National Board of Medical Examiners announcement of the first national certification examination for physician's assistants administered on December 12, 1973. The announcement describes the examination schedule, eligibility requirements, registration...
Alfred Sadler, APAP president, sent this draft copy of expanded eligibility criteria for the 1974 NBME examination to the Executive Committee of APAP on December 20, 1973 requesting their reactions and comments. He also asks for suggestions about "the...
In April 1972, the National Board of Medical Examiners accepted the recommendation of its Committee on Goals and Priorities that the NBME assume responsibility for developing a national certifying examination for assistants to the primary care...
This article appearing in the March 1974 issue of The National Board Examiner describes the examination administered to PAs on December 12, 1973. It provides demographic data on the 880 candidates who took the examination and provides statistics on the...
This article appearing in the October 1972 issue of The National Board Examiner provides an overview of actions and steps taken by the National Board of Medical Examiners to produce a "national program to certify assistants to the primary care...
News release by the National Board of Medical Examiners on August 6, 1972 announcing need to "determine the best way of developing nationally valid certifying examinations that will ensure the orderly development of the concept of the assistant to the...