Department of Health, Education and Welfare announces awarding $4 million in contracts in Fiscal 1972 to 25 institutions training PAs for primary care. A list of institutions and amounts awarded is provided. This is first time these type programs...
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...
A paper written in 1972 by Dr. D. Robert Howard at Duke University describes the role that PAs can play in remote areas if the "dependent" role of the PA to the physician is based on supervision and not on location. He argues that this mutually...
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...
Memorandum from Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. dated September 8, 1967 to Dr. William Anlyan (Vice President of Duke University for Medical Affairs) stating that "effective this date, Dr. E. Harvey Estes is assuming responsibility (which, up to now, has...
Summary minutes of a crucial meeting between representatives of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Physicians' Associates at the AMA building in Chicago, IL, August 29, 1972. Mr. T. R. Godkins (AAPA President), Dr. Alfred...
Unapproved minutes of the American Academy of Physician's Associates' Board of Directors meeting held November 11, 1972 at George Washington University, Washington, DC. Items discussed included: (1) the Academy and Association jointly approaching...
Cover of the first issue (Vol.1, no. 1) of the official journal of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants published quarterly by Charles B. Slack, Inc., Thorofare, NJ. The aim of the Journal was to "foster good will and unity of...
Article from the American Medical Association information bulletin January 1972, describing the development of accreditation essentials for different types of physician assistants being trained at different levels of responsibility across a wide...
This certificate dated 2 September 1970 was issued to Charles C. Lewis in recognition of his becoming a charter member of the "Stead Society" at Duke University Medical Center. The PA student organization was founded in 1972. Gary G. Phelps was...
Approved by the American Hospital Association on November 17-19, 1971, this 2 page document states that there should be only one organized medical stall in a hospital, governed by a single set of bylaws. "Health professionals involved in medical...
This January 22, 1971 issue of Intercom, Duke University Medical Center, contains an article titled "Duke to Offer Bachelor's Degree in Several Health Sciences Fields. The article describes the need for professionally trained health care workers...
This 1966 description of the Duke PA Program was distributed to potential applicants to explain the concept, pre-requisites, curriculum and policies of the program. No salary range could be offered since no one had graduated from the program at...
Series of correspondence began by Dr. Walter Bornemeier, President of the AMA, on November 17, 1970 thanking Dr. Stead for opportunity to attend Duke's Third National Conference on PAs and noting Dr. Stead's discontent with AMA's slow progress in...
This workbook contains an agenda and materials for a meeting of the Task Force to Draft Essentials of an Approved Educational Program for Physician's Assistants held at the Ambassador West Hotel in Chicago, IL on Friday, May 21, 1971. The meeting...
Minutes of the second meeting of the Task Force on Physician's Assistant Programs of the AMA and AAMC Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) that met at the Regency Hyatt House Hotel, Chicago, IL on April 28, 1971. The committee adopted...
Letter from neurosurgeon Dr. George Stevenson, dated September 7, 1966 asking Dr. Stead to respond in writing about his (Dr. Stead's) "feelings about the moral, ethical and legal utilization of these people in medical centers?" Dr. Stevenson...
The Washington Hospital Center proposed to expand its cardiovascular technician program into a physician's assistant program and sent a proposal for funding to the Metropolitan Washington Regional Medical Program. The proposal raised many...
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...
Association of Physician Assistant Programs membership list as of September 22, 1972. The list contains the names of 15 educational programs and was distributed with the minutes of the first meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs.
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:...
Announcement for the Fourth Annual Duke Physician's Assistant Conference, held April 20-21, 1972, at the Durham Hotel, Durham, NC. Agenda included topics on legislation and legal issues; economic and sociologic studies; educational essentials for...
These summary notes compiled by Thomas R. Godkins and William D. Stanhope, president and secretary of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates, respectively, describe a meeting held with Mr. Gregroy Gilreath, president of the American...
This letter was written by Mr. Burt Lanpher, Executive Director of the National Association of Physician's Assistants (NAPA), to Mr. Robert G. Smith, Executive Secretary of the Wyoming State Medical Society, on September 7, 1972 to express the...
This March 1972 issue of the Federal Bulletin published by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States contains an editorial by Ray Casterline, MD, titled "The Physician's Assistant: Must Ostrichism Continue to Prevail?" and...
This memorandum dated July 30, 1970 was sent to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University by Dr. Walter Rice, Acting Secretary, Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) requesting Kinney "to serve on the newly created Task Force on Physician's...
This memorandum dated August 1, 1972 by Dr. Estes and copied to Dr. Kinney [memo-o-gram] describes meeting held in Dr. Anlyan's office on same day to work out details about the DHEW contract and other related matters. Dr. Estes opposes earlier...
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...
Paper drafted by Dr. D. Robert Howard at Duke University in 1972 providing background and reasons for changing the title of certain PA programs and graduates from "assistant" to "associate." He mentions the classification of PAs by education and...
A report from the American Medical Association listing AMA approved educational programs for (1) the assistant to the primary care physician, (2) the orthopedic physician's assistant and (3) the urologic physician's assistant. The report contains...
According to cover letter dated July 26, 1967 from Harry Becker, this attached transcript is from a panel discussion on which Dr. Stead participated at "our last spring's health conference." Dr. Stead is asked to edit his comments for publication....
Summary report of a conference held at Duke University on March 31 and April 1, 1968 to discuss ethical and legal implications of introducing new health practitioners, using physician assistants as an example, into the American health care...
Cover letter from Suzanne Greenberg, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates with accompanying minutes of the September 15, 1972, Board of Director's meeting in which a vote was taken to formally establish a new...
In this letter dated January 11, 1966, University Counsel, E. C. Bryson, informs Charles Frenzel at Duke that "the question has been raised as to whether the administration of medications by these (PA) assistants would be in violation of the...
This memorandum explains the benefits of a merger between NAPA and the AAPA. It also goes into detail about other PA organizations (American Association of Physicians' Assistants, Midwest Association of Physicians' Assistants, American College of...
In his February 9, 1972 letter, Carl R. Trask, director, Saint John General Hospital, Saint John, N.B. Candada, ask Dr. Stuart M. Sessoms, director, Duke Hospital, Durham, NC for a job description for physicians assistants and a copy of suggested...
At this meeting between the AMA and the AAPA at the American Medical Association building in Chicago, Godkins and Stanhope introduce the Academy to the AMA in hopes that it will cultivate future meetings between the two organizations that would...
This proposal was developed by Dr. D. Robert Howard as way for the Duke PA program to become financially self-dependent after receiving five years of Federal funding and meet the immediate needs of PA students for educational loans. "It is...
Summary of a phone conversation between Gregory Gilreath of the American College of Physician's Assistants and Thomas Godkins of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates on July 18, 1972. The summary indicates that Gilreath "called to...
The philosophy, oath, articles of association, and by-laws of the American College of Physician's Assistants. Articles include guidelines and requirements of election, terms of office, committees, chapter responsibilities, meetings, and amendments.
Program for the Third Annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants held at the Durham Hotel, Durham, NC on November 12 and 13, 1970. Workshops focused on: legal, education, research and evaluation, administration and application (utilization...
Jerry Bredouw's response to D. Robert Howard thanking him for responding to "my efforts on the recent Bold Ones." He mentions response to the episode and support of Joe Donovan at the Santa Clara Medical Society who helped pass California Law 2109...
Memo and letter sent to D. Robert Howard at Duke University from Jerry Bredouw to Dick Moores following up on earlier correspondence trying to interest Mr. Moores in having Chipper, a character in Gasoline Alley, become a PA. He elaborates on the...
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:...
Table of contents from the first issue (Vol.1, no. 1) of Physician's Associate, 1971, the official journal of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants published quarterly by Charles B. Slack, Inc., Thorofare, NJ.
Cover letter sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered Physicians' Associate" and the appropriate insignia. (Fee was $35)
Godkins communicates his belief to Snell that the American College of Physicians' Assistants has intentionally tried to deceive its members, saying "You must realize, however, that your letter has put the merger in a precarious position".