Physician Assistant Professional Organizations Websites:

• Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
• American Academy of PAs (AAPA)
• American Academy of PAs (AAPA) Constituent Organizations
• Association of Postgraduate Physician Assistant Programs (APPAP)
• Journal of the American Academy of PAs (JAAPA)
• Journal of Physician Assistant Education
• National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• nccPA Health Foundation
• Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)
• Physician Assistant Foundation (PAF)
• Student Academy of the American Academy of PAs (SAAAPA)

Other Professional Organizations’ History Websites:

• American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM)
• American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN)
• American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
• American Medical Association (AMA): Our History
• Frontier Nursing Service: History

Resource Websites for More PA History:

• The National Library of Medicine: History of Medicine
• The National Library of Medicine: Archives and Modern Manuscripts
• History of Medicine Finding Aid Consortium
• The American Medicine Association Archives
• Academy of PAs in OBGYN Podcast – This episode interviews some of the founding members of the organization and talks about their history.
• The Library of Congress
• National Archives
• MEDEX Historical Archive
• DUMC Archives for Physician Assistants – The Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Archives’ finding aids allows you access to documents and materials pertaining to physician assistants. This material is distributed in over 30 collections with the Duke University Physician Assistant Program being the largest. Key words to use in your search are: “physician’s assistant” or “physician’s associate” with or without the apostrophe. You may also use the acronyms PA, AAPA, APAP and NCCPA to find material.
• DUMC Archive PA History Digital Repository – The Society’s first digitization project was a joint venture with the Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Library and Archives to image documents from within its extensive collections pertinent to the inception and development of the physician assistant concept, especially in its formative years from 1965 to 1975. This project was supported with federal LSTA funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. The project was completed in 2003. The DUMC archive is the repository for this digital collection which contains over 3,000 images selected from materials contained in the DUMC Archives. You can browse the MEDSpace © software by timeline periods and click on the document to view.

ReachMD Radio Interviews Regarding PA History:

• PA Hx: A Historical Perspective on the PA Profession
• The History of the PA Profession Under One Roof
• The History of the Physician Assistant Profession
• Tracing the History and Plotting the Future of PA Certification

International PA History/Information Sites:

• Australian Society of Physician Assistants
• Canada’s Physician Assistant Historical Timeline
• Faculty of Physician Associates – UK
• Global Association of Clinical Officers and Physician Assistants
• Indian Association of Physician Assistants
• International Federation of Physician Assistant/Physician Associate and Clinical Officer/Clinical Associate/Comparable Students’ Association (IFPACS)
• Netherlands Association of Physician Assistants
• New Zealand Physician Associate Society
• PAs for Global Health
• Physician Associates in New Zealand: Past, Present and Future – Slide Show
• Society of European Physician Assistants