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2018 Forbes - CORRECT ANSWER-Ranked PA profession #8 in the country and best
masters degree
2019 US News and World Report - CORRECT ANSWER-Ranked PA #1 best
healthcare job
How much are employment opportunities expected to rise? - CORRECT ANSWER-30%
What does feldsher mean? - CORRECT ANSWER-Field shearer; barber surgeons
Who is the earliest known predecessor? - CORRECT ANSWER-Feldsher
Where did Feldshers originate? - CORRECT ANSWER-European military in 16th
century and introduced into Russian military by Peter the Great in the 17th century
What do Feldshers do? - CORRECT ANSWER-Provide medical care for men in the
military and once retired for the rural community
, Why did they start using Feldshers? - CORRECT ANSWER-There was an inadequate
number of physician personnel
When were formal schools created for Feldshers? - CORRECT ANSWER-Late 19th
century
Feldshers provided the inspiration for _______ - CORRECT ANSWER-China's barefoot
doctors
When did China's barefoot doctors originate? - CORRECT ANSWER-1965
What is the June 26th directive? - CORRECT ANSWER-Issued by Chairman Mao to
reorganize the health-care system by training 1.3 million doctors who were designed to
function independently but with supervision and given priority for medical school
Why has the number of Feldshers and Barefoot doctors declined? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Due to lack of government support
First PA prototype in the USA - CORRECT ANSWER-1940 - Dr. Amos Johnson
employed Henry Buddy Treadwell to be his assistant
What year did Dr. Stead develop a 3 year fast track for physicians at Emory? -
CORRECT ANSWER-1942
What year did Dr. Stead and Thelma Ingles, RN at Duke try to make a degree for nurse
clinicians? - CORRECT ANSWER-1957
Why was the degree for nurse clinicians in 1957 shot down by the National League of
Nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER-It would move the new providers from the ranks of
nursing and into the medical field model which they opposed; it wasn't a true mid-level
role
When did the US Surgeon General recognize the shortage of physicians? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1959
What year did Charles Hudson MD propose a mid-level provider with dependent role? -
CORRECT ANSWER-1961
What year did Duke develop a PA curriculum with Dr. Stead based off the 1942 model?
- CORRECT ANSWER-1965
Who were the first 3 PA graduates from Duke? - CORRECT ANSWER-Vic Germino,
Ken Ferrell, Dick Scheele
Which of the first 3 PAs help establish the AAPA? - CORRECT ANSWER-Dick Scheele
Guide|Complete Solutions|Guarantee
Pass Good Luck!!!
2018 Forbes - CORRECT ANSWER-Ranked PA profession #8 in the country and best
masters degree
2019 US News and World Report - CORRECT ANSWER-Ranked PA #1 best
healthcare job
How much are employment opportunities expected to rise? - CORRECT ANSWER-30%
What does feldsher mean? - CORRECT ANSWER-Field shearer; barber surgeons
Who is the earliest known predecessor? - CORRECT ANSWER-Feldsher
Where did Feldshers originate? - CORRECT ANSWER-European military in 16th
century and introduced into Russian military by Peter the Great in the 17th century
What do Feldshers do? - CORRECT ANSWER-Provide medical care for men in the
military and once retired for the rural community
, Why did they start using Feldshers? - CORRECT ANSWER-There was an inadequate
number of physician personnel
When were formal schools created for Feldshers? - CORRECT ANSWER-Late 19th
century
Feldshers provided the inspiration for _______ - CORRECT ANSWER-China's barefoot
doctors
When did China's barefoot doctors originate? - CORRECT ANSWER-1965
What is the June 26th directive? - CORRECT ANSWER-Issued by Chairman Mao to
reorganize the health-care system by training 1.3 million doctors who were designed to
function independently but with supervision and given priority for medical school
Why has the number of Feldshers and Barefoot doctors declined? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Due to lack of government support
First PA prototype in the USA - CORRECT ANSWER-1940 - Dr. Amos Johnson
employed Henry Buddy Treadwell to be his assistant
What year did Dr. Stead develop a 3 year fast track for physicians at Emory? -
CORRECT ANSWER-1942
What year did Dr. Stead and Thelma Ingles, RN at Duke try to make a degree for nurse
clinicians? - CORRECT ANSWER-1957
Why was the degree for nurse clinicians in 1957 shot down by the National League of
Nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER-It would move the new providers from the ranks of
nursing and into the medical field model which they opposed; it wasn't a true mid-level
role
When did the US Surgeon General recognize the shortage of physicians? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1959
What year did Charles Hudson MD propose a mid-level provider with dependent role? -
CORRECT ANSWER-1961
What year did Duke develop a PA curriculum with Dr. Stead based off the 1942 model?
- CORRECT ANSWER-1965
Who were the first 3 PA graduates from Duke? - CORRECT ANSWER-Vic Germino,
Ken Ferrell, Dick Scheele
Which of the first 3 PAs help establish the AAPA? - CORRECT ANSWER-Dick Scheele
