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AAPA Charter Member Certificate - Kenneth Ferrell

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Charter member certificate given to Ken Ferrell by the AAPA, June 1, 1969.

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June 1, 1969
Coming: more nondoctors to do doctor work

Description:

This May 15, 1967 issue of Medical Economics contains an editorial followed by three articles on the topic of using nondoctors to do doctors work. The editorial written, by Senior Editor Paul W. Kellam, begins "They're thinking big in Washington...

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May 15, 1967
The Evolution of the Physician's Assistant: Brownian Movement or Coordinated Progress

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This article by Louis Rousselot, MD, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health and Environment, appeared in the December 1971 issue of the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. The article describes the need for physician's...

Date:

December, 1971
Concerns about letter sent by Mr. Lanpher to Mr. Smith - Correspondence: Godkins to Lanpher

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This letter was written by Thomas Godkins, president of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates (AAPA), on September 25, 1972 to Burt E. Lanpher of the National Association of Physicians' Assistants (NAPA). The letter supports the concerns...

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September 25, 1972
Use of Physicians' Assistants in the Delivery of Medical Care

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In this article reprinted from the Annual Review of Medicine, Dr. Stead reviews a number of developments "in which nurses are assuming functions traditionally reserved in our culture for doctors, or where new programs are training various types of...

Date:

1971
Proposed meeting between American College and American Academy of Physicians' Assistants: Godkins to Gilreath

Description:

This letter was written by Thomas Godkins, president of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates, on October 3, 1972 to Gregory Gilreath, president of the American College of Physicians' Assistants. The purpose of the letter was to find time...

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October 3, 1972
The Eugene A. Stead, Jr. Physician's Assistant Student Society

Description:

This certificate dated 2 September 1970 was issued to Charles C. Lewis in recognition of his becoming a charter member of the "Stead Society" at Duke University Medical Center. The PA student organization was founded in 1972. Gary G. Phelps was...

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September 2, 1970
Summary of Meeting between Mr. Gregory Gilreath, president of the American College of Physician's Assistant and Representatives of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates

Description:

These summary notes compiled by Thomas R. Godkins and William D. Stanhope, president and secretary of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates, respectively, describe a meeting held with Mr. Gregroy Gilreath, president of the American...

Date:

August 28, 1972
Concerns about letter sent by Mr. Smith to Weinheimer - Correspondence: Lanpher to Smith

Description:

This letter was written by Mr. Burt Lanpher, Executive Director of the National Association of Physician's Assistants (NAPA), to Mr. Robert G. Smith, Executive Secretary of the Wyoming State Medical Society, on September 7, 1972 to express the...

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September 7, 1972
Certificate from American Association of Physician Assistants: Smith to Weinheimer

Description:

This letter from the Executive Secretary of the Wyoming State Medical Society, Robert G. Smith, is dated August 28, 1972 and is in response to Robert B. Weinheimer's letter about possible physician assistant jobs in Wyoming. Mr. Smith notes that...

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August 28, 1972
Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, January 1969

Description:

Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, Vol. 1, No. 2, January 1969

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January 1969
Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, January 1970

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Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, Vol. 1, No. 4, January 1970

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January, 1970
Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, June 1969

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Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, Vol. 1, No. 3, June 1969

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June 1969
Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, June 1970

Description:

Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, Vol. 1, No. 5, June 1970

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June, 1970
American College of Physicians Assistants letter to colleagues - Correspondence: Snell to Colleagues

Description:

In this letter, the American College of Physicians Assistants indicates its belief that they "will undoubtedly be the national physician's assistant organization", and then in reference to the AAPA states that "we must group together now into a...

Date:

November 24, 1972
Phone conversation with Mr. Gilreath - summary

Description:

Summary of a phone conversation between Gregory Gilreath of the American College of Physician's Assistants and Thomas Godkins of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates on July 18, 1972. The summary indicates that Gilreath "called to...

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July 18, 1972
American College of Physician's Assistants: Philosophy, oath, articles of association, and by-laws.

Description:

The philosophy, oath, articles of association, and by-laws of the American College of Physician's Assistants. Articles include guidelines and requirements of election, terms of office, committees, chapter responsibilities, meetings, and amendments.

Date:

April, 1972
Conference on the Current Status and Development of the Physician Assistant

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Program from the October 28-29 PA conference at the Statler Hilton Inn in Durham, NC. Speakers include D. Robert Howard, E. Harvey Estes, Henry Weitz, Louis R. Pondy, Richard O. Cannon, Bill Stanhope, and Charles L. Hudson.

Date:

October 28, 1968
No strike clause - Correspondence: Ferrell to Stanhope

Description:

In this letter, Ferrell recalls how "someone at the Conference at the Statler Hilton last October asked about a 'no strike clause' ". He opines that the Ethics Committee, of which he is the chair, should add a section to the code of ethics...

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May 5, 1969
Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, September 1970

Description:

Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, Vol. 1, No. 6, September 1970

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September, 1970
First Scheele Award Highlights 1971 PA Graduation

Description:

An article from Intercom, a newsletter from the Duke University Medical Center, vol. 18, no. 35, September 17, 1971. The article has pictures and a summary of the Duke PA program graduation, and talks about the origins of the Scheele award.

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September 17, 1971
AAPA Code of Ethics - Correspondence: Howard to Ferrell

Description:

A memorandum from Howard to Ferrell regarding the AAPA's newly adopted code of ethics (attached).

Date:

July 17, 1968
Little need for the American Association of Physicians Assistants - Correspondence: Rosen and Vanderbilt to Godkins

Description:

Rosen and Vanderbilt summarize their meeting with Paul Palace, Executive Director of the American Association of Physicians Assistants. The history and operations of the organization are described, and the opinion is given that "If the American...

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July 3, 1972
National Association of Physicians' Assistants proposes merger with American Academy of Physicians' Associates - Correspondence: NAPA to AAPA

Description:

This memorandum explains the benefits of a merger between NAPA and the AAPA. It also goes into detail about other PA organizations (American Association of Physicians' Assistants, Midwest Association of Physicians' Assistants, American College of...

Date:

June 14, 1972
Summary of the joint meeting of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Physicians' Associates

Description:

At this meeting between the AMA and the AAPA at the American Medical Association building in Chicago, Godkins and Stanhope introduce the Academy to the AMA in hopes that it will cultivate future meetings between the two organizations that would...

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August 29, 1972
Letter requesting Yale Chief of General Surgery to serve on advisory board of American Association of Physicians assistants - Correspondence: AAPA to Wright

Description:

Hastings K. Wright of the Yale School of Medicine is petitioned to join the American Association of Physicians Assistants advisory board in this letter.

Date:

April 7, 1972
Godkins turns down merger with National Association of Physicians' Assistants - Correspondence: Godkins to Lanpher

Description:

In this letter, Godkins turns down a request made by Burt Lanpher and the National Association of Physicians' Assistants for a formal merger between the AAPA and NAPA.

Date:

July 20, 1972
Request for board of advisors membership, American Academy of Physicians' Associates

Description:

This request for board of advisors membership was sent out to Don E. Detmer, A. William Horsley, Malcolm Peterson, Thomas E. Piemme, and Richard G. Rosen

Date:

August 28, 1972
Memorandum from Yale School of Medicine regarding AAPA board of directors

Description:

In this memo, sent to the Bureau of Health Manpower Education, the AMA, the NBME, and the American Registry of Physician's Associates, Alfred and Blair Sadler express their uncertainty about several Yale physicians being contacted to serve on the...

Date:

May 1, 1972
Memorandum from Godkins updating academy on current activities - Correspondence: Godkins to board of advisors

Description:

An update on academy activities, this memo notifies the academy of upcoming meetings, and mentions the AAPA's intent to seek affiliation with groups representing "organized medicine".

Date:

December 19, 1972
Straw vote on the acceptance of Medex personnel into the American Academy of Physicians Assistants

Description:

Richard Rosen, as a new member of the AAPA's board of advisors, casts his vote on the acceptance of Medex personnel into the American Academy of Physicians Assistants.

Date:

September 12, 1972
Straw vote on the acceptance of Medex personnel into the American Academy of Physicians Assistants and on whether to offer insurance along with AAPA membership

Description:

This straw vote includes forms for and voting recommendations for each issue from the AAPA president

Date:

August 17, 1972
Information letter regarding Medex paramedical referral service - Correspondence: Turnipseed to Cherkasky

Description:

Information letter regarding the national paramedical placement service available from Medex. According to the letter, the applicants to this system "have a wide range of military training and experience across a broad spectrum of paramedical...

Date:

September 27, 1971
Correspondence regarding the "Ohio surgical assistants" - Correspondence: Vanderbilt to Toth

Description:

Letter regarding the "Ohio surgical assistants", of which Vanderbilt believes "it's perfectly apparent to everyone at this point that graduates of this program are not type A Physician's Assistants".

Date:

November 30, 1972
Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, August 1968

Description:

Newsletter of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants, Vol. 1, No. 1, August 1968

Date:

August, 1968
Godkins' displeased response to letter from Snell - Correspondence: Godkins to Snell

Description:

Godkins communicates his belief to Snell that the American College of Physicians' Assistants has intentionally tried to deceive its members, saying "You must realize, however, that your letter has put the merger in a precarious position".

Date:

December 8, 1972
Proposal regarding PA program and the BHS degree - Correspondence: Joklik to Kinney

Description:

Attached to this letter is a proposal which outlines the requirements for the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree that would be awarded to candidates participating in the PA program.

Date:

May 16, 1972
Timetable for Duke PA course of study - Correspondence: Lindsay to Kinney

Description:

In this letter Dale Lindsay narrates the set of courses the PA will take each semester, and outlines PA clinical rotations.

Date:

May 8, 1972

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