Nccpa.net
Title
NCCPA Connect
Description
NCCPA’s Purpose and Mission
NCCPA is the only credentialing organization for physician assistants in the United States. Established as a not-for-profit organization in 1975, NCCPA is dedicated to assuring the public that certified physician assistants meet established standards of knowledge and clinical skills upon entry into practice and throughout their careers. Every U.S. state, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories have decided to rely on NCCPA certification as one of the criteria for licensure or regulation of physician assistants. Approximately 60,000 physician assistants have been certified by NCCPA.
A Brief History
In the 1960s, during the wake of a large number of military corpsmen re-entering the civilian population, Eugene Stead, then chairman of the Department of Medicine at Duke University, recognized the need for a midlevel health practitioner, whose function would be of a generalist, primary care nature. He intended this midlevel health practitioner to complement the services and skills of physicians, often times in more remote areas and areas of high need. Collaboration was taking place among organized physician groups, educators, the United States government, and medical regulatory bodies in establishing a foundation for the components of the needed physician assistant profession.
In 1965, four ex-Navy corpsmen were enrolled in the first physician assistant program—a two-year, intensive, generalist-model program at Duke University . Following this lead, training programs began to proliferate in the United States —many supported by grants from federal and private foundations.
Languages
English
Contact
Administrative:
- NCCPA, Inc.
- Duluth GA
- United States 30097
- 6784178117
Registrant:
- NCCPA, Inc.
- Norcross GA
- United States 30092-2913
Additional Information
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External Links
- Alexa: Nccpa.net