Peggy Frith interviews Jim Holt, former Director of Clinical studies for Oxford Medical School, 1 June 2012.
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Topics discussed include: (00:00:41) university days at St. Andrews; (00:01:53) going to Canada to work at Kingston General Hospital; (00:03:31) returning to Oxford, Nuffield Professors of Medicine, overview of Oxford career; (00:06:43) interest in lymphoma; (00:08:17) differences between Canadian and British medicine in the 1960s; (00:09:22) experience of arriving and working in Oxford; (00:12:07) time as Director of Clinical studies, challenges and enjoyment; (00:18:36) success of Oxford clinical medical school, Green Templeton college, the Nuffield Foundation; (00:29:00) growth of Oxford Medical School; (00:36:45) Tingewick Society; (00:40:34) Holt family labrador trips to the medical wards in Oxford. Note the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:00:00-00:00:13; 00:18:04-00:18:33; 00:34:07-00:35:30.
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The Recollecting Oxford Medicine oral history project originated when Peggy Frith, as President of Oxford Medical Alumni, recognised the potential of recorded interviews to capture stories, memories and voices from the Oxford Medical school and Oxford Hospitals. The interviewees were selected to cover, from an Oxford perspective over almost a century, the many changes in the practice of medicine and medical teaching, of both local and national importance. The material would supplement the...