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

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	September 25, 1972

Summary of the joint meeting of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Physicians' Associates

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	August 29, 1972

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

Description/Abstract:	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

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

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	October 3, 1972

Memorandum from Godkins updating academy on current activities - Correspondence: Godkins to board of advisors

Description/Abstract:	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

Statement on Medicare Reimbursement for Physician's Assistants

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	March, 1977

Recent Academy Board Meeting and Upcoming Meeting of the National Commission

Description/Abstract:	This 5 August 1975 memorandum from Tom Godkins, President of the AAPA, to Academy representative on the NCCPA, provides excerpts from unapproved minutes of the BOD meeting held July 12, 1975. Two main issues are addressed: (1) the development of...
Date:	August 5, 1975

Board of Advisors [American Academy of Physicians' Assistants]; between Godkins and Rosen

Description/Abstract:	In his 21 February 1974 letter, Thomas Godkins, chair of the AAPA Goals and Priorities Committee, asks Dr. Richard Rosen to remain on the AAPA's Board of Advisors. Godkin notes that "We have gone through a tremendous growth phase, have won many...
Date:	February 21, 1974

AAPA asks the National Commission on Certification of Physicians Assistants to allow surgeon's assistants to take the certification exam - Correspondence: Godkins to Glazer

Description/Abstract:	In this letter, Godkins explains the Academy's endorsement of the "generic" PA, and asks that surgeon's assistants also be allowed to take the PA certifying exam.
Date:	August 11, 1975

PA certification, generic and surgical - Correspondence: Godkins to Zintel

Description/Abstract:	Godkins reinforces the Academy's support for "true generic accreditation and certification", but is also "not quite happy with the way things have moved in the area of certifying physician's assistants in surgery".
Date:	August 11, 1975