The shortage of primary care physicians in the sixties begot a novel program for mid-level healthcare professionals: physician assistants (PA).
Global Health News and Events
MUSC pediatrics resident advocates for frontline service providers
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Reflections from Baan Namkem, Thailand: Victoria Way
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Featured Scholarly Journal: Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH |
MUSC professor placed on Fulbright Specialist roster
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MUSC occupational therapy student: Avoid assumptions about patient background
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MUSC Center for Global Health announces 2015 Faculty Pilot Grant awardees
Four Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) faculty members, representing diverse disciplines, received Center for Global Health Faculty Pilot Grants of up to $20,000 for a 12-month period. These grants were offered through a competitive scoring process comparable to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientific peer review. |
Special MUSC Lecture - Surgeon Challenges in the Low Resource Environment: Working Through Systems and Quality in Africa
Ssebuufu Robinson, MD, FCS |
Project OKURASE combats education, public health issues through new programs in Ghana
Project Okurase is changing the way both healthcare and education are utilized in rural Ghana, West Africa. Cynthia Swenson, PhD, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), co-directs Project OKURASE, a non-profit organization that addresses devastating effects of poverty, illness and a lack of clean water, infrastructure, medical care and education in a village of roughly 3,500 residents. |
MUSC team reflects on Emory University Global Health case competition
By Rahoul Ahuja |
MUSC International Bazaar excites the senses
By J. Ryne Danielson MUSC’s International Bazaar was held Thursday, April 23 in the horseshoe. The annual event celebrates the richness of cultures represented on MUSC’s campus with food, crafts and performances from around the world. One hundred sixteen flags were arrayed around the Horseshoe. Of those, 86 represented students, faculty, or staff at MUSC. |