This October 1978 Preceptor Manual was produced by the PA Program, Baylor College of Medicine, to provide information to clinical preceptors and others interested in the education and use of physician assistants. The guidelines "are intended as...
This newsletter dated 5 April 1978 covers daily events during the Sixth Annual Conference on Health Practitioners held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Highlights include a call by incoming president James Konopa for a five year long-range plan for the AAPA,...
This 7 July 1978 letter from Ms. Wilson informs Ms. Vanderbilt that her book review submitted to the PA Journal has been accepted for the Fall 1978 issue of the PA Journal. The letter is included in the archives because it contains the PA...
This letter describes the reaction of Rosen's hospital staff when the physician's assistant program started. According to Rosen, "When we started the program about 10% of the Attending Staff were enthusiastic, about one-half were accepting and the...
This memorandum, sent out to several board members of the AASA includes the "Surgical council report on Medicare reimbursement for physician's assistants in surgery" memo originally sent from Godkins to Noel H. McFarlane.
This newsletter dated 4 April 1978 covers daily events during the Sixth Annual Conference on Health Practitioners held in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Reflections on the Past" describes presentations made by the first 10 presidents of the AAPA. "Each spoke...
This 11 April 1978 from David Bissonette, AASA president, encourages members and their supervising surgeons to write to Dr. David Sabiston and Dr. Kenneth Printen at the American College of Surgeons to financially "support the surgical add-on...
Pamphlet printed for the National Commission on Certification of physician's assistants providing a brief history of the development of a certifying examination of Physician's Assistants and the establishment of the NCCPA, its goals and functions....
This document contains the NCCPA's view on the definition and history of the PA profession. These descriptions are followed by a "Statement of the Issue", which involves PA certification, and the "Position of the NCCPA". References are included.