The Freud Museum, located at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, London, is scheduled to open in May 1986, the 130th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud. The museum is to be established in the beautiful house where Freud and his family lived after moving from Vienna in 1938, and where Freud spent the rest of his life. It was also the home of Anna Freud until her death in 1982.
It was Anna Freud's wish that the house, containing Sigmund Freud's library, furniture, and artifacts, which were brought from Austria, be converted into a “living museum.” As a result, 20 Maresfield Gardens was purchased by the Sigmund Freud Archives in the late 1970's for a very favorable price, with funds provided by the New-Land Foundation.
Plans to convert the house into a museum were officially approved in 1984. The spirit of these plans is to keep as much of the house as possible in its original state, in order to show visitors how the Freuds lived and worked.
A fundraising campaign of international scope has been announced, with the goal of $2 million to be used to renovate, convert, and prepare the house for its new role as a museum, as well as to establish an endowment fund to allow the museum to be entirely self-sustaining in the future.
Further information on the Freud Museum may be obtained from John Harrisson, Director, Freud Museum Campaign, c/o The New-Land Foundation, Suite 3014, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166.
James T. McLaughlin, outgoing Chairman of the Committee on Continuing Education, announces that the AMA has delegated authority to our Association to assign Category I CME credit for psychoanalytic consultation between peers. This break with their established policy of allocating only Category V credit for medical consultation reflects their acceptance of the high value we traditionally assign to the educational significance of supervisory/consultative exercises.
The Association must insure that appropriate planning, execution and evaluation validate the claim for Category I credit.
The Committee foresees no problem in the assignment of credit for consultation extended over time, where the likeness to the supervised analyses of undergraduate training is obvious. But no easy consensus can be found for validating the single hour of consultation. Further, we have no accurate appraisal of the current amount of peer consultation nor the extent to which members might wish to gain CME credit for it.
The Committee therefore asks that members who wish to claim Category I credit for consultation document, by written notice in your society, your (i.e. the consultant and consultee) plan to carry out such consultation, its purpose and duration. That member your Society has designated to serve on the National Subcommittee on Cosponsorship will review and appraise these data and, in consultation with you, assign appropriate credit on a credit-for-hour basis. (Category I credit to the Consultee, Category III for the Consultant).
The intent is not to impose an onerous burden upon the several participants, but to gather information about the need for credit for these activities and about criteria for validation. Inform your local representative or the committee directly of any problem of whatever nature you may be having in garnering sufficient CME credits, so that the committee can learn more about individual needs and circumstances. You may do so through Ellen Fertig at the Central Office.