Remembering Dr. Richard A. Smith, 1932-2017

A celebration of life memorial service held for Dr. Richard Smith, founder of the MEDEX program. The event was hosted by Ruth Ballweg, former program director of MEDEX Northwest, with co-hosts Jennifer Johnson, William Plummer, Pirkko Terao, and Dayan Ballweg.

Remembering Dr. Richard A. Smith

(01:52:54, Vimeo video link)

NCCPA - Forty Years of Certification

Interviews with Thomas Piemme, MD (Founding NCCPA Board of Directors President), Barbara Andrew, PhD (Project Director, Physician Assistant Certifying Examination Program), and David Glazer, MS (Founding NCCPA Executive Director). Introduction and closing by Dawn Morton-Rias, EdD, PA-C (Current president and CEO of the NCCPA).

Forty Years of Certification

(23:10, Vimeo video link)

PA History Clips

This series of short video clips highlight important people, organizations, and events in the history of the profession. Produced by the PA History Society, materials drawn from PAHx and Duke Medical Center Archives.

The American Academy of Physician Assistants

( 2:32, Vimeo video link)

The American Registry of Physician Associates

( 2:53, Vimeo video link)

Association of Physician Assistant Programs

( 3:05, Vimeo video link)

Charles Hudson

( 58 seconds, Vimeo video link)

Duke Physician Assistant Program

(56 seconds, Vimeo video link)

First Annual Conference

(2:25, Vimeo video link)

Gasoline Alley

( 2:16, Vimeo video link)

March on New Jersey

(4:51, Vimeo video link)

MEDEX

( 2:01 seconds, Vimeo video link)

PA History Society

( 1:28, Vimeo video link)

History of the PA Profession

produced by the AAPA, the video shown at the 2013 conference illustrates the beginnings and evolution of the PA profession.

History of the PA Profession

(5:53, YouTube video link)

The Physician Assistant: New Member of the Health Care Team

produced by Medical Media Production Services, Veterans Administration Hospital, St. Louis, MO (Steve Levey, director) to introduce audiences to the education and use of PAs in both rural and urban settings. Produced in cooperation with the St. Louis PA Program and VA Hospital. [video recording] 1977.

Introduction

(51 seconds, Vimeo file)

Dr. Frances Horvath, St. Louis PA Program, explains prerequisites for admission into PA programs

(0:43, Vimeo file)

Why PAs are so great — personal testimony of employing physician serving urban community

(0:36, Vimeo file)

Mike, Wain and Juanita: Physician's Assistants

produced by The Film Program, Department of Theatre Arts, State University of New York at Stony Brook for the Department of Physician's Assistant Education. SUNY, Stony Brook, NY. [video recording] ca 1980.

Introduction

(1:54, Vimeo Flash Video)

Edward Brown Jr. discusses the Physician Assistant Curriculum at SUNY Stony Brook and introduces the film

(1:54, Vimeo video link)

Mike Gonzales, Wain Ashely and Juanita Maxwell brief profiles of work settings

(3:35, Vimeo video link)

The Surgical Physician Assistant

produced for the Norwalk Yale Physician Assistant Surgical Residency Program by Rediscovery Productions, Inc., Westport, CT. [video recording] 1983.

Introduction and Title

(1:59, Vimeo video link)

Physician Assistant Profiles

(3:15, Vimeo video link)

PAs: A Dynamic Profession, Past-Present-Future

produced for the American Academy of Physician Assistants by Reel Resources, Inc. to market the PA profession. PAs are featured working in various clinical and non-clinical settings. Washington, DC. [video recording] 1985.

Introduction and Title

(1:28, Vimeo video link)

Physician Assistant Profiles

(3:15, Vimeo video link)

Physician Assistant: History of a Health Manpower Innovation

produced by Duke University Medical Center Department of Audiovisual Education. Durham, NC: Duke University. 1993.

Introduction

(0:50, Vimeo file)

Dr. Eugene Stead, Jr., describes why he began the first formal PA education program at Duke

(1:20, Vimeo file)

The founding of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

(1:00, Vimeo file)

Project Access: New Orleans 1990

produced by American Academy of Physician Assistant during national conference held in New Orleans [video recording] 1990.

Karen Bass, PA-C, provides brief history of the establishment of Project Access and its goals

(174 seconds, Vimeo video link)

Peggy Valentine, PA-C thanks the schools in New Orleans for helping arrange visits to promote the PA Profession to economically disadvantaged students

(74 seconds, Vimeo video link)

Anna Cherrie Epps, MD, director of Medical Education Reinforcement and Enrichment Program for Minority and Other Disadvantaged Students at Tulane University describes success of their program and how Project Access supports their efforts

(173 seconds, Vimeo video link)

Clinical Skill Problems: An Orientation Program

produced for the National Commission on Certification of Physicians Assistants, Inc. by the Duke University Medical Center, Division of Audiovisual Education. Durham, NC. [video recording] 1995.

Introduction, title, objective and demonstration

(3:35, Vimeo video link)

PA History Panel at PAEA Conference 2012

recorded at the 2012 PAEA conference, a panel discussion on PA History is conducted with Carl Fasser, John Padgett, Tom Piemme, and Gino Gianola. Led by Ruth Ballweg

PA History Panel PAEA 2012

(46:37, Vimeo video link)