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SIC00029 |
Title |
American Association of Physicians Assistants Certificate 1974 |
Description |
American Association of Physicians Assistants (AAPA) was co-founded by two physicians and Paul F. Palace in 1970 and headquartered in New York City, NY. At first the organization primarily registered (certified) mostly proprietary trained PAs who had little or no formal academic-based education. Basically, any paraprofessional working with a physician was eligible for membership. Later however, the organization became interested in adding formally educated PAs to its ranks and intensified recruiting efforts in direct competition with the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) founded by graduates and students at Duke University in 1968. Once accreditation and certification standards were established for the physician assistant profession, states began enacting legislation that used these credentials as their standards for practice. Consequently, individuals certified or registered by the American Association of Physicians Assistants found that they could not be legally employed as physician assistants and the organization ceased functioning in the mid-1970s. |
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Still Image Collection |
Search Terms |
American Association of Physicians Assistants Certificate Certification |