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....