Articles of incorporation of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates, signed by Robinson O. Everett, Martha D. Ballenger and D. Robert Howard on May 26, 1970. The initial Board of Directors included Robert Ewer, MD, University of Texas,...
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...
Announcement of the third annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants, held at the Durham Hotel, Durham, NC on November 12 and 13, 1970. Workshops focused upon: legal, education, research and evaluation, administration and application...
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...
A monograph (white paper) released by the AMA Council on Health Manpower answering questions about the utilization of physician assistants. The paper describes the AMA's support of the development of education standards and national certification...
Newspaper article appearing in the Hospital Tribune on November 1, 1971 stating that "Medex, specially trained assistants, have increased the doctor's capacity to provide patient care by more than 50% according to Dr. Richard A. Smith, Associate...
This letter from Dr. William Anlyan to Mr. Rufus H. Powell, III dated September 1, 1970 supports the establishment of the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree as proposed by "an ad hoc interschool committee with representatives from the School of...
This packet of information assembled in 1971 contains information on the distribution of 41 graduates of the Duke University PA Program, the prior health-related backgrounds of graduates and students, a profile of the Class of 1971 and the...
Return reply postcard used in 1971 to subscribe to the Physician's Associate, the Journal of the American Association of Physicians' Associates. The publisher was Charles B. Slack, Inc. One year subscription rate was $14.00.
The Ad Hoc Committee report classified physician assistants according to the degree of specialization, level of clinical decision-making (judgment) and length of training. These types "are distinguished primarily by the nature of the service each...
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...
News Report contained in a 1970 edition of Clinical Insights in Medicine listing "thirteen programs now operation - nine specialist and four generalist [programs]". A one line description with title used by graduate is provided for each program.
Letters written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1970 answering a variety of questions about the physician's assistant concept. The letters are as follows:(1) Stead to Duffy dated April 23, 1970 commenting on a draft bill for licensure of...
Letter from Stephen Joyner, AAPA Board of Directors, to D. Robert Howard, Director of the Duke University PA program, thanking him for considering financial support for him and Dick Scheele [correct spelling Scheele] to attend and display at the...
Letter from D. Robert Howard, Director of the Duke University PA program to Stephen L. Joyner, AAPA Board of Directors, regarding providing financial support for him and Dick Scheele to attend and display at the North Carolina Medical Society...
A series of letters between D. Robert Howard, Director of the Duke University Physician Assistant program, and Dick Moores, cartoonist of the Gasoline Alley comic strip between September 1971 and April 1972 discussing Chipper, an ex-military...
Cartoon drawing by Dick Moores showing Chipper Wallet discussing the PA program with Doc that appeared on front page of Intercom, the employee newsletter for Duke University Medical Center. An accompanying article indicates that the PA segment of...
This letter dated February 4, 1970 from Mrs. Ballenger to Dr. Kinney at Duke includes a second draft "of the legislative proposal" being developed by the task force assembled for this purpose. Ms. Ballenger states that "the October Conference...
These are proposed guidelines for the educational essentials for the physician's assistants prepared by a task force formed by action of the Council of Academic Societies at its November 2, 1969 meeting to "consider the role of these assistants...
Memorandum from D. Robert Howard, director, to David E. Lewis, associate director of the Duke University PA Program providing information about the newly established Insurance Rating Board Code 9711 allowing PAs and surgeon assistants to purchase...
NC state code sheet classifying physician or surgeon assistants as class 8, code 9711 of the Insurance Rating Board. Insurance carriers used this code to provide liability insurance coverage to physician assistants or their employing physicians or...
This report was prepared by the Office of Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, DHEW to send to Congress in June 1971. The 1970 Public Health Service Act (Sec. 799A) required the Secretary to submit a report "identifying the major...
Dr. Howard's letter to Dr. Stead on January 26, 1971 providing "data regarding the salaries and location of graduates, and also the offered starting salaries and distribution of the job offerings we have on hand." The salaries reported for 42...
This is a revised draft copy of manuscript describing the Rougemont and Bragtown community health care projects developed by the Department of Community Health Sciences, Duke University Medical Center. The objectives and plan are outlined...
This memorandum has an attachment that outlines the organizational structure of the Bragtown/Rougemont community health projects. The responsibilities of the physician's assistants are provided. Joyce Nichols and Prentiss Harrison,...
Report of task force formed by action of the Council of Academic Societies at its November 2, 1969 meeting to "consider the role of these assistants and the need for standards for programs producing them." The report describes the need, the...
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...
The American Medical Association placed this advertisement entitled "We want to place this man in the hospital" in Life Magazine and newspapers to recruit former military medics (military corpsmen) into the physician assistant profession to help...
Original guidelines or standards for accreditation of physician assistant education programs adopted by the AMA House of Delegates in December 1971. Sponsoring organizations included the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of...
Bob Howard's letter to Jerry Bredouw congratulating him on "the very fine job you did with the recent episode of 'The Bold Ones' that gave the physician's assistant concept some much-needed publicity." Also, he mentions his gratitude for "getting...
A typed copy of NC General Assembly House Bill 890 and Senate Bill 554 entitled An Act to Make an Exception to the Medical Practice Act Relative to Assistants to Physicians that was enacted July 12, 1971. The act was a direct outcome of draft...
Application accompanying letter and drawing sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered Physicians' Associate" and the appropriate insignia. (Fee was $35)
This application was submitted by Dr. D. Robert Howard to Dr. Roger Bulger on March 1, 1971 to obtain approval by the Duke Physician's Assistant Program to award the Bachelor of Health Sciences Degree. The application includes the objectives and...
Correspondence between Eugene A. Stead, Jr. and Karl E. Krill, Dean, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI in November and December 1970 describing an objective method of comparing the diagnostic capabilities of non-physicians. Dean Krill...
This memorandum was sent July 31, 1970 to members of the Duke PA Program Advisory Council by Dr. Howard, proposing a tentative agenda for the September meeting. The issues or topics to be discussed included a report on the legal study and proposed...
An announcement issued by the United States Civil Service Commission, Bureau of Recruiting and Examining, in March 1971 providing information on availability of Physician's Assistant jobs within the Federal Government. The announcement states that...
Correspondence from Martha Ballenger, legal assistant attached to Duke University PA Program, asking Mr. Lippe for list of insurance companies that are members of the Board so that she could contact them regarding demand for PA liability coverage,...
Summary report of a survey of insurance liability carriers to determine guidelines that they had established for providing coverage for PAs and their employing physicians or institutions. A brief history of attempts to gain liability is provided....
A report (white paper) that contrast the education and utilization of Physician Associates (Duke Educational Model) and Medex (University of Washington Educational Model). Contains a list of Medex and PA Programs and list of Duke PA graduates and...
In his memorandum sent to Drs. Howard and Bulger at Duke University, Mr. Keller sets forth parameters for the Tuition Loan program for the Duke University PA program. According to the letter, "the plan will generate sufficient cash to support the...
This article was written by Laura Mae Kress, Information Officer, Division of Allied Health Manpower, Bureau of Health Manpower, National Institutes of Health in 1971. It provides a good background on the evolution of the PA concept, support for...
Cover of the first issue (Vol.1, no. 1) of the official journal of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants published quarterly by Charles B. Slack, Inc., Thorofare, NJ. The aim of the Journal was to "foster good will and unity of...
This certificate dated 2 September 1970 was issued to Charles C. Lewis in recognition of his becoming a charter member of the "Stead Society" at Duke University Medical Center. The PA student organization was founded in 1972. Gary G. Phelps was...
Approved by the American Hospital Association on November 17-19, 1971, this 2 page document states that there should be only one organized medical stall in a hospital, governed by a single set of bylaws. "Health professionals involved in medical...
This January 22, 1971 issue of Intercom, Duke University Medical Center, contains an article titled "Duke to Offer Bachelor's Degree in Several Health Sciences Fields. The article describes the need for professionally trained health care workers...
Series of correspondence began by Dr. Walter Bornemeier, President of the AMA, on November 17, 1970 thanking Dr. Stead for opportunity to attend Duke's Third National Conference on PAs and noting Dr. Stead's discontent with AMA's slow progress in...
This workbook contains an agenda and materials for a meeting of the Task Force to Draft Essentials of an Approved Educational Program for Physician's Assistants held at the Ambassador West Hotel in Chicago, IL on Friday, May 21, 1971. The meeting...
Minutes of the second meeting of the Task Force on Physician's Assistant Programs of the AMA and AAMC Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) that met at the Regency Hyatt House Hotel, Chicago, IL on April 28, 1971. The committee adopted...
The Washington Hospital Center proposed to expand its cardiovascular technician program into a physician's assistant program and sent a proposal for funding to the Metropolitan Washington Regional Medical Program. The proposal raised many...
This memorandum dated July 30, 1970 was sent to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University by Dr. Walter Rice, Acting Secretary, Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) requesting Kinney "to serve on the newly created Task Force on Physician's...
This proposal was developed by Dr. D. Robert Howard as way for the Duke PA program to become financially self-dependent after receiving five years of Federal funding and meet the immediate needs of PA students for educational loans. "It is...
Program for the Third Annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants held at the Durham Hotel, Durham, NC on November 12 and 13, 1970. Workshops focused on: legal, education, research and evaluation, administration and application (utilization...
Jerry Bredouw's response to D. Robert Howard thanking him for responding to "my efforts on the recent Bold Ones." He mentions response to the episode and support of Joe Donovan at the Santa Clara Medical Society who helped pass California Law 2109...
Memo and letter sent to D. Robert Howard at Duke University from Jerry Bredouw to Dick Moores following up on earlier correspondence trying to interest Mr. Moores in having Chipper, a character in Gasoline Alley, become a PA. He elaborates on the...
Table of contents from the first issue (Vol.1, no. 1) of Physician's Associate, 1971, the official journal of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants published quarterly by Charles B. Slack, Inc., Thorofare, NJ.
Cover letter sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered Physicians' Associate" and the appropriate insignia. (Fee was $35)
In his letter dated January 26, 1971 to Dr. Louis deS. Shaffner, President of the NC Medical Society, Dr. Bob Howard explains why an ex-chiropractor has been enrolled in the PA Program at Duke as an "experiment." He writes that "We realized at the...
This report provides results on a task analysis conducted in 1971 to determine the frequency and independence of tasks performed by eleven graduates of the Duke University PA Program. The results of the analysis "implied that PAs working in...
This article written by Frank Riddick, Jr. MD, chairman of the ASIM's Allied Health Professionals Committee, appeared in the October issue of The Internist published by the American Society of Internal Medicine. Dr. Riddick states that legislation...
This AMA feature appeared in the September 14, 1970 issue of JAMA and summarizes a recent speech made by Walter C. Bornemeier, MD, president of the AMA, stating importance of "establishing training facilities now for medical [physician's]...
This manuscript announces the [Duke University] Department of Community Health Sciences being awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation in order to establish and study a different form of health care delivery to an indigent population...
Memorandum dated July 12, 1971 from D. Robert Howard, MD to all concerned indicating that he and Dr. Richard Smith, Director of Medex Programs had "met at great length to discuss the curriculum and other elements concerning the essentials for the...
A 1971 progress report written by Dr. Malcolm Todd, Chairman of the AMA's Council on Health Manpower to "report the progress that has been made by our Council on Health Manpower in working closely with medical specialty societies in the...
Minutes of the Task Force on Physician's Assistant Programs of the AMA and AAMC Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) that met at the Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL on February 11, 1971. The committee accepted the National Academy of...
Dr. Harvey Estes, chair of Dept. of Community and Family Medicine, writes January 19, 1970 to Dr. Barnes Woodhall, Chancellor of Duke University, to request that he send letters of support to the Rockefeller Foundation, Carnegie Corporation and...
Page 2 and 3 of the Medical School Advisory Committee' minutes for November 9, 1971 indicates approval of the Physician's Assistant program's request to become a degree program. Dr. Kinney made the motion as recommended to him by the Allied Health...
This 1971 informational pamphlet was placed in the Bragtown satellite clinic explaining the role of Mr. Prentiss Harrison, a Duke PA graduate, and community health workers in improving access to health care in the community. "The community health...
Letter from Stephen L. Joyner, AAPA Board of Directors, to D. Robert Howard, Director of Duke University PA program, informing him that the North Carolina Medical Society had approved the AAPA application to exhibit at upcoming meeting. An...
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...
This article written in 1971 by J. Kadish of the AMA and JW Long of the NIH was intended to update physicians about the PA movement. The authors provide a history of use of non-physician personnel to deliver health care services (feldshers,...
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 Dick Moores that appeared on third page of Intercom, the employee newsletter for Duke University Medical Center. An accompanying article indicates that the PA segment of the comic strip Gasoline Alley was printed Wednesday, Thursday...
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...