PA practice History Flashcards
when was the german military medical assistant introduced into russian armies
1650 A.D.
17th century
who was John wall? when did he practice
US Navy “loblolly boy”
-assisted medical officers
1798
what bill did congress pass in 1799
authorization to use hospital mates
* modeled after loblolly boys
What was the name change from ‘loblolly boy’? when did it happen?
- Surgeon’s steward
- apothecary
- bayman
- Hospital corpsman
in the 1800’s-20th century
what were officers de Sante’? when did they practice?
Health officers to alleviate healthcare shortage
1803-1892
Who was Johanna Maria Heden
Swedish midwife
* first licensed female feldsher (barber surgeon)
* 1863
Who is Capt. John van Renssaller Hoff, MC
he initiated medic teachings for members of the hospital corp in fort riley, KS
1891
What bill was passed during the spanish american war?
what president signed it?
bill establishing Navy Hospital Corps
Pres. McKinley on June 17th, 1898
What is the significance of the Flexner Report? what year did it happened?
Caused long lasting effects on medical education
1910
Who was Granny midwife?
what year?
Henrietta Phelps Lawson Jeffries
Midwife that tried to practice without a license in NC
Found not guilty in 1911
What did Mary Breckiniridge do for her profession? what year
Frontier Nursing Service
she was the first effort to professionalize midwifery
1925
What is the significance of charles higgins MD?
Hired Eddie Rogers as a medic in urology at the cleveland clinic in 1930
who is Vivien Thomas?
surgical research technician @ vanderbilt/John Hopkin’s
* under Alfred Blalock, MD
* Blalock-Taussing procedure
* 1930’s
what happened in 1940?
- community health aides in alaska
- Amos Johnson MD-hires Henry treadwell as “doctors assistant”
What is the significance of Eugene Stead, MD in 1942?
Developed a fast track 3-year medical curriculum
* this became the model for competency-based medical curriculum
During WWII
What is the significance of WWII on the PA profession?
created a shortage of physicians
* Medical Adminstration Corps officers who were battalion surgeon’s assistants (similar to the job of PA today)
Who attempted to start a Master’s of Nursing at Duke in 1957? what is the significance to the PA profession?
Thelma Ingles, RN
Dr. Stead
* program was denied accreditation
* if they had been accreditied= PA profrssion might not exist
What did US surgeon general Leroy Burney do?
in 1959
identified a shortage of medically trained personnel to provide basic medical services
what happened in 1961 in the House of Delegates and WHO?
- Charles Hudson, MD called for “mid-level provider” to expand medical care using former corpsmen
- WHO starts promoting different categories of healthcare workers
Who was Hu myers?
- approached Alderson-Broaddus college about a 4 yr PA degree
- board shut him down
- 1963
What did Eugene stead do in 1964? who was it modeled after?
- established intent to have a PA program using former corpsmen
- modeled after: Dr. Johnson and Henry treadwell from NC
Where and when was the first PA program? How many students were there?
Duke University
1965
4 navy corpsmen
Uni of Colorado establishes 4 month ped. NP program
When was Family Medicine speciality established?
1966 by AMA
When was the first Surgeon Assistant program established?
1967 at university of alabama
John Kirklin, MD
Where was the first bachelors degree for PA? When?
Alderson-Broaddus College
1968
When did Uni of Colorado establish a pa program?
1968
Pediatric focus
When/where was AAPA established?
May 20th, 1968 at Duke University
who was the fist president of AAPA
William Stanhope