Writing Center faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina teach humanities courses in which we include literary texts that are not ostensibly "about health care" to introduce to students how unique an illness narrative can be--to challenge, in fact, preconceived notions student may have about what "counts" as a…

In 1971 the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education charged a Special Medical Education Committee to examine the present structure and advise on future development of educational facilities to meet the physician requirements of the state. The committee did an analysis of the present situation of approximately 100 physicians per 100,000…

A combination of educational strategies for improving physician-health personnel distribution is proposed as a coordinated state level approach. Strategies used in South Carolina are described to exemplify the concept. A unique characteristic is the suggestion that health planners accept and plan for physician turnover in rural areas. (Author/JMD)