173 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm and Contains 19 individual issues of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The following issues are included:
Vol. XII, No. 21 May 25, 1889;
Vol. XIII, No. 2 July 13, 1889;
Vol. XIII, No. 4 July...
Article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association discussing the development of a national certifying examination for physician assistants. The article describes the development of educational essentials and the need to develop...
This AMA feature appeared in the September 14, 1970 issue of JAMA and summarizes a recent speech made by Walter C. Bornemeier, MD, president of the AMA, stating importance of "establishing training facilities now for medical [physician's]...
Article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association( discussing the development of the physician's assistant concept, the AMA's and other organizations' interest in the concept, the potential duties of PAs, their acceptance by...
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.
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 article written in 1971 by J. Kadish of the AMA and JW Long of the NIH was intended to update physicians about the PA movement. The authors provide a history of use of non-physician personnel to deliver health care services (feldshers,...
Original guidelines or standards for accreditation of physician assistant education programs adopted by the AMA House of Delegates in December 1971. Sponsoring organizations included the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of...
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."...
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...