The Physician Assistant: An Illustrated History - Softcover

Piemme, Thomas E., M.D.; Sadler, Alfred M., Jr., M.D.; Carter, Reginald D., Ph.D.; Ballweg, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935089641 ISBN 13: 9781935089643

Publisher: Acacia Pub Inc, 2013

Synopsis

A concise history of the people, places, and events that have propelled the concept of the PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT from its inception at Duke University in 1965 to its position as a major force in American medicine today.“The remarkable and worldwide recognition of the PA profession as a major source of medical care in all settings makes this book a very important source of information. It provides a documented timeline of the birth and development of the profession, and of the physicians, nurses, educators and pioneer physician assistants who believed in the profession, and by their diligence and foresight, made all of this possible.” E. Harvey Estes, Jr., MD Former Chair and Professor Emeritus Community and Family Medicine Duke University Medical Center “This remarkable book brings the Physician Assistant and MEDEX alive through a detailed history and recognition of the leaders who made this new profession possible and so successful.” Richard Smith, MD, MPH Founder of the MEDEX Program

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas E. Piemme, MD, is Emeritus Professor of Health Care Sciences and Medicine at The George Washington University. He is the former Chair of the Department of Health Care Sciences, and Associate Dean for CME. He is a Past President of PAEA, and of NCCPA. He is currently President of the Physician Assistant History Society. Alfred M. Sadler, Jr., MD, was Founding Director of the Yale PA Progam, Founding President of PAEA, coauthor of the first policy book about PAs and served as a Senior Officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, all in the 1970's. For the past 32 years has practiced primary care medicine in Monterey County, CA, where he has worked with and precepted PAs and NPs. He is President Elect of the PA History Society.Reginald D. Carter, PhD, PA, is the former Chief of the Division of Physician Assistant Education in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Duke University. He is a Past President of PAEA. He was the founding Executive Director, and is currently the Historian Emeritus of the Physician Assistant History Society. Ruth Ballweg, MPA, PA-C, is Professor and Director of the MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Washington. She is a Past President of PAEA and of the Physician Assistant History Society, which she currently serves as Historian. She is a recipient of the Eugene A. Stead Award from the AAPA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Acacia Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1935089641
• ISBN 13: 9781935089643
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 113