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  • A Medical Center Degree-- An Honest Approach to a Problem Usually Handled by Subterfuge

    Description/Abstract: A discussion paper distributed by Eugene A. Stead, Jr. to the Medical School Advisory Council (MedSAC) at Duke University on April 10, 1972 providing background information about the physician's assistant program and requesting that the Medical...
    Date: April 10, 1972

  • Guidelines for the functioning of physician's associates in hospitals

    Description/Abstract: Guidelines distributed by the Hospital Association of New York State to hospital administrators who expect to utilize physician associates employed either by private physicians using their hospitals or by the hospital itself based on recent state...
    Date: January 10, 1972

  • AMA Council on Health Manpower Answers to Specific Questions on Utilization of "Physician's Assistants"

    Description/Abstract: A monograph (white paper) released by the AMA Council on Health Manpower answering questions about the utilization of physician assistants. The paper describes the AMA's support of the development of education standards and national certification...
    Date: July 14, 1971

  • Medex program found to be increasing MD efficiency

    Description/Abstract: Newspaper article appearing in the Hospital Tribune on November 1, 1971 stating that "Medex, specially trained assistants, have increased the doctor's capacity to provide patient care by more than 50% according to Dr. Richard A. Smith, Associate...
    Date: November 1, 1971

  • The physician's assistant: new programs for training new health team members

    Description/Abstract: News Report contained in a 1970 edition of Clinical Insights in Medicine listing "thirteen programs now operation - nine specialist and four generalist [programs]". A one line description with title used by graduate is provided for each program.
    Date: 1970

  • Physician's assistant: new help for the sick

    Description/Abstract: This one page article with photo of Duke University physician's assistants in training appeared in the US News & World Report on September 8, 1969. The article begins "You may one day find your doctor less harried, able to give you more time....
    Date: September 8, 1969

  • Tasks for the physician's assistant: reactions of urban physicians

    Description/Abstract: This article from the July 1972 issue of Dallas Medical Journal reports study conducted by School of Allied Health Professions of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, to determine if physicians in 21 counties of...
    Date: July, 1972

  • Let's look at the PA, a new member of the health team

    Description/Abstract: This article was written by Laura Mae Kress, Information Officer, Division of Allied Health Manpower, Bureau of Health Manpower, National Institutes of Health in 1971. It provides a good background on the evolution of the PA concept, support for...
    Date: 1971

  • First three physician's assistants complete program at Duke University

    Description/Abstract: Article that appeared in the New Physician June 1968: A-18-A-19, describing the first three graduates of the Duke University Physician's Assistant Program. The article describes the curriculum and the backgrounds of the first three graduates:...
    Date: June, 1968

  • Action Kit for Hospital Law: Physician' Assistants I

    Description/Abstract: Insert placed in Action Kit for Hospital Law describing legal implications of use of physician assistants in hospitals. This is first installment of a two part series. The article's subheadings are: Who are They; Legislation; The Ultimate Hazard:...
    Date: March 1, 1972