National PA day
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National Physician Assistant Week is celebrated annually from October 6 through October 12. This week was chosen to commemorate the anniversary of the first graduating Physician Assistant
class at Duke University
on October 6, 1967. October 6 is also the birthday of Dr. Eugene Stead, the founder of the PA profession.
Physician assistant
A physician assistant/associate ' is a healthcare professional trained and licensed to practice medicine with limited supervision by a physician.-General description:...
class at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
on October 6, 1967. October 6 is also the birthday of Dr. Eugene Stead, the founder of the PA profession.