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Analysis and Planning for South Carolina

Updated weekly as healthcare news develops.



August 8, 2014

In the News

College of Nursing receives grant to prepare PhD nurses - According to moultrienews.com, on July 22, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Nursing is one of only 14 schools of nursing nationwide to be among the first to receive a grant from a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) program to increase the number of nurses holding a PhD degree. As an inaugural grantee of the Future of Nursing Scholars program, the MUSC College of Nursing will select one student to receive financial support, mentoring and leadership development over the three years of his or her PhD program.TO READ MORE click here


The Drawn-Out Medical Degree - According to nytimes.com, on August 1, should medical education be shorter? The answer is yes, at least according to administrators at many of America’s leading medical schools.”TO READ MORE click here