This letter from Dr. Harvey Estes to Dr. Anlyan and other administrators at Duke classifies PAs into two groups: I & II based upon experience. The salary range is projected at $6,843 to $7,883 per annum for newly graduated PAs and at $7,675 to...
Letter written by Dr. D. Robert Howard, Director of Duke University Physician Assistant program, to Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, CBS reporters on 60 Minutes requesting a visit by 60 Minutes to explore educating ex-military corpsmen to address...
In this letter, Ferrell recalls how "someone at the Conference at the Statler Hilton last October asked about a 'no strike clause' ". He opines that the Ethics Committee, of which he is the chair, should add a section to the code of ethics indicating...
A letter and attached agreement dated November 4, 1969 indicates that the Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan will provide a grant to Duke University of $50,000 per year to be renewed on a yearly basis at the discretion of Upjohn and review of the...
These are the proceedings of a two-day conference [Second Duke Conference] held on October 26, 1969. Held at the Hilton Inn in Durham, the conference focused upon the legal status of physician's assistants. At the outset of the conference, five...
A manuscript written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1969 and submitted to Dr. Thomas Kinney, Director of Medical Education at Duke University, describing his philosophy about the undergraduate and graduate education of physicians and their newest team...
Correspondence between James C. Mau, first administrator for Duke University PA Program, and D. Robert Howard, first program director of Duke University PA program, discussing honoring Buddy Treadwell at some upcoming event at Duke and inviting his...
Memorandum written in 1969 by John Laszlo, MD, Chief of Staff, Durham Veterans Administration Hospital, to Chief of Medical Services indicating that a request had been received from Mrs. Andreoli to "introduce her students from the Physician's...
This is the first formal bulletin printed for the Duke University Physician's Assistant Program in 1969 by the Department of Community Health Sciences. The bulletin list the current administration, core faculty and teaching faculty for academic year...
A paper written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1969 indicating that the planners of the Duke PA program had intentionally "avoided a detailed job description because we have proceeded with the program without any provision for licensing the physician's...
This news release was prepared by Joe Sigler, Medical Public Relation Director, Duke University for distribution to newspapers on December 21, 1969. The article describes the rapid growth of the PA Program at Duke and the growing interest in the PA...
This memorandum from Dr. E. Harvey Estes to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University dated September 29, 1969 request that the physician's assistant curriculum be upgraded to the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree. Dr. Estes provides the rationale and need...
This brief note written on November 3, 1969 by Dr. David Sabiston, Professor and Chair of Surgery at Duke University, thanks Dr. Anlyan for resolving the Physician's Assistant pay scales at the Medical Center.
Memorandum sent by James C. Mau, Administrative Director, Duke PA Program, in 1969 to Section Chiefs in Department of Medicine reminding them that they need to begin recruiting new PA graduates early if they wanted to hire them. He states that the PAs...
This document released in July 1969 describes action taken by the American Medical Association House of Delegates on medical staff membership of allied health professionals in hospitals. The adopted statement was to be disseminated to "all hospital...
This letter dated April 18, 1969 from David Sabiston, Jr., MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, describes to Dr. Frank Longino the experience of hiring and using a PA in the department: "About two months ago...
A paper delivered by Warren Ball, Assistant Director, Dept. of Allied Medical Professions and Services, American Medical Association to the Association of Military Surgeons Annual Meeting, held in Washington, DC on November 17, 1969. The author cites...
This position paper produced by the Association of the North Carolina Regional Medical Program in 1969 provides background information about the growing crisis in health manpower during the 1950's, national and state health manpower statistics, the...