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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The physician's assistant: new programs for training new health team members1970News Report contained in a 1970 edition of Clinical Insights in Medicine listing "thirteen programs now operation - nine specialist and four... |
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Professional Liability Insurance for Graduate Physician's Assistants - Correspondence: Howard to LewisJanuary 11, 1971Memorandum from D. Robert Howard, director, to David E. Lewis, associate director of the Duke University PA Program providing information about the... |
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AMA Council on Health Manpower Answers to Specific Questions on Utilization of "Physician's Assistants"July 14, 1971A monograph (white paper) released by the AMA Council on Health Manpower answering questions about the utilization of physician assistants. The... |
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The Upjohn Company, grant [Duke University PA Program]November 4, 1969A letter and attached agreement dated November 4, 1969 indicates that the Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan will provide a grant to Duke... |
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A Resume of Proceedings of the Conference on Legal Status of Physician's AssistantsOctober 26, 1969These are the proceedings of a two-day conference [Second Duke Conference] held on October 26, 1969. Held at the Hilton Inn in Durham, the... |
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American College of Physicians Assistants - Howard and Gilreath CorrespondenceMay 25, 1972Correspondence between Gregory Gilreath, President of the American College of Physicians Assistants (formerly known as the Midwest Association of... |
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North Carolina State Code 32: Physicians, Surgeons and Dentist Professional Insurance RatesJune 26, 1970NC state code sheet classifying physician or surgeon assistants as class 8, code 9711 of the Insurance Rating Board. Insurance carriers used this... |
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Marketing the PA profession: The Bold Ones and Gasoline Alley - Correspondence: Howard to BredouwDecember 17, 1970Bob 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... |
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An act to make an exception to the Medical Practice Act relative to assistants to physicians, 1971July 12, 1971A 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... |
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The American Registry of Physicians' Associates : trademarkFebruary 10, 1972Drawing accompanying letter and application sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered... |