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Collection |
SAAAPA Administrative Records, 1972-1982 |
Title |
SAAAPA Administrative Records, 1972-1982 |
Year Range from |
1972 |
Year Range to |
1982 |
Scope & Content |
This collection contains administrative records of the Student Academy of the American Acdemy of Physician Assistants (SAAAPA) compiled by the organization's administrative assistant between 1972 and 1982. The folders contain minutes of board meetings, reports, governance materials and correspondence. Correspondence from J. Jeffrey Heinrich, the first appointed president of the SAAAPA, to students provides information about the APAP's first attempts to organize student societies which in turn would send representatives to national meetings to address students' issues. For a PDF finding aid CLICK HERE |
Creator |
SAAAPA |
Admin/Biographical History |
Students have always played an active role in the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA). They were among the first to organize and share information with their peers. The original Board of Directors of the APAP included 16 graduate and 4 student PAs. By 1972, graduates began to outnumber students in the organization and J. Jeffery Heinrich, a Duke University PA student, was appointed the first president of the Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Mr. Heinrich sent each PA program a letter requesting that their students form their own institutional societies and select a national representative to stay in touch with him. The student national representatives were to meet during the annual AAPA meetings, discuss issues and elect one of the representatives to serve on the AAPA's Board of Directors the following year. In 1978, the Student Academy adopted a constitution. Over time, the Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (SAAAPA) has developed its own structure within the AAPA. The Student Academy does not have individual members, as the student members join AAPA; instead SAAAPA's members consist of the registered student society at each accredited PA program. Each PA Program's student society is represented in the Assembly of Representatives (AOR), the SAAAPA's legislative and policymaking body. The students have their own Board of Directors, elect one person each year to serve on the AAPA's Board of Directors and appoint student delegates to represent their interest in the AAPA's House of Delegates (HOD). |
People (Last Name, First Name) |
Branc, Robert P. Conner, William A Driber, Tom Heinrich, J. Jeffrey Hultman,William C. Leavitt, Arthur H., II Mahan, John McElligott, John Nunn, Stephen Stephens, Katherine Carter |
Catalog Number |
ARC00003 |
Object Name |
Collection |
Copyrights |
Copyright for the Society for the Preservation of Physician Assistant History records is held by the Society; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Student Academy of the American Adademy of Physician Assistants Administrative Records, Society for Preservation of Physician Assistant History, Johns Creek, GA, USA |