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...
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,...
Copy of revised Essentials of an Approved Educational Program for the Surgeon's Assistant changing qualifications for candidates for training from a high school graduate to person having completed two years of college or the equivalent. The changes...
Correspondence from Paul Toth, Chairman, AAPA Continuing Education Committee, notes that at recent Academy Board of Directors' meeting held in Washington, DC, November 3 & 4, 1973, the Board voted unanimously to implement and enforce its guidelines...
This statement by the American Hospital Association Council on Professional Services dated March 7 & 8, 1974 replaces an earlier statement dated November 18, 1970. The statement provides a definition of the Physician's Assistant, general policy...
This survey of graduate physician assistants was conducted in October 1974 by the Association of Physicians' Assistant Programs to evaluate what "impact your [PAs] services have made on health care delivery in the United States." An evaluation form is...
Association of Physician Assistant Programs membership list containing the names of 26 educational programs and representative that was mailed prior to the November 1973 meeting held in conjunction with the AAMC in Washington, DC.
Copy of letter sent by William Ruhe acknowledging Dr. Sadler's letter suggesting "the expansion of the Joint Review Committee (JRC) and modifications in the accreditation process." The suggestion will be considered by the JRC at an upcoming meeting on...
This January 12, 1973 letter was written by Roy W. Snell, P.A., Secretary-Treasurer, of the American College of Physician Assistants to "colleagues" at the American Academy of Physician Associates. He states that it was not the College's intent to pass...
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...
This letter dated September 4, 1973 calling a meeting of the Special Committee on the Role of the Physician's Assistant in the Hospital was sent to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University by Dr. Bruce A. Raymond, Secretary, American Hospital Association....
This guide was prepared, revised and published by the American Medical Association in June 1975 "to answer some of the questions most frequently asked by physicians who are considering the employment of physician's assistants in their practice." The...
Announcement mailed to potential attendees providing a tentative schedule of events to be held during the Second National Conference on New Health Practitioners at the Monteleone Hotel, New Orleans, LA on March 27-30, 1974. The return registration card...
This is application form that was mailed with the announcement of the 1975 certifying examination to be administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants (NCCPA) in November. An attached return card is used by the NCCPA...
Attached to this letter from W.G. Anlyan regarding Lt. Governor Hunt's view on the PA capitation program is a summary of the meeting regarding this program, and a copy of an article from the "Asheville Citizen" concerning Hunt's views on the PA.
Organizational chart and personnel listing is included with descriptions of each administrative branch of the AAPA. The "Membership and Membership Services", "Administration and Communications", and "Finance" branches all report to the executive...
This 1975 report to the congress was compiled by the Comptroller General of the United States to (1) report on the problems that hamper the extenders in improving health care delivery and (2) present recommendations to the Secretary of Health,...
This 6 October 1980 memorandum was sent by the NCCPA Board of Directors to PAs who were eligible for recertification letting them know that the "NCCPA will administer its first recertification process by June 1, 1981." A three-year investigation of...