Employees utilize the Hospital cafeteria’s new fast food section where they are able to pick up their selections and go directly to the cashier. This photograph was taken by Lewis Parrish and appeared in the January 7, 1972 issue of Intercom.
Heimberger arc system. USA. 1972. This arc system was made in 1972 by Dr. Robert Heimberger, professor of Neurosurgery at Indiana University Medical Center. The instrument was unique in that the patient was placed in the instrument in the lateral...
Volume 19, numbers 1-49; January 7, 1972; January 14, 1972; January 21, 1972; February 4, 1972; February 11, 1972; February 18, 1972; February 25, 1972; March 3, 1972; March 10, 1972; March 17, 1972; March 24, 1972; March 31, 1972; April 7, 1972; April...
This news release titled "Job Description for MD Assistants" appeared in the July 5, 1972 issue of Drug Research Reports. The article states that the job description "was spelled out in proposed regs published in the Federal Register June 29 as part of...
Correspondence sent by John McQueary, President of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates, to D. Robert Howard, MD, a Board Advisor, calling for meeting of the Board of Advisors during the upcoming Fourth [Duke] Annual Conference on Physician's...
Report from Committee on Relations with Other Organizations of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates describing a meeting held between John Braun and representatives of the National Association of Physician's Assistants on January 24, 1972....
Correspondence from Roy Snell, secretary-treasurer of the American College of Physicians Assistants stating that, based upon meeting with the AMA, the College "will undoubtedly be the national physician's assistant organization called upon by the...
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...
Contains three financial documents: treasurer's report for the Association of Physician Assistant Programs (November 1, 1972), treasurer's report for the American Registry of Physicians' Associates (November 9, 1972) and a dues notice distributed with...
The agenda for the American Registry of Physicians' Associates Board of Directors' meeting held on September 15, 1972, at the Hilton Inn (airport), Atlanta, GA. At this meeting a formal vote was taken to "form a new umbrella association" to be known as...
Dale Lindsay expresses his fears about the PA program at Duke, talking about an "approaching crisis" due to lack of funding and disorganized standards.
Summary minutes of a crucial meeting between representatives of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Physicians' Associates at the AMA building in Chicago, IL, August 29, 1972. Mr. T. R. Godkins (AAPA President), Dr. Alfred...
Unapproved minutes of the American Academy of Physician's Associates' Board of Directors meeting held November 11, 1972 at George Washington University, Washington, DC. Items discussed included: (1) the Academy and Association jointly approaching the...
In response to Dr. Carl R. Trask request for information, Dr. Sessoms, director, Duke Hospital, sends a copy of a general occupational guidelines and job descriptions for physician's associates used by the Duke Hospital.
This reading list on physician's assistants was compiled and released by the American Hospital Association (AHA) Division of Library Services. in December, 1972. The list was "selected from publications generally available in most hospital and public...
These summary notes compiled by Thomas R. Godkins and William D. Stanhope, president and secretary of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates, respectively, describe a meeting held with Mr. Gregroy Gilreath, president of the American College of...
This letter was written by Mr. Burt Lanpher, Executive Director of the National Association of Physician's Assistants (NAPA), to Mr. Robert G. Smith, Executive Secretary of the Wyoming State Medical Society, on September 7, 1972 to express the NAPA's...
Association of Physician Assistant Programs membership list as of September 22, 1972. The list contains the names of 15 educational programs and was distributed with the minutes of the first meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs.
Announcement for the Fourth Annual Duke Physician's Assistant Conference, held April 20-21, 1972, at the Durham Hotel, Durham, NC. Agenda included topics on legislation and legal issues; economic and sociologic studies; educational essentials for...
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...
Summary minutes of meeting held between AAPA's Board of Directors and its Board of Advisors on April 19, 1972 in Durham, NC prior to the Fourth Annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants. Major topics discussed were: the proliferation of other...
Report containing results of a survey conducted in March 1972 to graduates of the Duke University Physician's Associate program to "ascertain the extent of professional liability insurance coverage carried by them." Twenty-seven individuals responded....
Pamphlet distributed by the Department of Community Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, to individuals seeking information about legal and insurance issues related to introducing physician assistants into clinical practice. The...
The philosophy, oath, articles of association, and by-laws of the American College of Physician's Assistants. Articles include guidelines and requirements of election, terms of office, committees, chapter responsibilities, meetings, and amendments.
Letter from Thomas Godkins, President of American Academy of Physicians' Associates to general AAPA membership updating them on matters of interest. He mentions trying to develop affiliations with the American Hospital Association, Association of...
This article from the July 1972 issue of Dallas Medical Journal reports study conducted by School of Allied Health Professions of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, to determine if physicians in 21 counties of north-central...
Department of Health, Education and Welfare announces awarding $4 million in contracts in Fiscal 1972 to 25 institutions training PAs for primary care. A list of institutions and amounts awarded is provided. This is first time these type programs have...
A paper written in 1972 by Dr. D. Robert Howard at Duke University describes the role that PAs can play in remote areas if the "dependent" role of the PA to the physician is based on supervision and not on location. He argues that this mutually binding...
This memorandum explains the benefits of a merger between NAPA and the AAPA. It also goes into detail about other PA organizations (American Association of Physicians' Assistants, Midwest Association of Physicians' Assistants, American College of...
In his February 9, 1972 letter, Carl R. Trask, director, Saint John General Hospital, Saint John, N.B. Candada, ask Dr. Stuart M. Sessoms, director, Duke Hospital, Durham, NC for a job description for physicians assistants and a copy of suggested bylaw...
At this meeting between the AMA and the AAPA at the American Medical Association building in Chicago, Godkins and Stanhope introduce the Academy to the AMA in hopes that it will cultivate future meetings between the two organizations that would...
Summary of a phone conversation between Gregory Gilreath of the American College of Physician's Assistants and Thomas Godkins of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates on July 18, 1972. The summary indicates that Gilreath "called to suggest...
This letter from Dr. Estes to Dr. Kinney dated May 2, 1972 describes plans to begin charging tuition to PA students entering the fall of 1972. He asks formal approval of the Deferred Tuition plan so that it can be implemented before the September 1...
This letter from the Executive Secretary of the Wyoming State Medical Society, Robert G. Smith, is dated August 28, 1972 and is in response to Robert B. Weinheimer's letter about possible physician assistant jobs in Wyoming. Mr. Smith notes that...
Minutes of the first meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs held November 10, 1972 at the Cloyd Heck Marvin Student Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC. The by-laws were "discussed page by page, with suggestions...
This brief letter dated November 12, 1972 from Dr. Kinney at Duke was sent to Dr. John A. D. Cooper, President, AAMC, with enclosed minutes of the ad hoc Advisory Committee on the Physician's Assistants. Dr. Copper responds on September 4, 1973...
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 patients...
Donald Wasson, Assistant Administrator of Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan, IL writes this letter to David W. Stickney, Associate Director of the Illinois Hospital Association in November 3, 1972 to inform him that "our medical staff and Board of...
This article appearing in the October 1972 issue of The National Board Examiner provides an overview of actions and steps taken by the National Board of Medical Examiners to produce a "national program to certify assistants to the primary care...
This request for board of advisors membership was sent out to Don E. Detmer, A. William Horsley, Malcolm Peterson, Thomas E. Piemme, and Richard G. Rosen
An update on academy activities, this memo notifies the academy of upcoming meetings, and mentions the AAPA's intent to seek affiliation with groups representing "organized medicine".
Richard Rosen, as a new member of the AAPA's board of advisors, casts his vote on the acceptance of Medex personnel into the American Academy of Physicians Assistants.
This brochure published by the American Academy of Physicians' Associates in 1972 provides information about the history, goals and mission of the Academy while it was still based in North Carolina. The reason for the name change from "assistant" to...
Internal memorandum written by Colonel Nicholas C. Nicholas, USAF on October 31, 1972 listing actions accomplished, meeting scheduled and planning and coordination needing to be accomplished (with dates) to prepare for the Physician Assistant...
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...
Letter from Paul F. Palace, Executive Director, American Association of Physician Assistants announcing formation of the organization and requesting distribution of enclosed preprinted brochure and posting of flyer (poster) on hospital bulletin boards.
This report on legal issues for physician assistants was presented by E. Harvey Estes, Jr. to the Health Advisory Committee of Duke University Medical Center on January 5, 1972. It describes the liability dangers faced by both the physician and...
This memorandum dated January 28, 1972 was sent by Stuart M. Sessions, Office of the Director, Duke Hospital to members of the hospitals advisory committee indicating that Dr. Estes and Dr. Ball "have developed a position description for the...
Guidelines distributed by the Hospital Association of New York State to hospital administrators who expect to utilize physician associates employed either by private physicians using their hospitals or by the hospital itself based on recent state...
This letter was written by Thomas Godkins, president of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates (AAPA), on September 25, 1972 to Burt E. Lanpher of the National Association of Physicians' Assistants (NAPA). The letter supports the concerns of...
This June 22, 1972 letter from Dr. Howard to Dr. John Blackburn, Chancellor of Duke University, provides information about the current status of the PA Program including a long range funding plan (attachment I). "The establishment of a revolving fund...
Minutes from the American Registry of Physicians' Associates Board of Directors' meeting held on September 15, 1972 at the Hilton Inn (airport), Atlanta, GA. At this meeting a formal vote was taken to "form a new umbrella association" to be known as...
This document summarizes two compromise proposals submitted by Dr. Estes to Dr. Kinney re the BHS degree. The proposals are: (1) only admit qualified candidates, or (2) admit both qualified and non-qualified candidates for the BHS degree. Dr. William...
Correspondence between Gregory Gilreath, President of the American College of Physicians Assistants (formerly known as the Midwest Association of Physician Assistants) explaining the purpose and aims of the College, meetings with the AMA, growth of...
Drawing accompanying letter and application sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered Physicians' Associate" and the appropriate insignia. (Fee was $35)
Paper presented on June 17, 1972 by John R. Ball, MD, JD, director of legal affairs, Duke University Physician's Associate Program, at the American Medical Association Symposium on Distribution of Health Manpower, San Francisco. The paper discusses the...
Secretary's Newsletter written by William Stanhope and distributed to members of the American Academy of Physician's Associates. This appears to be one of many similar newsletters written by Mr. Stanhope during his tenure as secretary of the AAPA in...
Attached to this letter is a proposal which outlines the requirements for the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree that would be awarded to candidates participating in the PA 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 range...
Cover letter from Suzanne Greenberg, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates with accompanying minutes of the September 15, 1972, Board of Director's meeting in which a vote was taken to formally establish a new umbrella...
This March 1972 issue of the Federal Bulletin published by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States contains an editorial by Ray Casterline, MD, titled "The Physician's Assistant: Must Ostrichism Continue to Prevail?" and articles by...
This memorandum dated August 1, 1972 by Dr. Estes and copied to Dr. Kinney [memo-o-gram] describes meeting held in Dr. Anlyan's office on same day to work out details about the DHEW contract and other related matters. Dr. Estes opposes earlier decision...
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 scope...
A report from the American Medical Association listing AMA approved educational programs for (1) the assistant to the primary care physician, (2) the orthopedic physician's assistant and (3) the urologic physician's assistant. The report contains the...
Insert placed in Action Kit for Hospital Law describing legal implications of use of physician assistants in hospitals. This is first installment of a two part series. The article's subheadings are: Who are They; Legislation; The Ultimate Hazard:...
Godkins communicates his belief to Snell that the American College of Physicians' Assistants has intentionally tried to deceive its members, saying "You must realize, however, that your letter has put the merger in a precarious position".
Pamphlet produced in 1972 by the Department of Community Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, to provide individuals information about how hospitals and physicians can use physician's associates to delivery health care services in...
The membership list of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates Board of Directors' meeting held on September 15, 1972, at the Hilton Inn (airport), Atlanta, GA. At this meeting a formal vote was taken to "form a new umbrella association" to be...
This memorandum dated August 29, 1972, from Dr. Blackburn, Chancellor of Duke University, summarizes "recent discussions of the tuition, loan and other financial aspects of the Physician's Associate Program and to implement the necessary budget and...
Preprinted brochure from American Association of Physician Assistants with major headings: Purpose and Major Goals; Membership; AAPA Programs and Objectives; and Newsletter, Seminars and Conferences (membership fee $60), 2 pages, front and back, text.