Early article with photographs of Duke University Physician's Assistant students in training that appeared in 1970 issue of Blue Cross News, published by North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Inc. The article begins "Working with physicians in...
Report on the Model Legislation Project for Physician's Assistants conducted at Duke University, Durham, NC during 1969 and 1970 to develop a legislative proposal under which physician's assistants could be accommodated into the legal framework of...
A memorandum sent to Duke Administrators from Dr. Robert Howard dated August 17, 1971 updating them on progress made by the AMA to develop Educational Essentials for the assistant to the primary care physician. Dr. Howard refers readers to the attached...
In this memo, sent to the Bureau of Health Manpower Education, the AMA, the NBME, and the American Registry of Physician's Associates, Alfred and Blair Sadler express their uncertainty about several Yale physicians being contacted to serve on the...
This document contains a list of quotations "of nurses who work with University trained physician's assistants." The comments are from a study apparently conducted in 1971 by the Duke University Physician's Associate Program. All types of nursing...
An article from Intercom, a newsletter from the Duke University Medical Center, vol. 18, no. 35, September 17, 1971. The article has pictures and a summary of the Duke PA program graduation, and talks about the origins of the Scheele award.
In this letter David E. Lewis, the Associate Director of the Duke PA program, describes the AMA's visit that had taken place the previous week. The schedule of their activities is attached.
Proceedings of a meeting held at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC in 1969 to introduce the PA concept to Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, representatives of the Bylaws Subcommittee, the hospital's legal...
A discussion paper distributed by Eugene A. Stead, Jr. to the Medical School Advisory Council (MedSAC) at Duke University on April 10, 1972 providing background information about the physician's assistant program and requesting that the Medical School...