PA Implementation Era (1966-1972)

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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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	Title	Date Created
	Correspondence from Suzanne B. Greenberg to Association members announcing the first meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs, October 16, 1972 Letter from Suzanne Greenberg, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates announcing plans to hold the first meeting of... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["October 16, 1972"]
	Board of Directors [of the] the American Registry of Physicians' Associates : [minutes, September 19, 1972] Minutes from the American Registry of Physicians' Associates Board of Directors' meeting held on September 15, 1972 at the Hilton Inn (airport),... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["September 15, 1972"]
	Agenda, American Registry of Physicians' Associates , September 15, 1972 The agenda for the American Registry of Physicians' Associates Board of Directors' meeting held on September 15, 1972, at the Hilton Inn (airport),... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["September 15, 1972"]
	Membership list American Registry of Physicians' Associates, September 1, 1972 The membership list of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates Board of Directors' meeting held on September 15, 1972, at the Hilton Inn... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["September 1, 1972"]
	Evaluation of the Marine Physician Assistant Program Article taken from Health Services and Mental Health Administration Health Reports. March 1971;86 (no. 3):195-201, describing the history,... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["March, 1973"]
	The American Registry of Physicians' Associates : trademark Drawing accompanying letter and application sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["February 10, 1972"]
	Application for trademark registration Application accompanying letter and drawing sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["February 10, 1971"]
	Articles of incorporation of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates, Inc. Articles of incorporation of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates, signed by Robinson O. Everett, Martha D. Ballenger and D. Robert... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["May 26, 1970"]
	Minutes [from] the Association of Physician Assistant Programs Minutes of the first meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs held November 10, 1972 at the Cloyd Heck Marvin Student Center,... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["November 10, 1972"]
	Resume of proceedings at meeting on legislative proposal for physician's assistants [March 1970] Resume 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... This work also belongs to: PAHx Digital Repository	["March 1, 1970"]

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