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One of the nation’s oldest and largest PA programs, the Drexel University Hahnemann Physician Assistant Program was established in 1971 and has been fully accredited since 1973.

Making History by Making a Difference

Recently, 232 certified PAs became the first to earn Certificates of Added Qualifications from the NCCPA.

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Duke PA Students with Kathleen Andreoli, RN

The Academic Committee chaired by Dr. Andrew Wallace approves Dr. Stead's proposed PA curriculum and the National Heart Institute funds Dr. Herbert Saltsman's grant to train hyperbaric chamber operators and physician's assistant. This clears the way for the first four physician assistant (PA) students, all ex-Navy hospital corpsmen, to begin training at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.

A Reader's Digest article about jobs in health care industry mentions the development of the PA program at Duke University causing a flood of inquires from ex-military corpsmen.

Dr. Henry Silver and nurse educator Loretta Ford establish pediatric nurse practitioner program at the University of Colorado - a forerunner of the Child Health Associate Program established in 1968 focused on primary medical care for children.

Barefoot Doctors are introduced into China after the Cultural Revolution to provide basic medical services to rural populations.

Physician Assistant HISTORY SOCIETY

Honoring our History; Ensuring our Future

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