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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Timetable for Duke PA course of study - Correspondence: Lindsay to KinneyMay 8, 1972In this letter Dale Lindsay narrates the set of courses the PA will take each semester, and outlines PA clinical rotations. |
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Position paper on suggestions for the better utilization of physicians by delegation of certain evaluative and therapeutic responsibilities to university trained physician's assistants1969This position paper produced by the Association of the North Carolina Regional Medical Program in 1969 provides background information about the... |
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Nomenclature issue - Correspondence: Kernodle to AnlyanMay 15, 1972In his letter to Dr. William Anlyan at Duke dated May 15, 1972, Dr. John Kernodle, Vice Chairman of the AMA Board of Trustees, relates the concerns... |
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The Evolution of the Physician's Assistant: Brownian Movement or Coordinated ProgressDecember, 1971This article by Louis Rousselot, MD, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health and Environment, appeared in the December 1971 issue of the... |
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Do physicians need a new breed of assistants?1972This publication contains a series of three articles that appeared in The Medical Post, a newspaper for the Canadian medical profession, during... |
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Resume of proceedings at meeting on legislative proposal for physician's assistants [March 1970]March 1, 1970Resume 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... |
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Duke Physician's Associate program evaluations [Informational Pamphlet Series, Duke PA Program]1972Pamphlet produced in 1972 by the Department of Community Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, to provide individuals information... |
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The American Registry of Physicians' Associates, Inc. by-lawsAugust, 1970The by-laws of the American Registry of Physician's Associates, incorporated in North Carolina in May 1970. The purpose of the Registry was to... |
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Correspondence from James C, Mau to [Duke] section chiefs enlisting support to employ Physician's Assistants for medical servicesApril 16, 1969Memorandum sent by James C. Mau, Administrative Director, Duke PA Program, in 1969 to Section Chiefs in Department of Medicine reminding them that... |
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Memorandum to Members of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs, December 6, 1972December 6, 1972This memorandum reports on recent developments including: (1) approval to hold semiannual meeting with AAMC; (2) recommendation of program faculty... |