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Awards recognize dedication to rural health care Dedication to improving health care in rural South Carolina was the basis of two awards presented by the South Carolina Rural Health Association to the MUSC. The organization presented the MUSC Physician Assistant (PA) Program with its 2003 Excellence in Education Award, and the MUSC Deans’ Rural Primary Care Clerkship with its 2003 Outstanding Community Health Project Award. The PA program is committed to improving access to quality health care in rural South Carolina and works with statewide organizations to sponsor rural rotations for second year PA students. More than half of the program graduates stay in South Carolina to practice. The Deans’ Rural Primary Care Clerkship provides an opportunity for every third year medical student to work in a small town in South Carolina. The experience includes making home visits and participating in community-oriented health projects. The South Carolina Rural Health Association is a not-for-profit, grassroots membership-based organization whose mission is to do work for the preservation and enhancement of the health of all rural South Carolinians. It serves as an advocate for rural health care providers and communities throughout the state.   Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.