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The Third Annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants, 1970

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	November 12, 1970

Correspondence from D. Robert Howard to Stephen L. Joyner regarding funding for attendance at the North Carolina Medical Society Annual Meeting (1970 : Pinehurst, N.C.).

Description/Abstract:	Letter from D. Robert Howard, Director of the Duke University PA program to Stephen L. Joyner, AAPA Board of Directors, regarding providing financial support for him and Dick Scheele to attend and display at the North Carolina Medical Society...
Date:	March 10, 1970

Correspondence from D. Robert Howard to Eugene Stead regarding salaries, location and job opportunities for Duke University PA graduates, January 26, 1971

Description/Abstract:	Dr. Howard's letter to Dr. Stead on January 26, 1971 providing "data regarding the salaries and location of graduates, and also the offered starting salaries and distribution of the job offerings we have on hand." The salaries reported for 42...
Date:	January 26, 1971

Marketing the PA profession: The Bold Ones and Gasoline Alley - Correspondence: Howard to Bredouw

Description/Abstract:	Bob Howard's letter to Jerry Bredouw congratulating him on "the very fine job you did with the recent episode of 'The Bold Ones' that gave the physician's assistant concept some much-needed publicity." Also, he mentions his gratitude for "getting...
Date:	December 17, 1970

The American Registry of Physicians' Associates : trademark

Description/Abstract:	Drawing accompanying letter and application sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered Physicians' Associate" and the appropriate insignia. (Fee was $35)
Date:	February 10, 1972

Application for trademark registration

Description/Abstract:	Application accompanying letter and drawing sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered Physicians' Associate" and the appropriate insignia. (Fee was $35)
Date:	February 10, 1971

Correspondence from D. Robert Howard to Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes [3 November 1969].

Description/Abstract:	Letter written by Dr. D. Robert Howard, Director of Duke University Physician Assistant program, to Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, CBS reporters on 60 Minutes requesting a visit by 60 Minutes to explore educating ex-military corpsmen to address...
Date:	November 3, 1969

The use of Duke PA's in geographically remote areas

Description/Abstract:	A paper written in 1972 by Dr. D. Robert Howard at Duke University describes the role that PAs can play in remote areas if the "dependent" role of the PA to the physician is based on supervision and not on location. He argues that this mutually...
Date:	January 21, 1972

The nomenclature evolution of the physician's associate

Description/Abstract:	Paper drafted by Dr. D. Robert Howard at Duke University in 1972 providing background and reasons for changing the title of certain PA programs and graduates from "assistant" to "associate." He mentions the classification of PAs by education and...
Date:	1972

Letter from D. Robert Howard to the Commissioner of Patents submitting registration of the mark "Registered Physicians' Associate"

Description/Abstract:	Cover letter sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered Physicians' Associate" and the appropriate insignia. (Fee was $35)
Date:	March 18, 1971

Correspondence from D. Robert Howard to Louis Shaffner regarding the enrollment of an ex-chiropractor in Duke University Physician's Assistant program, January 26, 1971

Description/Abstract:	In his letter dated January 26, 1971 to Dr. Louis deS. Shaffner, President of the NC Medical Society, Dr. Bob Howard explains why an ex-chiropractor has been enrolled in the PA Program at Duke as an "experiment." He writes that "We realized at the...
Date:	January 26, 1971

Curriculum Subcommittee Draft: essentials of an approved educational program for primary care physician's assistants

Description/Abstract:	Memorandum dated July 12, 1971 from D. Robert Howard, MD to all concerned indicating that he and Dr. Richard Smith, Director of Medex Programs had "met at great length to discuss the curriculum and other elements concerning the essentials for the...
Date:	July 12, 1971

Program at Duke : doctors' assistants on rise.

Description/Abstract:	Article written by Dr. D. Robert Howard, MD that appeared in Times Educational Supplement, March 11, 1970. The supplement appeared in three US Military "Times" newspapers to introduce veterans, especially corpsmen, to the PA education program at...
Date:	March 11, 1970

Correspondence from Dr. D. Robert Howard, Duke University to Dr. Ira L. Myers, Alabama Board of Medical Examiners Physician regarding nomenclature and the use of the terms "physician's assistant" and physician's associate, November 3, 1971.

Description/Abstract:	Letter from D. Robert Howard, Director Duke University PA program, to Ira Myers, Secretary of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, concerning the nomenclature and the use of the terms "physician's assistant" and "physician's associate". Howard...
Date:	November 3, 1971