-4 Laboratory for Fourth Year Students, 1956-1957” and “Lab Committee, Minutes, 1955” in box 2 were added from the Lila Wallis, MD Papers by an unknown staff member at an unknown date. Box 15 includes reports and other documentation that was added from the George Reader, MD Papers in 2009. Box 16 includes bound fourth year student projects was added to the collection in 2026 by Amanda Garfunkel.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by an unknown staff member at an unknown date. Protected health information (PHI) review was conducted in June 2023 by Nicole Milano and in February 2026 by Amanda Garfunkel.
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine Repository