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  • Departmental and Program Histories

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    Description/Abstract: Individually compiled histories of the various departments, programs, laboratories, and centers that make up Duke Medicine.

  • InterCom

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    Description/Abstract: The primary news publication of Duke Medicine from 1953 to 1986, the Intercom featured information about campus construction and events, staff news, and articles about medical research, innovation, and concerns at Duke. Publication frequency...

  • Selected Historical Publications

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    Description/Abstract: As part of the 75th Anniversary celebration of the opening of the Duke School of Medicine and the Duke Hospital, the Medical Center Archives digitized select publications that help document the early years of Duke Medicine.

  • PA Ideological Era (1961-1965)

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    Description/Abstract: The physician assistant (PA) profession emerged in the mid-1960s as a social innovation to help physicians meet a growing demand for health care services. After the Second World War, the United States began educating more medical and surgical...

  • PA Implementation Era (1966-1972)

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    Description/Abstract: Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr., established the first formal educational program to educate Physician Assistants at Duke University in 1965. His first pools of students were former military corpsmen and medics with prior health care experience. Four...

  • PA Evaluation and Standardization Era (1973-1980)

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    Description/Abstract: The first national conference on new health practitioners was held in Wichita Falls, TX. The National Board of Medical Examiners administered its first national certifying examination to graduates of AMA accredited PA Programs, to nurse...

  • PA Incorporation Era (1981-1990)

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    Description/Abstract: Physician Assistant roles expand into all medical and surgical specialties and settings. Workforce studies continued to be positive recognizing PA contributions to the provision of quality, accessible and cost-saving health care services. PAs gain...

  • PAHx Digital Repository

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    Description/Abstract: Each item in our Digital Collection has a unique identity number with accompanying metadata providing details about the item including standard, searchable database fields (title, subject, date, creator, etc.). We want our users to have a genuine...

  • PA Maturation and Consolidation Era (1991-Present)

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    Description/Abstract: Health care reform provides new opportunities and risk for PAs. States continue to revise legislation, rules and regulations to reduce barriers to use PAs effectively in variety of health care settings. Veterans Administration Medical Centers,...

  • Oral History Collection

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    Description/Abstract: The oral history program of the Duke University Medical Center Archives exists to capture the medical center's history in the words of the people who have witnessed or participated in that history. The interviews consist of relevant memories from...