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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Macafee Ad Hoc Committee on Training for the Specialty

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 M1

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Macafee Ad Hoc Committee on Training for the Specialty

Date(s): 1959-1967

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 7 volumes, 30 boxes

Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The committee was set up in 1962 by Council under the chairmanship of Professor C H G Macafee to examine and report on trends in the development of obstetrics and gynaecology as a speciality with particular reference to recruitment, teaching research and training in the United Kingdom. It obtained information from undergraduates through a questionnaire and a random sample of personal interviews by the chairman. The committee produced a report to the College in 1966, and the information it amassed was used in the College's submission to the Royal Commission on Medical Education in 1968.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Macafee Committee comprising Committee minutes and papers, 1962-1966; background papers and final report, 1959-1966; minute book of the Committee, signed by the Chairman, 1966-1967.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: vested in the College.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Not known; probably passed to/left at the College by Professor Macafee.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

A microfilm copy of the minute book at M1M/1 is held by RCOG Archives at MR/3.

Related material:

RCOG Archives holds the president's copy of the Macafee report with related correspondence (Ref: A4/13/9); the College's submission to the Royal Commission on Medical Education in 1968 (Ref: A4/13/33).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.