This pamphlet was produced by the AMA's Department of Allied Health Education and Accreditation to inform educators about the organizational structure and role of the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA). In 1980, the Joint...
A summary report of the Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Role of Physician's Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in North Carolina presented to the NC Medical Society in 1980. The report basically calls for no change in the NC Medical Society's policy...
Estes writes to Dr. Keith D. Blaney of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, indicating that there is no connection between the Bowman Gray School of Medicine and the Catawba Valley Technical Institute in Hickory, North Carolina. Included is the...
E. Harvey Estes notifies L.M. Detmer of the Pitt County Medical Society's disapproval of the Pitt Technical Institute's desire to train PA's. The Society's vote against this was unanimous.
These essentials for accreditation of physician assistant education programs were revised and adopted in 1978 by the AMA House of Delegates. Sponsoring organizations had grown from four in 1971 to eight organizations in 1978. The American Academy of...
Letter from Dr. Milton Johnson dated April 6, 1977 stating that the Medical Association of Georgia is "currently interested in and investigating the status of Physicians Assistants in our state." Dr. Milton indicates that his committee wants to explore...
This is testimony offered by Dr. Archie Golden, Chairman of the Government Relations Committee of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs to the Senate's Subcommittee on Rural Development, on S. 708 and the Medicare reimbursement system. Dr....
Pamphlet published in 1974 by the Public Health Service describing various positions available in the National Health Service Corp created by the Emergency Health Personnel Act of 1970 to place physicians and other health professionals into areas that...
National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistant (NCCPA) sent this announcement to prospective examinees in 1975. The announcement describes the examination schedule, eligibility requirements, registration procedures, and a list of...
This newsletter date August 8, 1975 contains news about: (1) Air Force PAs being stationed overseas, (2) date of NBME 1975 Certifying Examination - November 19-21, 1975; (3) awarding of $375 million awarded to US DHEW - some to go toward education of...
This is application form that was mailed with the announcement of the 1975 certifying examination to be administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants (NCCPA) in November. An attached return card is used by the NCCPA...
This 1975 report to the congress was compiled by the Comptroller General of the United States to (1) report on the problems that hamper the extenders in improving health care delivery and (2) present recommendations to the Secretary of Health,...
This job listing was compiled by the National Executive Office of Association of Physician Assistant Programs in 1974. Job opportunities are listed by states.
This APAP newsletter dated March 1975 contains a special tribute to the APAP Board of Directors currently holding office, mentions the opening of a new office for the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistant in Atlanta, GA,...
This newsletter includes minutes of the Academy's Board of Directors' meeting held March 27, 1974 at the Monteleone Hotel, New Orleans, LA, a summary of the Second Annual Conference with list of officers and committee chairs, and a list of newsworthy...
Correspondence from Paul Toth, Chairman, AAPA Continuing Education Committee, notes that at recent Academy Board of Directors' meeting held in Washington, DC, November 3 & 4, 1973, the Board voted unanimously to implement and enforce its guidelines...
This statement by the American Hospital Association Council on Professional Services dated March 7 & 8, 1974 replaces an earlier statement dated November 18, 1970. The statement provides a definition of the Physician's Assistant, general policy...
This survey of graduate physician assistants was conducted in October 1974 by the Association of Physicians' Assistant Programs to evaluate what "impact your [PAs] services have made on health care delivery in the United States." An evaluation form is...
Announcement mailed to potential attendees providing a tentative schedule of events to be held during the Second National Conference on New Health Practitioners at the Monteleone Hotel, New Orleans, LA on March 27-30, 1974. The return registration card...