Article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association discussing the development of a national certifying examination for physician assistants. The article describes the development of educational essentials and the need to develop...
The agenda for 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 known as...
Association of Physician Assistant Programs membership list as of September 22, 1972. The list contains the names of 15 educational programs and was distributed with the minutes of the first meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs.
Report released by the AMA's Council on Health Manpower to update State Medical Societies and State Medical Licensing Authorities on progress "in developing a national program of certification, based on proficiency testing, for the assistant to the...
Minutes of the first meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs held November 10, 1972 at the Cloyd Heck Marvin Student Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC. The by-laws were "discussed page by page, with suggestions...
Article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association( discussing the development of the physician's assistant concept, the AMA's and other organizations' interest in the concept, the potential duties of PAs, their acceptance by patients...
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...
Minutes from 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 known as...
Article from the American Medical Association information bulletin January 1972, describing the development of accreditation essentials for different types of physician assistants being trained at different levels of responsibility across a wide range...