This October 1978 Preceptor Manual was produced by the PA Program, Baylor College of Medicine, to provide information to clinical preceptors and others interested in the education and use of physician assistants. The guidelines "are intended as general...
This newsletter dated 5 April 1978 covers daily events during the Sixth Annual Conference on Health Practitioners held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Highlights include a call by incoming president James Konopa for a five year long-range plan for the AAPA,...
This 7 July 1978 letter from Ms. Wilson informs Ms. Vanderbilt that her book review submitted to the PA Journal has been accepted for the Fall 1978 issue of the PA Journal. The letter is included in the archives because it contains the PA Journal's...
This letter describes the reaction of Rosen's hospital staff when the physician's assistant program started. According to Rosen, "When we started the program about 10% of the Attending Staff were enthusiastic, about one-half were accepting and the rest...
Estes writes to Dr. Keith D. Blaney of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, indicating that there is no connection between the Bowman Gray School of Medicine and the Catawba Valley Technical Institute in Hickory, North Carolina. Included is the...
This memorandum, sent out to several board members of the AASA includes the "Surgical council report on Medicare reimbursement for physician's assistants in surgery" memo originally sent from Godkins to Noel H. McFarlane.
E. Harvey Estes notifies L.M. Detmer of the Pitt County Medical Society's disapproval of the Pitt Technical Institute's desire to train PA's. The Society's vote against this was unanimous.
This newsletter dated 4 April 1978 covers daily events during the Sixth Annual Conference on Health Practitioners held in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Reflections on the Past" describes presentations made by the first 10 presidents of the AAPA. "Each spoke of...
This 11 April 1978 from David Bissonette, AASA president, encourages members and their supervising surgeons to write to Dr. David Sabiston and Dr. Kenneth Printen at the American College of Surgeons to financially "support the surgical add-on...
These essentials for accreditation of physician assistant education programs were revised and adopted in 1978 by the AMA House of Delegates. Sponsoring organizations had grown from four in 1971 to eight organizations in 1978. The American Academy of...
Pamphlet printed for the National Commission on Certification of physician's assistants providing a brief history of the development of a certifying examination of Physician's Assistants and the establishment of the NCCPA, its goals and functions. The...
This document contains the NCCPA's view on the definition and history of the PA profession. These descriptions are followed by a "Statement of the Issue", which involves PA certification, and the "Position of the NCCPA". References are included.
Letter from Dr. Milton Johnson dated April 6, 1977 stating that the Medical Association of Georgia is "currently interested in and investigating the status of Physicians Assistants in our state." Dr. Milton indicates that his committee wants to explore...
This is first issue of the Journal of the American Association of Surgeon's Assistants. It was self-produced and published by the Association and sent to members including students. The journal contains executive reports, two research papers, political...
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...
This letter from Chris Spivey, Treasurer of the American Association of Surgeon's Assistants, request payment of dues for 1977. Fees are $25 for graduate members and $5 for first year and $10 for second year students.
This manuscript was prepared and issued in 1977 by the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants (NCCPA) to introduce individuals to the concept of national certification of physician assistants. It provides background information...
This is testimony offered by Dr. Archie Golden, Chairman of the Government Relations Committee of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs to the Senate's Subcommittee on Rural Development, on S. 708 and the Medicare reimbursement system. Dr....
This is second issue of the Journal of the American Association of Surgeon's Assistants. It was self-produced and published by the Association and sent to members including students. The journal contains review articles with post-test to help surgeon's...