PA Implementation Era (1966-1972)
Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr., established the first formal educational program to educate Physician Assistants at Duke University in 1965. His first pools of students were former military corpsmen and medics with prior health care experience. Four conferences were held at Duke University to propagate the education of PAs using the 2-year Duke curriculum model, to address accreditation, certification and legislative issues and to encourage private foundations, federal and state agencies to fund and support the develop of the PA concept. Other types of educational programs emerged during this time, notable are the four-year baccalaureate program established at Alderson-Broadus College by Dr. Hu Myers, the MEDEX program established at the University of Washington by Dr. Richard Smith, the Child Health Associate Program at the University of Colorado by Dr. Henry Smith and the Surgeon Assistant Program at the University of Alabama, Birmingham by Dr. John Kirklin. By the end of this era, national accreditation and certification standards had been developed and model legislation had been drafted for state legislators to enact. The four pillars of the PA profession came into being: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Physician Assistant Programs (APAP, now PAEA); the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs for Assistants to the Primary Care Physician (JRC-PA, now ARC-PA); and the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
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Bachelor of Health Sciences degree [Duke University Medical Center] - Correspondence: Estes to KinneySeptember 29, 1969This memorandum from Dr. E. Harvey Estes to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University dated September 29, 1969 request that the physician's assistant... |
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Coming: more nondoctors to do doctor workMay 15, 1967This May 15, 1967 issue of Medical Economics contains an editorial followed by three articles on the topic of using nondoctors to do doctors work.... |
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Physician's Assistant Program: minutes for ad hoc committee meetings1966These are minutes of an Ad Hoc Committee established by Dr. William Anlyan, Dean of the Duke University Medical School, to review and make... |
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Bachelor of Health Sciences Degree [Duke University Medical Center], MedSAC MinutesNovember 9, 1971Page 2 and 3 of the Medical School Advisory Committee' minutes for November 9, 1971 indicates approval of the Physician's Assistant program's... |
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Health Extension Program [Bragtown, NC]1971This 1971 informational pamphlet was placed in the Bragtown satellite clinic explaining the role of Mr. Prentiss Harrison, a Duke PA graduate, and... |
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Care for Children and Youth: Today and in the Seventies - Correspondence: Arena to ScurletisMay 28, 1968In his May 28, 1968 letter, Dr. Theodore Scurletis, North Carolina State Board of Health, asked Dr. Jay Arena, Professor of Pediatrics, Duke... |
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Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, Grant [Duke University PA Program] - Correspondence: Mau to AnlyanApril 1, 1966This letter from James (Jim) Mau to Dr. William Anlyan contains correspondence between Dr. Eugene A. Stead and Dr. John Z. Bowers, President of the... |
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Job description for MD Assistants [Drug Research Reports, July 1972]July 5, 1972This news release titled "Job Description for MD Assistants" appeared in the July 5, 1972 issue of Drug Research Reports. The article states that... |
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Meeting of Board of Medical Advisors during Fourth [Duke] Annual Conference on Physician's Assistants - Correspondence: McQueary to HowardMarch 8, 1972Correspondence sent by John McQueary, President of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates, to D. Robert Howard, MD, a Board Advisor,... |
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Committee on Relations with Other OrganizationsFebruary 10, 1972Report from Committee on Relations with Other Organizations of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates describing a meeting held between... |