Contact: Ellen Bank
843.792.2626
March 15, 2002
William Hester, M.D., an MUSC graduate and director of the
MUSC-affiliated McLeod Family Practice Residency program in Florence, is
among 10 physicians and only three family physicians nation-wide to
receive the Parker J. Palmer "Courage to Teach" Award from the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
This is the first award of its kind given to program directors
by the ACGME. Recipients were selected based on a demonstrated
commitment to education with evidence of successful mentoring, program
development and improvement. Hester was nominated for the award by the
family practice residents in his program.
Parker J. Palmer is the author of the book "Courage to Teach",
and a traveling teacher whose promotion of the concept "living divided
no more" has proven relevant to teaching in academic health centers.
Hester has been director of the McLeod Family Practice
Residency since 1980 and is Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at
MUSC.
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