Beaver Island Medical Center Preceptor Program publicity reported, 1976

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Event

Date: circa 1976-11
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Medical Center
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationhealthcareeducationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1976 Beaver Beacon reports a publicity visit concerning the Medical Center’s role in the Preceptor Program, which allowed Michigan medical schools to send students to observe rural medical services.

Evidence and limits

This is a direct public-information and prospective-publication record. It does not establish that national articles appeared, that students visited, or that the program had a complete institutional administration record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1976, Beaver Island Medical Center report.
Reports that Health and Medicine editor Ms. Huston brought Jean McCann, described as a nationally known biographer, to publicize the Medical Center’s part in the Preceptor Program, which allowed Michigan’s three medical schools to send students to observe rural medical services. The report says coverage was expected in national magazines and Sunday newspapers; it does not establish publication, student visits, enrollment, or program administration. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1976, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue confirms the public-information report and its prospective publicity language.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Medical Center Preceptor Program publicity reported, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-center-preceptor-program-publicity-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1976, Beaver Island Medical Center report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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