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Chester County Page updated 03/23/09
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| Lowrys Family Medicine-Chester | ||
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| Lowrys
Family Medicine,
Chester 517 Doctor's Court, Chester, SC 29706 803-581-2800, FAX 803-581-3061 |
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| 2004 South
Carolina AHEC “Site of the Year” Lowrys Family Medicine trained 17 MUSC students during 2004 - 8 Family Medicine Rural Clerkship students, 8 Physician Assistant students and 1 SCRIPT student. (see Awards web page) |
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| "Dr.
Sam" - South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians 2002-2003 Family
Physician of the Year (see Awards
web page) |
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| S T A F F Malik Ashe, MD also precepts medical students Marlon Shelby, PA * * Weng Wang, Nurse Practitioner Heather Lyles, PA-C Sandy Alexander, Office Manager |
Affiliated Hospital Chester Regional Medical Center http://www.hma-corp.com/sc4.html ![]() Chester Regional Medical Center offers one meal per day to students. |
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| Other Students LPN, PA, SCRIPT |
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Available housing is 3 miles away.
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| Community Resources / Student Projects |
| Student Projects Diabetes and Hypertension Health Fairs * * Pediatric/Adolescent Obesity and Type II Diabetes "Eating and Cooking for the Holidays: Dietary Survival Guide for Diabetic Patients" "Diabetes: How to Start Exercising and Stop Smoking" * * Youth Diabetic Support Group * * Chester Walking Group "FLEx! Filling Lives with Exercise" * * Good Samaritan Health Clinic: Diabetic Compliance, Medication Access Influenza Immunization * * HTN in High School Athletes |
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Mid-Carolina AHEC leases a furnished apartment for students; it may be shared with another health professions student (NO PETS, PLEASE). Or, students may arrange to stay with nearby family or friends. For security reasons, housing details will be provided to students at orientation. Questions may be directed to Donna Kern, MD (kerndh@musc.edu).
Students will be notified one week in advance by email to attend the mandatory clerkship Orientation / Academic Days / OSLE on the first 3 days of the rotation. In addition to clerkship guidelines and instructions, students will be issued laptop computers with online capability, printers & PDA's--to be used a research and learning tools and to produce required clerkship presentations and documents.