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 Zintel's...
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...
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 the...
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 the...
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 of...
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, registration...
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 "the...
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...
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 in...
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 Duke-prototype...