This is a report of the 1951 Conference on Psychiatric Education, held at Cornell University in June, 1951, organized and conducted jointly by the American Psychiatric Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Participants included pediatricians, along with educators in other disciplines, who attempted to define the role of psychiatry in medical education. "Psychiatry" was considered in a broad sense; teaching of emotional growth and development and of behavior in infancy and childhood was included within its framework.