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Traveling Exhibit "Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care"

by Laura Gleason on February 24th, 2023 in Health Care Admininstration, Health Sciences, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant | 0 Comments

 

Physician Assistants Collaboration and Care 

Online Companion Exhibit

 

The National Library of Medicine produced "Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care" in partnership with the Physician Assistant History Society. This traveling exhibit will be hosted by University Libraries of ISU in two of our campus locations. Mark your calendars today!


April 10 - April 21
ISU Meridian Sam and Aline Skaggs Health Science Center, First Floor

 

April 24 - May 20
Eli M. Oboler Library, First Floor
Pocatello Campus


The traveling banner exhibition and companion website explore how the Physician Assistant (PA) profession developed as a solution to meet the social and healthcare needs of the mid-20th century and continues to evolve today. Collaboration has been the foundation of the profession since the first three PAs graduated from Duke University in 1967. PAs practice medicine alongside doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals, treating patients in diverse communities and addressing health care shortages.

 

Dr. Amos Johnson (left) and PA Buddy Treadwell (right) examining a patient, 1967 Courtesy National Library of Medicine

Dr. Amos Johnson (left) and PA Buddy Treadwell (right) examining a patient, 1967. Courtesy National Library of Medicine.

Beginning in the 1940s, Buddy Treadwell trained with Dr. Amos Johnson to assist his general practice in rural North Carolina. Treadwell conducted initial patient examinations, oversaw treatments, and performed some emergency procedures.


 U.S. Army Captain Victor Tucker, PA-C (left), Kapisa, Afghanistan, 2008 Courtesy Physician Assistant History Society

U.S. Army Captain Victor Tucker, PA-C (left), Kapisa, Afghanistan, 2008. Courtesy Physician Assistant History Society.

During a medical engagement, Captain Victor Tucker cared for patients in the Tagab Valley.


Winnie Barron, PA-C walking with children, Makindu, Kenya, 2009. Courtesy Makindu Children's Program/Cathy DeLong

Winnie Barron, PA-C walking with children, Makindu, Kenya, 2009. Courtesy Makindu Children's Program/Cathy DeLong.

Winnie Barron opened the Makindu Children’s Program in 1998, to provide children orphaned by AIDS with medical care, food, education and emotional support.


PA students with patients in Kimchee Health Camp, Ghandruk, Nepal, 2014 ©Nick Pedersen/Courtesy UPAP

PA students with patients in Kimchee Health Camp, Ghandruk, Nepal, 2014. ©Nick Pedersen/Courtesy UPAP.

University of Utah PA students traveled to a remote Nepalese village to provide care.


J. Curtis Vaughn with YMCA campers, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010 Courtesy American Academy of Physician Assistants

J. Curtis Vaughn with YMCA campers, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010. Courtesy American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Project Access is a program that provides potential PA students from underrepresented groups with mentors who support their interest in the profession. Mentor J. Curtis Vaughn, PA-C, teaches YMCA campers how to use a reflex hammer at a Project Access event.

National Library of Medicine

 The National Library of Medicine produced this exhibition and companion website. Guest curator: Loren Miller, PhD


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