Scrapbook contains a series of 47 notes and letters written by Sir William Osler, Lady Grace Osler, Wilburt C. Davison, Susan R. Chapin, W. S. Pearce, Thomas Shipton, and Marion Emmons dating from 1913-1950. These items have been transcribed by...
Items in this consist of a narrative written by Dr. Shilling documenting the rescue of seamen from the USS Squalus in the hours after the submarine sunk in May 1939, a 1939 Life Magazine article reporting on the rescue of the 33 surviving seamen, and a...
The photographs in this collection come from 2 sources: 1) a selection of images and used by Dr. Shilling in his numerous talks on the activities and events surrounding the rescue efforts, and 2) photographs taken from July-September 1939, during the...
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...
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...
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, Military...
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...
The Library’s artwork collection has a wide selection of portraits, prints, paintings, maps, sculptures, and busts. It includes portraits of Duke faculty members, paintings of the US Army 65th General Hospital, and a bust and portrait of James B. Duke....
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 and...
USS Squalus (SS-192), a diesel-electric submarine built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire and commissioned there on 1 March 1939, suffered a catastrophic valve failure during a test dive off the Isle of Shoals at 0740 on 23 May....
This digital project represents a scrapbook of letters and articles between Dean Wilburt C. Davison and Sir William and Lady Grace Osler. The first page of this scrapbook bears the inscription: "Wilburt Cornell Davison from William Osler, in memory of...
The Duke Physician Assistant Program’s mission is to educate caring, competent primary care physician assistants who practice evidence-based medicine, are leaders in the profession, dedicated to their communities, culturally sensitive, and devoted to...
Collection contains a few select copies of medical journals and publications from the collection of Dr. Charles E. Brayton (1851-1912), a physician of Stonington, Connecticut. Dr. Brayton's manuscript materials are available in the David M. Rubenstein...
The Davison Society is composed of the entire student body. Each student pays a yearly fee that is used to fund various school activities. The Davison Council is the student government organization for the Duke University Medical School. The Council...
James B. Duke’s founding Indenture of Duke University directed the members of the University to “provide real leadership in the educational world” by choosing individuals of “outstanding character, ability and vision” to serve as its officers, trustees...
Since 1962, the Duke University Medical Center Library has been publishing a newsletter to keep its users informed of resources and events. Beginning in 1996, the Library began providing a copy in electronic format as well. Beginning with the October...
The school has offered many different degrees over the years. The first students, high school graduates, received a diploma after a three-year program that cost just $100 per year. In 1938, the school began offering baccalaureate degrees to students...