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1 lip 2016 · The Duke Physician Assistant Program celebrated its 50th anniversary in October 2015, marking the milestone of being the first physician assistant (PA) program in the nation and the birthplace of the PA profession.
The physician assistant (PA) profession originated at Duke in 1965. Dr. Eugene A. Stead Jr., then-chairman of the Department of Medicine in the Duke University School of Medicine, believed that mid-level practitioners could increase consumer access to health services by extending the time and skills of the physician.
Visit the PA History Society website. Today, physician assistants are well-recognized and highly sought-after members of the health care team. Working interdependently with physicians, PAs provide diagnostic and therapeutic patient care in virtually all medical specialties and settings.
28 wrz 2015 · In October, the Duke Physician Assistant Program will celebrate its 50th anniversary, marking the milestone of being the first physician assistant program in the nation and birthplace of the PA profession. The PA program has its origins in the Department of Medicine.
19 sie 2024 · Equip learners to deliver equitable patient-centered care by providing an innovative primary care-focused curriculum, expanding and strengthening community partnerships, and developing leaders in the PA profession.
Dr. E. Harvey Estes, Jr. was appointed chairman of Duke University’s newly created Department of Community Health Sciences in 1966. A year later, he was asked to assume responsibility for the physician assistant (PA) program established by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in the Department of Medicine.
Out of these threads, the first PA training program was started at Duke in 1965, with the first three students graduating in 1967. The Physician Assistant Program Records contains over 56 linear feet of material documenting the development of the program at Duke.
