This May 1980 pamphlet describes the AAPA's National Public Service Announcement "which was distributed to more than 200 television stations nationwide and viewed by more than 100 million Americans last year." A grant from Stuart Pharmaceuticals helped...
This NCCPA report was submitted to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Bureau of Health Manpower in September 1980 as required by DHEW Contract NO1 AH 44110 awarded in October 1977. The award was $244,770 for three years. The report...
This public service announcement pamphlet, created by the AAPA, features images from a 60 second televised public service announcement, and includes captions beneath each image.
This 3-fold pamphlet was published by the Florida Academy of Physician Assistants in 1980 to introduce patients to the PA concept. It describes the role, training and certification of PAs. The front cover states that the MD/PA team means, "The...
This 6 October 1980 memorandum was sent by the NCCPA Board of Directors to PAs who were eligible for recertification letting them know that the "NCCPA will administer its first recertification process by June 1, 1981." A three-year investigation of...
This 3-fold pamphlet was published by the New York State Society of Physician Assistants in 1980 to introduce patients to the PA concept. It describes the role, training and places where PAs work. The pamphlet tells patients that "When you seek health...
This pamphlet distributed by the National Commission describes the National Certifying Examination for Primary Care Physician Assistants and Proficiency Examination in Surgery to be held October 8-11, 1980. An overview of the examination procedures and...
This letter from Dick Rensch, executive secretary of the Wyoming Association of Physicians' Assistants, to David [Glazer], Executive Director, National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants, was "to re-establish and re-confirm the...
Resolution by the Oklahoma Academy of Physicians Assistants that the ARPA will henceforth be recognized as an additional certifying body for PA's in addition to the NCCPA. Updated by-laws that reflect this change in responsibility follow.
In this 10 July 1980 letter to members of the American Association of Surgeon's Assistants, David Bissonette, immediate past president, announces that "After five long years, countless hours and the efforts of several individuals, an examination...
This memorandum was sent to Northeast Regional Societies of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) by the Vermont Society of Physician Assistants (VSPA) in 1977 requesting them to reject plans by the National Commission on Certification of...
This report contains a director's statement, information on chapters and student organizations, research, and a statement and analysis of income and expenses.
This is the minutes of the first AAPA/NCCPA Liaison Committee held Oct 9, 1979 at the Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA. The committee was chaired by Alfred Sadler, Jr., MD. The basic charge to the committee was "to enhance communication between AAPA...
This document, a draft of the NCCPA newsletter, includes an open letter from the executive director, which explains in detail the technical and financial requirements of PA testing. This information is broken down into testing that involves...
Organizational chart and personnel listing is included with descriptions of each administrative branch of the AAPA. The "Membership and Membership Services", "Administration and Communications", and "Finance" branches all report to the executive...
This correspondence consist of three letters exchanged between David Mittman, president-elect of the NY State Society of PAs, and David Glazer, executive director, NCCPA about eligibility and recertification issues. The letters consist of: Mittman to...
In this series of letters dating from August 17, 1979 to September 27, 1979, Carl Fasser ask 28 questions that he has been asked by physician assistants during phone conversations and in letters about the NCCPA. He requests that David Glaser, Executive...
This October 1978 Preceptor Manual was produced by the PA Program, Baylor College of Medicine, to provide information to clinical preceptors and others interested in the education and use of physician assistants. The guidelines "are intended as general...
This newsletter dated 5 April 1978 covers daily events during the Sixth Annual Conference on Health Practitioners held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Highlights include a call by incoming president James Konopa for a five year long-range plan for the AAPA,...
This 7 July 1978 letter from Ms. Wilson informs Ms. Vanderbilt that her book review submitted to the PA Journal has been accepted for the Fall 1978 issue of the PA Journal. The letter is included in the archives because it contains the PA Journal's...
This letter describes the reaction of Rosen's hospital staff when the physician's assistant program started. According to Rosen, "When we started the program about 10% of the Attending Staff were enthusiastic, about one-half were accepting and the rest...
This memorandum, sent out to several board members of the AASA includes the "Surgical council report on Medicare reimbursement for physician's assistants in surgery" memo originally sent from Godkins to Noel H. McFarlane.
This newsletter dated 4 April 1978 covers daily events during the Sixth Annual Conference on Health Practitioners held in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Reflections on the Past" describes presentations made by the first 10 presidents of the AAPA. "Each spoke of...
This 11 April 1978 from David Bissonette, AASA president, encourages members and their supervising surgeons to write to Dr. David Sabiston and Dr. Kenneth Printen at the American College of Surgeons to financially "support the surgical add-on...
Pamphlet printed for the National Commission on Certification of physician's assistants providing a brief history of the development of a certifying examination of Physician's Assistants and the establishment of the NCCPA, its goals and functions. The...
This document contains the NCCPA's view on the definition and history of the PA profession. These descriptions are followed by a "Statement of the Issue", which involves PA certification, and the "Position of the NCCPA". References are included.
This is first issue of the Journal of the American Association of Surgeon's Assistants. It was self-produced and published by the Association and sent to members including students. The journal contains executive reports, two research papers, political...
This statement was presented by Thomas R. Godkins, immediate past president of the American Academy of Physician's Assistants, to the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives on January 28, 1977. He...
This letter from Chris Spivey, Treasurer of the American Association of Surgeon's Assistants, request payment of dues for 1977. Fees are $25 for graduate members and $5 for first year and $10 for second year students.
This manuscript was prepared and issued in 1977 by the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants (NCCPA) to introduce individuals to the concept of national certification of physician assistants. It provides background information...
This is second issue of the Journal of the American Association of Surgeon's Assistants. It was self-produced and published by the Association and sent to members including students. The journal contains review articles with post-test to help surgeon's...
This 1977 pamphlet produced and distributed by the American Association of Surgeon's Assistants describes the organization's aims, services and membership requirements. The AASA was founded in 1973 to provide a forum for peer regulation of career...
The letter accompanying this position statement for Medicare reimbursement for physician's assistants in surgery indicates that the statement was "developed by representative members of the Surgical Council of the AAPA."
This document prepared and distributed by the American Academy of Physician's Assistants provides a photograph and statement from each candidate running for an office or board seat in 1977. The document profiles 21 candidates. Stephen L. Joyner, James...
This is third issue of the Journal of the American Association of Surgeon's Assistants. It was self-produced and published by the Association and sent to members including students. The journal contains political updates, feature articles including an...
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).
This letter from Bissonette accompanies the minutes of the Surgery Council of the AAPA meeting in Houston, 5/10/1977 (they were not submitted in time to be included with the newsletter). Attached is a letter from Robin Morgenstern, "requesting that the...
1977 annual report of the AAPA. This bound report includes statements from the president and executive director, as well as financial, membership, and research information.
The second newsletter April 1976, vol. 1, no. 2 published by the staff of the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants. The newsletter contains an open letter from the NCCPA Executive Director, David Glazer and information about...
This final report compiled by Jane Cassels Record, Project Director, Kaiser Foundation Health Services Center, for the DHEW (contract No. 231-76-0601) describes a series of studies conducted from August 1975 to October 1976 to determine the cost...
Response letter was sent from John M. Murphy, Congress of the United States, on September 21, 1976 to David E. Mittman thanking him for his support of Mr. Murphy's legislative initiatives that would allow physician assistants to be used to improve the...
Response letter was sent from Jacob K. Javits, United States Senate, on March 8, 1976 to David E. Mittman thanking him for support of "legislation which would amend Title X'VIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of physician...
Summary of Academy's actions in 1975 and resolutions of their January 23-24, 1976 meeting. Among the most current resolutions passed are the support for continuing education for membership and further accreditation for medical education programs. The...
NCCPA newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2, April 1976. Includes an open letter from the executive director, which explains in detail the technical and financial requirements of PA testing. This information is broken down into testing that involves...
This letter written by Eugene Beau Davis, member of the Georgia Association of Physician's Assistants Board of Directors, to D. Mittman on August 27, 1976, addresses Mr. Mittman's inquiry about the political implications of a Carter presidential...