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Dale G Breaden; Bryant L. Galusha, MD

JAMA. 1987;257(6):828-829.

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In 1913, a year after the founding of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, N. P. Colwell, MD, secretary of the American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education and an original fellow of the federation, writing in the first issue of the federation's quarterly, stressed the need of the state medical boards for improved medical practice acts, adequate funding and staffing, increased legal authority, and effective communication among themselves regarding unfit practitioners. The state boards, he said, "have striven valiantly against almost insurmountable obstacles to do their full duty.... The important thing is for [them] to recognize the defects... take stock of the hindrances, and altogether, through the Federation of State Medical Boards... press the campaign for betterment."¹

For 75 years, the federation has pressed the campaign for betterment in medical licensure and discipline. In its publications and educational programs, in every professional and public . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Fort Worth, Tex

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