The Audiovisual Review Committee, a subcommittee of the Education Committee of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, appraises films, videotapes, and tape-slide programs and gears its reviews to the specific needs of family practice educators. Materials are rated on specific points to allow informed judgments for selection. (JMD)

A study of 12 individual self-instructional programs comprising six types of media, used to supplement the learning of senior medical students taking elective family practice preceptorships in communities distant from the medical school, is described. These students showed a gain in knowledge from pretest to delayed retention test while a control…

The "one-and-two" program involves a larger teaching hospital for the first year and a smaller community hospital for the second and third years of a residency. Advantages are described, along with the need for close cooperation of faculty and staff of both hospitals. (LBH)