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when was the german military medical assistant introduced into russian armies

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1650 A.D.
17th century

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who was John wall? when did he practice

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US Navy “loblolly boy”
-assisted medical officers
1798

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what bill did congress pass in 1799

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authorization to use hospital mates
* modeled after loblolly boys

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What was the name change from ‘loblolly boy’? when did it happen?

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  • Surgeon’s steward
  • apothecary
  • bayman
  • Hospital corpsman
    in the 1800’s-20th century
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what were officers de Sante’? when did they practice?

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Health officers to alleviate healthcare shortage
1803-1892

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Who was Johanna Maria Heden

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Swedish midwife
* first licensed female feldsher (barber surgeon)
* 1863

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Who is Capt. John van Renssaller Hoff, MC

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he initiated medic teachings for members of the hospital corp in fort riley, KS
1891

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What bill was passed during the spanish american war?

what president signed it?

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bill establishing Navy Hospital Corps
Pres. McKinley on June 17th, 1898

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What is the significance of the Flexner Report? what year did it happened?

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Caused long lasting effects on medical education
1910

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Who was Granny midwife?
what year?

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Henrietta Phelps Lawson Jeffries
Midwife that tried to practice without a license in NC

Found not guilty in 1911

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What did Mary Breckiniridge do for her profession? what year

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Frontier Nursing Service
she was the first effort to professionalize midwifery
1925

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What is the significance of charles higgins MD?

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Hired Eddie Rogers as a medic in urology at the cleveland clinic in 1930

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who is Vivien Thomas?

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surgical research technician @ vanderbilt/John Hopkin’s
* under Alfred Blalock, MD
* Blalock-Taussing procedure
* 1930’s

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what happened in 1940?

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  • community health aides in alaska
  • Amos Johnson MD-hires Henry treadwell as “doctors assistant”
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What is the significance of Eugene Stead, MD in 1942?

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Developed a fast track 3-year medical curriculum
* this became the model for competency-based medical curriculum

During WWII

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What is the significance of WWII on the PA profession?

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created a shortage of physicians
* Medical Adminstration Corps officers who were battalion surgeon’s assistants (similar to the job of PA today)

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Who attempted to start a Master’s of Nursing at Duke in 1957? what is the significance to the PA profession?

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Thelma Ingles, RN
Dr. Stead
* program was denied accreditation
* if they had been accreditied= PA profrssion might not exist

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What did US surgeon general Leroy Burney do?

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in 1959
identified a shortage of medically trained personnel to provide basic medical services

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what happened in 1961 in the House of Delegates and WHO?

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  • Charles Hudson, MD called for “mid-level provider” to expand medical care using former corpsmen
  • WHO starts promoting different categories of healthcare workers
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Who was Hu myers?

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  • approached Alderson-Broaddus college about a 4 yr PA degree
  • board shut him down
  • 1963
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What did Eugene stead do in 1964? who was it modeled after?

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  • established intent to have a PA program using former corpsmen
  • modeled after: Dr. Johnson and Henry treadwell from NC
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Where and when was the first PA program? How many students were there?

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Duke University
1965
4 navy corpsmen

Uni of Colorado establishes 4 month ped. NP program

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When was Family Medicine speciality established?

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1966 by AMA

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When was the first Surgeon Assistant program established?

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1967 at university of alabama

John Kirklin, MD

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Where was the first bachelors degree for PA? When?
Alderson-Broaddus College 1968
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When did Uni of Colorado establish a pa program?
1968 Pediatric focus
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When/where was AAPA established?
May 20th, 1968 at Duke University
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who was the fist president of AAPA
William Stanhope
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When did Medex start its first class?
1969
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What did the NIH survey of 1969 say?
permit PA practice under physican supervision
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what are the PA classifications set by National Academy of Sciences in 1970?
A- trained in academic institutions full range of specialties for at least 2 years B-narrowly, but intensively trained in a speciality C-broadly trained in less depth or time
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what year did AAPA publish its first official journal?
1971
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when did the Airforce begin to train PA's
1971
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When program did the AMA adopt in 1971?
Essential for an Educational Porgram for the assistant to the primary care physician
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Where was the first post grad residency program established? | When?
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY Dr. Gliedman and Clara Vanderbilt, RPA | 1971
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Who is Clara Vanderbilt?
Graduate of Duke PA 1971 * established 1st post grad residency * active in AAPA, NYSSPA, NCCPA
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When did the AMA approve its first accredited program through the JRC-PA?
1972
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When did the army start their PA program?
1972
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When was the first certifying exam for Assistants to the PCP happen? who administered?
1973 NBME 880 candidates
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Where is the AAPA and APAP joint offices? When were they opened
Washington DC 1974
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The NCCPA the first medical profession to do what? | In 1974
have a checklist to access ability to perform a physical exam
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What pipeline were PA's chosen to provide services for in 1974?
Trans-Alasksa
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When did the AAPA establish the HOD as a legislative body?
1978
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in 1978, the airfoce appointed PA's as what?
Comissioned officers
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What two big things happend in the PA profession in 1981
1. AAPA removed the appostrophe from Physician's 2. PANRE established
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What components of the PANCE were edited in 1983? | 3 things
* Core knowledge * EXtended core (primary care or surgery) * clinical skills
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What was the last year the PANCE was offered to informally trained professionals?
1985
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When is national PA day? | whats the significance
October 6th * same day as first graduating class of duke * Eugen Stead's Bday
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Whem was the first issue of JAAPA published?
1988
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What does ARC-PA stand for?
Accreditation Review Committe on Education for the Physician Assistant
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What happend in the 1990's for the PA practice?
* First student academy challenge bowl * pathway II * PANCE is now computer based
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When were PAs universally accepted in all states? what was the last state?
2000 Mississippi
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Who were the first two PAs elected to state legislature
Karen Bass, PA-C Mark Hollo, PA-C 2004
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When was caspa launched
2001
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What is the APAP now known as?
PAEA | Changed in 2005
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When were PAs allowed to prescribe in all 50 states? What state was the last?
2007 Indiana
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When did Master's degree become the terminal degree for Pa's
2009
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who attended Obama's call to reform healthcare in 2010
AAPA president stephen hanson and PAEA president Kevin Lohenry
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When were Certificate of Added Qualifications developed
2011 by the NCCPA
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Who was the first PA to hold a seat in the US house of representatives?
Karen Bass from California | 2011
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How many times has Forbes and Money magazine rated the PA masters degree as the most desirable advance degree?
3 times by 2012
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When was the 100,000th PA certified?
2012
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When did the NCCPA transition to a 10 year certification
2014
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Who is Dawn Morton-Rias
first PA as the Commision's chief staff officer of the NCCPA
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What policy was adopted by the AAPA HOD in 2017
Optimal team practice
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Can PAs manage and provide hospices care to medicare patients?
yes! Passed in 2018
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When was physician associate affirmed as the official title for AAPA
2021 not officially enacted in state
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who was the first PA to enter space?
Hayley Arceneaux * youngest american in space * medical officer for the mission
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What is the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2023
all clinicians now have the same requirements
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How are PAs paid by medicare?
Reimbursement directly from medicare part B | 2022

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