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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Purser-Marine Physician Assistant : Staff Officers' Association of America training program1970A bulletin describing the newly established Purser-Marine Physician Assistant Program based in the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Staten... |
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The Physician's Assistant - a progress report1971A 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... |
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The Third Annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants, 1970November 12, 1970Announcement of the third annual Duke Conference on Physician's Assistants, held at the Durham Hotel, Durham, NC on November 12 and 13, 1970.... |
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Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, Grant [Duke University PA Program] - Correspondence: Bowers to AnlyanSeptember 30, 1966This letter dated September 30, 1966 from Dr. Bowers, President of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, to Dr. William Anlyan, Dean, School of Medicine... |
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Evaluation of the Marine Physician Assistant ProgramMarch, 1973Article taken from Health Services and Mental Health Administration Health Reports. March 1971;86 (no. 3):195-201, describing the history,... |
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The training of physician assistants: status and issuesMay 11, 1971This 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... |
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Paul F. Moson is Dr. assistant in local areaNovember 23, 1967This letter dated November 23, 1967 is from Dr. Ernest W. Furgurson to Dr. W.C. Davison, former Dean, School of Medicine, Duke University, thanking... |
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Conference On Physician's Assistants [at Duke University] - Correspondence: Howard to AnlyanOctober 3, 1968In his October 3, 1968 letter to Dr. William Anlyan, Dean of the Medical School, Dr. D. Robert Howard indicates that the AMA Council on Medical... |
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Physician's assistant : aide to harassed doctorsAugust 1, 1968Early article appearing in Roche Medical Image [magazine] describing role of physician assistant. The article features Craig Bruno a graduate of... |
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Deferred tuition proposal [for Duke University PA Program] - Correspondence: Blackburn to Anlyan, et.al.August 29, 1972This memorandum dated August 29, 1972, from Dr. Blackburn, Chancellor of Duke University, summarizes "recent discussions of the tuition, loan and... |