This proposal indicates the need for a "principle information gathering agency of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the Association of Physician Assistant Programs, and the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants"...
Minutes of the NCCPA's specialty PA committee meeting in Atlanta, GA on 9/19/1975. Topics of this meeting included generic PA certification, specialty add-ons, and the eligibility of 'SPAs' to sit in on certification exam.
Minutes of the NCCPA's second specialty PA committee meeting in Atlanta, GA on 2/10/1977. Topics of this meeting included developing measures of competency for specialty PA's, and the examinee registration and performance of surgical PA's (or S.A.s).
Minutes of the NCCPA's second specialty PA committee meeting in Washington, DC on 10/21/1975. Topics of this meeting included generic PA certification, specialty add-ons, and the eligibility of 'SPAs' to sit in on certification exam.