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National Board of Medical Examiners News Release

Description/Abstract:	News release by the National Board of Medical Examiners on August 6, 1972 announcing need to "determine the best way of developing nationally valid certifying examinations that will ensure the orderly development of the concept of the assistant to...
Date:	August 6, 1972

National Certification of Surgeon's Assistants - Correspondence: Zintel and Glazer

Description/Abstract:	Dr. Zintel, Director, Department of Special Educational Projects, American College of Surgeons, sent this memo to individuals "who have been invited to attend a September 21, 1981 meeting on SA certification." Background materials included...
Date:	September 14, 1981

Recommendation Regarding Eligibility of Informally Trained Applicants: Physician's Assistant Certifying Examination

Description/Abstract:	Alfred Sadler, APAP president, sent this draft copy of expanded eligibility criteria for the 1974 NBME examination to the Executive Committee of APAP on December 20, 1973 requesting their reactions and comments. He also asks for suggestions about...
Date:	December 20, 1973

Statement concerning the development of the national certifying examination for assistants to the primary care physician

Description/Abstract:	In April 1972, the National Board of Medical Examiners accepted the recommendation of its Committee on Goals and Priorities that the NBME assume responsibility for developing a national certifying examination for assistants to the primary care...
Date:	August 1, 1973

APAP Biweekly Report, August 8, 1975

Description/Abstract:	This newsletter date August 8, 1975 contains news about: (1) Air Force PAs being stationed overseas, (2) date of NBME 1975 Certifying Examination - November 19-21, 1975; (3) awarding of $375 million awarded to US DHEW - some to go toward education...
Date:	August 8, 1975

NCCPA newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1, November 1975

Description/Abstract:	The first newsletter November 1975: 1 (no. 1) published by the staff of the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants. The newsletter contains a picture of the NCCPA staff and mentions the opening of the NCCPA national office...
Date:	November, 1975

Certifying examination for primary care physician's assistants

Description/Abstract:	National Board of Medical Examiners announcement of the first national certification examination for physician's assistants administered on December 12, 1973. The announcement describes the examination schedule, eligibility requirements,...
Date:	December 12, 1973

Correspondence from the Committee on Type-A Health Professional Dialectics to R. Reiheld regarding the 1973 certifying examination for primary care Physician's assistants. [10 February 1974]

Description/Abstract:	Correspondence from Committee on Type-A Professional Dialectics to Dr. Robert E. Reiheld, Chairman of the AMA Council on Rural Health, dated February 10, 1974. Four individuals co-signed the letter for a committee created by "practicing...
Date:	February 10, 1974

Certification of the assistant to the primary care physician: a status report

Description/Abstract:	Report released by the AMA's Council on Health Manpower to update State Medical Societies and State Medical Licensing Authorities on progress "in developing a national program of certification, based on proficiency testing, for the assistant to...
Date:	November 16, 1972

National Certification of Physicians' Assistants by Uniform Examinations

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	October 30, 1972