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 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 document summarizes two compromise proposals submitted by Dr. Estes to Dr. Kinney re the BHS degree. The proposals are: (1) only admit qualified candidates, or (2) admit both qualified and non-qualified candidates for the BHS degree. Dr. William...
This is a revised draft copy of manuscript describing the Rougemont and Bragtown community health care projects developed by the Department of Community Health Sciences, Duke University Medical Center. The objectives and plan are outlined including use...
This memorandum has an attachment that outlines the organizational structure of the Bragtown/Rougemont community health projects. The responsibilities of the physician's assistants are provided. Joyce Nichols and Prentiss Harrison, African-American PA...
This memorandum dated August 1, 1972 by Dr. Estes and copied to Dr. Kinney [memo-o-gram] describes meeting held in Dr. Anlyan's office on same day to work out details about the DHEW contract and other related matters. Dr. Estes opposes earlier decision...
The Ad Hoc Committee report classified physician assistants according to the degree of specialization, level of clinical decision-making (judgment) and length of training. These types "are distinguished primarily by the nature of the service each is...
Dr. Davison, former Dean of the Duke University Medical School, sent E. Harvey Estes, Jr. this letter in 1968 with a clipping from Newsweek Magazine about an individual who had masqueraded as a physician in small town in Texas. When asked many of the...
This letter from Dr. Harvey Estes to Dr. Anlyan and other administrators at Duke classifies PAs into two groups: I & II based upon experience. The salary range is projected at $6,843 to $7,883 per annum for newly graduated PAs and at $7,675 to...
In his letter to Dr. William Anlyan at Duke dated May 15, 1972, Dr. John Kernodle, Vice Chairman of the AMA Board of Trustees, relates the concerns of AMA leadership about using the term "associate" by the PA program at Duke and elsewhere. He writes...