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W A Sawyer

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A statewide biomedical communications network for South Carolina.

In 1972, the Medical University of South Carolina was awarded a contract to establish 4 Area Health Education Centers in South Carolina. These centers, based in community hospitals, provide residency programs, clinical instruction for students, and continuing education programs for health professionals. In late 1974, contractual agreements between the Medical University of South Carolina's Library/Learning Resource Center and the Area Health Education Centers were negotiated to provide book and nonbook learning materials to all health practitioners in South Carolina. The history and the functions of the resulting network and evaluation of audiovisual and self-instructional learning materials procured and distributed by the network are described.

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Area Health Education as the foundation for a statewide biomedical communications network.

In 1972, the Medical University of South Carolina was awarded a contract to establish four Area Health Education Centers in South Carolina. These centers, based in community hospitals, provide residency programs and clinical instruction for medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health students and continuing educational programs for health professionals. A plan for delivering library and other information services to the designated Area Health Education Centers is described.

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