CARES: Innovation in Service and Education

Innovation in Service and Education

As of 2021, the state of South Carolina currently has 10% of its population without healthcare coverage. On this episode of Innovatively Speaking, Jesse and Kevin speak to Anita Ramsetty, M.D., whose student-run medical clinic is helping this group free of charge and bringing health care into rural areas of the state through MUSC’s community aid, relief, education and support (CARES) clinic.

Since 2005, the CARES Clinic has been operated and managed by professional students of MUSC with direction and medical supervision from volunteer licensed medical providers. CARES is unique with a dual mission of service to vulnerable populations and educating future generations of healthcare professionals; both aims converge on a vision of advancing health equity for all people while providing a high standard of care and addressing health-related social needs for all patients. 

00:00 The Start

01:48 Dr. Ramsetty joins the show

02:55 Explaining a student-run medical clinic

06:42 “This is how medicine should be”

08:38 How CARES operates across rural areas of South Carolina

11:53 Why students want to work with the CARES clinic

17:17 Launching and gaining trust in rural communities

24:05 Using an innovative mindset to figure out creative solutions

To contact Dr. Ramsetty and learn more about the CARES Clinic, visit: https://muschealth.org/medical-services/cares

To learn more about innovation at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) visit: https://web.musc.edu/innovation