MEDEX (Medicine Extension) was established in 1969 by Richard Smith and John Coombs at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington, to train physician assistants to provide primary care services in rural and underserved areas.
Lower or stabilized costs are not a competency of IPC.
Feldshers in Russia in the 1650s typically received about 2.5 years of training, including basic medical skills such as bloodletting, wound care, and childbirth.
Dr. Loretta Ford and Dr. Henry Silver together created the first Nurse Practitioner (NP) program in the mid-1960s at the University of Colorado.
As of September 2025, there are 282 accredited PA programs in the United States.
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DO, and MD can supervise a PA.
