Article publicizes the use of physician's assistants to address America's shortage of skilled health personnel based upon a meeting held in Durham, NC on Friday 13th, November, 1970 [i.e., the Third Duke Conference]. The article highlights...
The purpose of this workbook was "to establish a frame of reference for evaluation of emerging health occupations (loosely categorized as 'physician's assistants' within the format of Guidelines for Development of New Health Occupations." The...
Photograph of Duke PA students in a classroom setting at the Medical Center in 1970 that appeared in Medical Group News, December 1970 article on physician assistants. The photograph depicts students in a small conference room being taught...
A 1970 packet of information was sent by the Duke University PA Program to "those interested in the 'regularization' of activities of physician's assistants and like medical personnel within a given state". The packet contained a legislative...
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...
These proceedings of the Third Annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants held November 12 & 13, 1970, in Durham, NC contain paper (keynote) presentations, workshop presentations and panel discussions. A list of participants is provided...
This February 1970 article appeared in the Medical Green Sheet, news of socio-economic medicine, as a special feature of the Wisconsin Medical Journal.
Resume of the proceedings of a meeting held in Durham, NC on Sunday, March 1, 1970 as an intermediate step in a project sponsored by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to develop a legislative proposal under which physician's...
The by-laws of the American Registry of Physician's Associates, incorporated in North Carolina in May 1970. The purpose of the Registry was to encourage the training, promotion and regulation of the activities of physicians' associates, to...
Report on the Model Legislation Project for Physician's Assistants conducted at Duke University, Durham, NC during 1969 and 1970 to develop a legislative proposal under which physician's assistants could be accommodated into the legal framework of...
Letter from Stephen Joyner, AAPA Board of Directors, to D. Robert Howard, Director of the Duke University PA Program, thanking him for financial support to attend and display at the NC Medical Society Annual Meeting in Pinehurst, NC in May 1970....
Article written by Dr. D. Robert Howard, MD that appeared in Times Educational Supplement, March 11, 1970. The supplement appeared in three US Military "Times" newspapers to introduce veterans, especially corpsmen, to the PA education program at...
Early article with photographs of Duke University Physician's Assistant students in training that appeared in 1970 issue of Blue Cross News, published by North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Inc. The article begins "Working with physicians...
This is an interim report dated September 1970 providing data on survey mailed to physician members of the North Carolina State Medical Society. The survey was mailed to 3825 physicians and the response rate was 49.9%. Of those responding, 43 %...
Helen Kaiser in the Helen L. Kaiser Library. The plaque text reads: "This library has been designated the Helen L. Kaiser Library by the Board of Trustees of Duke University in honor of Helen Louise Kaiser, R.P.T. for her dedicated service to the...
Grass stimulator system. Quincy, MA: Grass Medical Instruments, 1970. 5 instruments. Built by Grass Medical Instruments of Quincy, Massachusetts, these instruments were used to stimulate the brain and spinal cord.
Avery Labs stimulator system. Farmingdale, NY. 1970. 6 instruments: 2 Brain and spinal cord stimulators. 1cutaneous, 1 transcutaneous and 2 neuro. The Avery Electrical Brain and Spinal Cord Stimulator was built by Avery Labs in Farmingdale, New...
Radionics radio frequency type lesion generator. Burlington, MA: Radionics, Inc., 1970. Built by Radionics, Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, this instrument was used for making deep brain and spinal cord lesions.
W-P Instruments Stimulator system. New Haven, CT: 1970. Built by W-P Instruments of New Haven, Connecticut, this instrument was used to stimulate the brain and spinal cord.
Volume 17, numbers 1-17 and 19-22; January 1970; February 1970; March 1970; April 1970; May 1970; June 1970; July 1970; August 1970; August 1970 (2); September 18, 1970; September 25, 1970; October 2, 1970; October 9, 1970; October 16, 1970;...
Berta Bobath, a well respected physical therapist and co-creator of the Bobath method, on a visit to Duke in the 1970s. The Bobath method is a rehabilitation technique that helps patients with injuries to the brain or spinal cord.
Dr. George W. Brumley Jr., Director of Newborn Service [Pediatrics] displaying type of electrode (scalp electrode) used to determine if a baby is suffering from fetal distress.
Lowenbach was a professor of neurology from 1940 to 1963 and chair of the Dept. of Psychiatry from 1951 to 1953. He returned to Duke as a visiting professor in the early 1970s.
Berta Bobath, a well respected physical therapist and co-creator of the Bobath method, during a visit to Duke in the 1970s. The child in the picture is unknown. The Bobath method is a rehabilitation technique that helps patients with injuries to...
Duke University Medical Center Department of Medicine 1969-70
1. Wagner; 2. Anderson; 3. [unidentified]; 4. [unidentified]; 5. [unidentified]; 6. Ruffin; 7. Brewer; 8. Lazlo; 9. Wyngaarden; 10. Neelon; 11. McIntosh; 12. Calloway; 13. Saltzman;...
Duke University School of Medicine First Year Students, 1970: Abernethy, J.L.; Africa, B.; Alexander, L.G., Jr.; Allister, D.B.; Armfield, B.W.; Baber, C.E.; Barham, J.E.; Bateman, A.L.; Berry, W.R.; Blumhagen, D.W.; Board, R.J.; Brantley, B.A.,...
Monograph (circular) distributed by Veterans Administration, Department of Medicine and Surgery to directors, VA Hospitals, Domiciliary, etc. providing "guidelines for utilization and levels of activity for PAs employed at VA stations." The...
Duke University Medical Center newsletter containing cartoon, photograph and article about Dick Moores publicizing physician's assistant programs in his comic strip, Gasoline Alley. The main characters in the comic strip, the Wallets, have a son,...
1971 informational pamphlet distributed by Duke University PA Program to potential candidates for admissions. The pamphlet provides brief history of program, efforts to define PA professional role, the curriculum, professional mobility, admission...
Minutes of subcommittee to draft essentials for an approved educational program for physician's assistants held in Chicago, IL on August 3-4, 1971 by the AMA's Council on Medical Education. A list of representatives is provided along with copy of...