Hull (seated) observes a Duke Hospital nurse as she breathes through a tube connected to a machine monitoring air flow. Hull used air flow measurements to study oxygen supply and the effects of anesthesia. Hull (Ph.D., Duke, 1946) was an instructor in...
Kinney graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1936. He served as chair of the Department of Pathology from 1960 to 1975 and associate provost of the School of Medicine from 1973 to 1974. His administrative activities included...
This 3-fold pamphlet was published by the Florida Academy of Physician Assistants in 1980 to introduce patients to the PA concept. It describes the role, training and certification of PAs. The front cover states that the MD/PA team means, "The...
Three articles about PA Educational Programs appeared in this 1972 issue of The Advisor, a newsletter published by Association of American Medical Colleges. Dr. D. Robert Howard's article is titled "The Duke Physician's Associate Program: An Interim...
"Tea with Trailblazers" was held on February 27, 2006 in the History of Medicine room at the Duke University Medical Center Library. It featured Clydie Pugh-Myers and Joyce Nichols as the primary speakers. This event was planned and moderated by...
This study guide accompanied film produced by the Veterans Administration Medical Media Network at Duke University in 1970-71 titled "Status Report: The Physician's Assistant." The study guide contains pre and post tests, a description of points of...
Program provided to individuals attending the Second National Conference on New Health Practitioners at the Monteleone Hotel, New Orleans, LA on March 27-30, 1974. The Council of Medex Programs Semiannual Meeting was conducted prior to the Conference...
Announcement mailed to potential attendees providing a tentative schedule of events to be held during the Second National Conference on New Health Practitioners at the Monteleone Hotel, New Orleans, LA on March 27-30, 1974. The return registration card...
A bulletin describing the newly established Purser-Marine Physician Assistant Program based in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Staten Island, New York. The bulletin contains the logo of the program and pictures of students in training and...
This is the report of an ad hoc committee appointed by Dr. Barnes Woodhall, Vice Provost, Duke University to evaluate "programs within the Medical Center designed to bring new types of personnel into the health field." The committee concentrates on a...
This packet of materials provides an overview of the PA curriculum that was in place in 1968 at Duke University. The curriculum was developed under the "guidance of an Ad Hoc Committee appointed by the Vice Provost." The twenty-four month curriculum...
Pamphlet printed for the National Commission on Certification of physician's assistants providing a brief history of the development of a certifying examination of Physician's Assistants and the establishment of the NCCPA, its goals and functions. The...
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...
Louis Sullivan, James Carter, and William Kennedy have a conversation during a reception held at the Duke President’s house. Dr. Lou Sullivan was Secretary of Health & Human Services during the H.W. Bush administration. Dr. James Carter was a...
Ms. Nichols speaks about growing up in rural North Carolina; her family structure; her aunt as a matriarch; her marriage and move to Durham; her husband's desertion of new family; her financial situation; public housing; Operation Breakthrough; her...
Dr. James H. Carter Sr. was the first African-American full professor of psychiatry at the Duke University Medical Center. He came to Duke in 1970 and served as a tenured professor for more than 20 years.