This memorandum reports on recent developments including: (1) approval to hold semiannual meeting with AAMC; (2) recommendation of program faculty to serve as site visitors for accreditation reviews; (3) inquiry to Dr. Sidney Marland, Assistant...
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...
Articles of incorporation of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates, signed by Robinson O. Everett, Martha D. Ballenger and D. Robert Howard on May 26, 1970. The initial Board of Directors included Robert Ewer, MD, University of Texas,...
Monograph (circular) distributed by Veterans Administration, Department of Medicine and Surgery to directors, VA Hospitals, Domiciliary, etc. providing "guidelines for utilization and levels of activity for PAs employed at VA stations." The guidelines...
James L Lippe of the Insurance Rating Board response to D. Robert Howard, PA program director at Duke University stating that a meeting of their Professional Liability Committee was forthcoming and that Dr. Howard's request to establish a liability...
The membership list of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates Board of Directors' meeting held on September 15, 1972, at the Hilton Inn (airport), Atlanta, GA. At this meeting a formal vote was taken to "form a new umbrella association" to be...
Announcement of the third annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants, held at the Durham Hotel, Durham, NC on November 12 and 13, 1970. Workshops focused upon: legal, education, research and evaluation, administration and application (utilization...
Preprinted brochure from American Association of Physician Assistants with major headings: Purpose and Major Goals; Membership; AAPA Programs and Objectives; and Newsletter, Seminars and Conferences (membership fee $60), 2 pages, front and back, text.
Letter from Paul F. Palace, Executive Director, American Association of Physician Assistants announcing formation of the organization and requesting distribution of enclosed preprinted brochure and posting of flyer (poster) on hospital bulletin boards.
Duke University Medical Center newsletter containing cartoon, photograph and article about Dick Moores publicizing physician's assistant programs in his comic strip, Gasoline Alley. The main characters in the comic strip, the Wallets, have a son,...
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...
1971 informational pamphlet distributed by Duke University PA Program to potential candidates for admissions. The pamphlet provides brief history of program, efforts to define PA professional role, the curriculum, professional mobility, admission...
This brochure published by the American Academy of Physicians' Associates in 1972 provides information about the history, goals and mission of the Academy while it was still based in North Carolina. The reason for the name change from "assistant" to...
Minutes of subcommittee to draft essentials for an approved educational program for physician's assistants held in Chicago, IL on August 3-4, 1971 by the AMA's Council on Medical Education. A list of representatives is provided along with copy of draft...
Internal memorandum written by Colonel Nicholas C. Nicholas, USAF on October 31, 1972 listing actions accomplished, meeting scheduled and planning and coordination needing to be accomplished (with dates) to prepare for the Physician Assistant...
A manuscript written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1969 and submitted to Dr. Thomas Kinney, Director of Medical Education at Duke University, outlining a plan to combine private and public sector funds to provide upper career mobility for...
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...
Guidelines distributed by the Hospital Association of New York State to hospital administrators who expect to utilize physician associates employed either by private physicians using their hospitals or by the hospital itself based on recent state...
A monograph (white paper) released by the AMA Council on Health Manpower answering questions about the utilization of physician assistants. The paper describes the AMA's support of the development of education standards and national certification of...
Newspaper article appearing in the Hospital Tribune on November 1, 1971 stating that "Medex, specially trained assistants, have increased the doctor's capacity to provide patient care by more than 50% according to Dr. Richard A. Smith, Associate...