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Question 1 of 5
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1. Which state was last to pass physician assistant enabling legislation?
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Mississippi HB 846 was signed into law by Gov. Ronnie Musgrove on April 24, 2000 after a 26 year struggle to gain legislation to license and authorize the practice of physician assistants. By doing so, all 50 states now authorize PA practice.
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Mississippi HB 846 was signed into law by Gov. Ronnie Musgrove on April 24, 2000 after a 26 year struggle to gain legislation to license and authorize the practice of physician assistants. By doing so, all 50 states now authorize PA practice.
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Question 2 of 5
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2. Who was the physician who first introduced members of the AMA to the concept of “mid-level practitioners” and who published an article titled “Expansion of medical professional services with nonprofessional personnel” in a 1961 issue of JAMA?
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Charles L. Hudson, MD was one of the first physicians to suggest that non-physician clinical support personnel be trained and used to help alleviate a growing disparity between supply and demand for health care services. At an American Medical Association (AMA) meeting in 1961, he proposed that individuals with no previous medical education be trained to perform routine clinical tasks. His address was published in JAMA in 1961.
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Charles L. Hudson, MD was one of the first physicians to suggest that non-physician clinical support personnel be trained and used to help alleviate a growing disparity between supply and demand for health care services. At an American Medical Association (AMA) meeting in 1961, he proposed that individuals with no previous medical education be trained to perform routine clinical tasks. His address was published in JAMA in 1961.
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Question 3 of 5
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3. Who served as the first elected president of the Physician Assistant History Society?
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The Physician Assistant History Society was incorporated in January 2002 and became fully operational in July 2002 under the leadership of Dr. J. Jeffrey Heinrich, the Society’s first elected president.
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History Clip: PA History Society
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The Physician Assistant History Society was incorporated in January 2002 and became fully operational in July 2002 under the leadership of Dr. J. Jeffrey Heinrich, the Society’s first elected president.
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Question 4 of 5
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4. What is the title of George Skypeck’s painting that contains thousands of names of Vietnam veterans who signed the artwork as it traveled throughout the USA in the 1980s and has a special significance for physician assistants who are veterans?
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With the artist permission, over 500 PAs signed the painting during the AAPA’s 10th Annual Conference held in Washington DC in May 1982. Prints of the painting and signatures have graced the walls of the White House and Congress and have appeared in the homes of military leaders and film and television stars. With the artist permission, the Veterans Caucus of the AAPA sale prints of the painting to generate scholarship funds for PA students who are veterans. “God Loves a Grunt” reminds us of the dedication and sacrifice of those first ex-military corpsmen who were selected to pioneer our profession.
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The Creation of God Loves a GruntIncorrect
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With the artist permission, over 500 PAs signed the painting during the AAPA’s 10th Annual Conference held in Washington DC in May 1982. Prints of the painting and signatures have graced the walls of the White House and Congress and have appeared in the homes of military leaders and film and television stars. With the artist permission, the Veterans Caucus of the AAPA sale prints of the painting to generate scholarship funds for PA students who are veterans. “God Loves a Grunt” reminds us of the dedication and sacrifice of those first ex-military corpsmen who were selected to pioneer our profession.
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Question 5 of 5
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5. An advertisement promoting the training of former military corpsmen to be physician assistants was sponsored by the AMA (American Doctors of Medicine) and appeared in the July 30, 1971 Issue of Life Magazine. The advertisement shows a young African American male, a former military corpsman, doing what as a civilian?
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The accompanying photograph shows him washing the windshield of a car with the caption, “We want to put this man in the hospital.” The accompanying text relates that this young man spent two years as a medic in Vietnam on the battlefield saving “an arm, a leg–or a life.” Now in civilian life, “he’s pumping gas… a terrible waste of his training.” The advertisement goes on to inform the public and potential PA candidates about the development of PA educational programs to train individuals to help solve the shortage of doctors. “They’re [PAs] virtually an extra right hand for the doctor. And that’s very good news for the doctor’s patients.”
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The accompanying photograph shows him washing the windshield of a car with the caption, “We want to put this man in the hospital.” The accompanying text relates that this young man spent two years as a medic in Vietnam on the battlefield saving “an arm, a leg–or a life.” Now in civilian life, “he’s pumping gas… a terrible waste of his training.” The advertisement goes on to inform the public and potential PA candidates about the development of PA educational programs to train individuals to help solve the shortage of doctors. “They’re [PAs] virtually an extra right hand for the doctor. And that’s very good news for the doctor’s patients.”
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