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National Certification of Physicians' Assistants by Uniform Examinations

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	October 30, 1972

Certification of the assistant to the primary care physician: a status report

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	November 16, 1972

National Board of Medical Examiners News Release

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	August 6, 1972

Statement concerning the development of the national certifying examination for assistants to the primary care physician

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	August 1, 1973

Correspondence from the Committee on Type-A Health Professional Dialectics to R. Reiheld regarding the 1973 certifying examination for primary care Physician's assistants. [10 February 1974]

Description/Abstract:	Correspondence from Committee on Type-A Professional Dialectics to Dr. Robert E. Reiheld, Chairman of the AMA Council on Rural Health, dated February 10, 1974. Four individuals co-signed the letter for a committee created by "practicing...
Date:	February 10, 1974