Abstract
Abstract The Social legislation of 1965–66 represented a post-war II adjustment with a shift in ethics from individualism in an agrarian society to a complex organization in a dominantly urban society. Consequently, a reformation in health services confronts physicians, who have long enjoyed a respected position in providing care for those who assumed personal responsibility. Now that society has assumed responsibility, proof of competence is demanded from the physician receiving payment for service. Thus, unless present methods of continuing education are strengthened, government threatens to control their accreditation and to demand licensure of physicians based on periodic re-examination. The profession is responding by exploring several methods of continuous education and is offering specific alternatives to government regulation. The Massachusetts Medical Society is challenged by three specific alternatives to achieve its role in this changing social structure.
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