Cases from the Country Hospitalist: Bringing World Class Care to the Rural Bedside - On Demand 2026
Alone at 2 a.m. with only your wits and a stethoscope, you work rural cases from first hint to decisive intervention. With pragmatic teaching, you reason through diagnostics, design bedside strategies, and critique choices when consultants aren't there. You'll wonder less and be readier to lead teams, synthesize risks, and give world-class care with limited tools where it matters most.
Availability
On-Demand
Expires on Apr 05, 2029
Credit Offered
0.75 CME Credit
0.75 ABIM-MOC Point
0.75 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. See case-based examples of both basic and complex diagnostic medicine / diagnostic reasoning in rural or resource poor hospital settings.
  2. See case-based examples of both basic and complex procedural medicine in rural and resource poor hospital settings.
  3. See examples of systemic pitfalls when providing rural healthcare. Case based examples may include issues such as rural psychiatry or neurology without a specialist, medical holds or police holds, or issues around crossing county / state lines with patients under your care. Patient transportation issues will be addressed, along with other issues around healthcare insurance or EMTALA and "No Surprises" laws.
  4. Learn about resources available for the Rural Hospitalist to build innovative skillsets in diagnostic and procedural medicine geared to the provider working alone on the front lines of America, and in resource poor environments.
Faculty
  • Kreegan Reierson, MD, SFHM
Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.
CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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