This proposal was developed by Dr. D. Robert Howard as way for the Duke PA program to become financially self-dependent after receiving five years of Federal funding and meet the immediate needs of PA students for educational loans. "It is proposed...
Summary of a phone conversation between Gregory Gilreath of the American College of Physician's Assistants and Thomas Godkins of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates on July 18, 1972. The summary indicates that Gilreath "called to suggest...
The philosophy, oath, articles of association, and by-laws of the American College of Physician's Assistants. Articles include guidelines and requirements of election, terms of office, committees, chapter responsibilities, meetings, and amendments.
This article written by Frank Riddick, Jr. MD, chairman of the ASIM's Allied Health Professionals Committee, appeared in the October issue of The Internist published by the American Society of Internal Medicine. Dr. Riddick states that legislation will...
This AMA feature appeared in the September 14, 1970 issue of JAMA and summarizes a recent speech made by Walter C. Bornemeier, MD, president of the AMA, stating importance of "establishing training facilities now for medical [physician's] assistants,...
Report released by the AMA's Council on Health Manpower to update State Medical Societies and State Medical Licensing Authorities on progress "in developing a national program of certification, based on proficiency testing, for the assistant to the...
Correspondence sent by John McQueary, President of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates, to D. Robert Howard, MD, a Board Advisor, calling for meeting of the Board of Advisors during the upcoming Fourth [Duke] Annual Conference on Physician's...
Letter from Thomas Godkins, President of American Academy of Physicians' Associates to general AAPA membership updating them on matters of interest. He mentions trying to develop affiliations with the American Hospital Association, Association of...
This is the first formal bulletin printed for the Duke University Physician's Assistant Program in 1969 by the Department of Community Health Sciences. The bulletin list the current administration, core faculty and teaching faculty for academic year...
This report provides results on a task analysis conducted in 1971 to determine the frequency and independence of tasks performed by eleven graduates of the Duke University PA Program. The results of the analysis "implied that PAs working in private...
Report containing results of a survey conducted in March 1972 to graduates of the Duke University Physician's Associate program to "ascertain the extent of professional liability insurance coverage carried by them." Twenty-seven individuals responded....
Pamphlet distributed by the Department of Community Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, to individuals seeking information about legal and insurance issues related to introducing physician assistants into clinical practice. The...
Summary minutes of meeting held between AAPA's Board of Directors and its Board of Advisors on April 19, 1972 in Durham, NC prior to the Fourth Annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants. Major topics discussed were: the proliferation of other...
Letter from Stephen L. Joyner, AAPA Board of Directors, to D. Robert Howard, Director of Duke University PA program, informing him that the North Carolina Medical Society had approved the AAPA application to exhibit at upcoming meeting. An attached...
This news release was prepared by Joe Sigler, Medical Public Relation Director, Duke University for distribution to newspapers on December 21, 1969. The article describes the rapid growth of the PA Program at Duke and the growing interest in the PA...
In his May 28, 1968 letter, Dr. Theodore Scurletis, North Carolina State Board of Health, asked Dr. Jay Arena, Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University, to review a paper that he has drafted to present on June 6. Dr. Arena responds "Your comments are...
This letter from James (Jim) Mau to Dr. William Anlyan contains correspondence between Dr. Eugene A. Stead and Dr. John Z. Bowers, President of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. In his initial letter dated March 11, 1966 to Bowers, Stead relates that he...
This news release titled "Job Description for MD Assistants" appeared in the July 5, 1972 issue of Drug Research Reports. The article states that the job description "was spelled out in proposed regs published in the Federal Register June 29 as part of...
Page 2 and 3 of the Medical School Advisory Committee' minutes for November 9, 1971 indicates approval of the Physician's Assistant program's request to become a degree program. Dr. Kinney made the motion as recommended to him by the Allied Health...
This 1971 informational pamphlet was placed in the Bragtown satellite clinic explaining the role of Mr. Prentiss Harrison, a Duke PA graduate, and community health workers in improving access to health care in the community. "The community health...
This memorandum from Dr. E. Harvey Estes to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University dated September 29, 1969 request that the physician's assistant curriculum be upgraded to the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree. Dr. Estes provides the rationale and need...
This May 15, 1967 issue of Medical Economics contains an editorial followed by three articles on the topic of using nondoctors to do doctors work. The editorial written, by Senior Editor Paul W. Kellam, begins "They're thinking big in Washington right...
These are minutes of an Ad Hoc Committee established by Dr. William Anlyan, Dean of the Duke University Medical School, to review and make recommendations for the Physician's Assistant Program being developed at the Medical Center. The Committee met on...
Report from Committee on Relations with Other Organizations of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates describing a meeting held between John Braun and representatives of the National Association of Physician's Assistants on January 24, 1972....
Correspondence from Roy Snell, secretary-treasurer of the American College of Physicians Assistants stating that, based upon meeting with the AMA, the College "will undoubtedly be the national physician's assistant organization called upon by the...
Article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association discussing the development of a national certifying examination for physician assistants. The article describes the development of educational essentials and the need to develop...
Contains three financial documents: treasurer's report for the Association of Physician Assistant Programs (November 1, 1972), treasurer's report for the American Registry of Physicians' Associates (November 9, 1972) and a dues notice distributed with...
Photograph of Dick Moores that appeared on third page of Intercom, the employee newsletter for Duke University Medical Center. An accompanying article indicates that the PA segment of the comic strip Gasoline Alley was printed Wednesday, Thursday and...
Photograph from Roche Medical Image magazine, August, 1968 depicting Mr. Craig Bruno, physician assistant, completing a pre-employment physical for pulp mill worker in Plymouth, NC. Mr. Bruno is drawing blood from patient's arm.
Photograph of Duke PA students in a classroom setting at the Medical Center in 1970 that appeared in Medical Group News, December 1970 article on physician assistants. The photograph depicts students in a small conference room being taught vascular...
Letters written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1967 answering a variety of questions about the physician's assistant concept. The letters are as follows: (1) Stead to Burgen dated January 6, 1967 providing a 2-page description of PA duties and...
This essay was originally prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, February 12, 1971. The abstract is taken from a more extensive Study of Nursing and Nursing Education began in 1967. The abstract...
This letter from Dr. Estes to Dr. Kinney dated May 2, 1972 describes plans to begin charging tuition to PA students entering the fall of 1972. He asks formal approval of the Deferred Tuition plan so that it can be implemented before the September 1...
This letter from the Executive Secretary of the Wyoming State Medical Society, Robert G. Smith, is dated August 28, 1972 and is in response to Robert B. Weinheimer's letter about possible physician assistant jobs in Wyoming. Mr. Smith notes that...
This brief letter dated November 12, 1972 from Dr. Kinney at Duke was sent to Dr. John A. D. Cooper, President, AAMC, with enclosed minutes of the ad hoc Advisory Committee on the Physician's Assistants. Dr. Copper responds on September 4, 1973...
In his December 10, 1970 letter to Drs. Bulger, Kinney and Anlyan at Duke University, Dr. D. Robert Howard proposes to change the name of the Duke PA Program from "assistant" to "associate" to "differentiate the professional type of physician's...
This letter dated December 13, 1971 from Dr. D. Robert Howard to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University summarizes steps taken from September 1969 to December 12, 1970 to gain approval of the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree. Committees established,...
Information letter regarding the national paramedical placement service available from Medex. According to the letter, the applicants to this system "have a wide range of military training and experience across a broad spectrum of paramedical skills,...
This request for board of advisors membership was sent out to Don E. Detmer, A. William Horsley, Malcolm Peterson, Thomas E. Piemme, and Richard G. Rosen
A paper delivered by Warren Ball, Assistant Director, Dept. of Allied Medical Professions and Services, American Medical Association to the Association of Military Surgeons Annual Meeting, held in Washington, DC on November 17, 1969. The author cites...
Minutes of the first meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs held November 10, 1972 at the Cloyd Heck Marvin Student Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC. The by-laws were "discussed page by page, with suggestions...
This packet contains letters beginning in October 1967 and minutes dated September 9, 1967 of a distinguished panel formed at the request of Dr. E.W. Furgurson, general practitioner, Plymouth, North Carolina, to discuss and propose solutions faced by...
Released by the American Nurses' Association Board of directors on December 17, 1971, this document describes the emerging training and role of physician assistants. The document cautions that "The term "physician's assistant" should not be applied to...
This document released in July 1969 describes action taken by the American Medical Association House of Delegates on medical staff membership of allied health professionals in hospitals. The adopted statement was to be disseminated to "all hospital...
This letter dated April 18, 1969 from David Sabiston, Jr., MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, describes to Dr. Frank Longino the experience of hiring and using a PA in the department: "About two months ago...
Donald Wasson, Assistant Administrator of Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan, IL writes this letter to David W. Stickney, Associate Director of the Illinois Hospital Association in November 3, 1972 to inform him that "our medical staff and Board of...
In this July 1968 memorandum to chapter chairs, James B. Gillespie, Secretary for Chapters, American Academy of Pediatrics, discusses Dr. John Connelly's program in Boston to train nurses in the child health field. He mentions the development of...
This February 1970 article appeared in the Medical Green Sheet, news of socio-economic medicine, as a special feature of the Wisconsin Medical Journal.
This series of correspondence occurred between March 26 and May 28, 1968. The exchange of letters is to arrange a meeting between public health leaders at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and Duke University with Dr. Loretta Ford...
This is a 1971 legislative report prepared by the Legislative Research Commission for the NC General Assembly covering a variety of health care topics. The first two topic (reports) related to physician's assistants: (1) Health Manpower Needs in North...