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The nomenclature evolution of the physician's associate

Description/Abstract:	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...
Date:	1972

Physician's Assistant Program Title [at Duke University] - Correspondence: Howard to Bulger

Description/Abstract:	In his December 10, 1970 letter to Drs. Bulger, Kinney and Anlyan at Duke University, Dr. D. Robert Howard proposes to change the name of the Duke PA Program from "assistant" to "associate" to "differentiate the professional type of physician's...
Date:	December 10, 1970

Nomenclature issue - Correspondence: Kernodle to Anlyan

Description/Abstract:	In his letter to Dr. William Anlyan at Duke dated May 15, 1972, Dr. John Kernodle, Vice Chairman of the AMA Board of Trustees, relates the concerns of AMA leadership about using the term "associate" by the PA program at Duke and elsewhere. He...
Date:	May 15, 1972

Correspondence from Dr. D. Robert Howard, Duke University to Dr. Ira L. Myers, Alabama Board of Medical Examiners Physician regarding nomenclature and the use of the terms "physician's assistant" and physician's associate, November 3, 1971.

Description/Abstract:	Letter from D. Robert Howard, Director Duke University PA program, to Ira Myers, Secretary of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, concerning the nomenclature and the use of the terms "physician's assistant" and "physician's associate". Howard...
Date:	November 3, 1971