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CME Program: Blended Learning Experience
 · Online Course  · On-Site Experience
No charge for the on-site experience or the online course, "Critical Access Hospitals: Challenges and Opportunities" available through www.aheconnect.com
 
Through a grant from the N.C. Office of Rural Health, FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial in Troy, N.C. has partnered with Greensboro AHEC to offer you a creative way to learn about Critical Access Hospitals in a rural setting.
 

Learning how rural hospitals, especially Critical Access Hospitals, operate will improve your understanding of this unique patient care focus, and what your expectations should be if caring for a patient from this area.

 

The online course gives providers an overview of Critical Access Hospitals, the patients they serve, and the challenges and opportunities they present for physicians.

 
This CME-approved program offers two approaches to learning:
1) A two hour online course to introduce you to the specifics of these hospitals and the advantages they offer.
 
2) A four-hour on-site learning opportunity. You will experience first-hand how this facility operates, and will meet administrators, board members and physicians practicing in various areas including ED, community practice and as a hospitalist. These discussions will highlight and bring to life the information in the online course. Physicians will receive an $800 stipend for completing this course, including the half-day program in Troy, N.C.
 
Program Objectives

You’ll learn to:

• Identify the characteristics of a Critical Access Hospital

• Describe health care and health care access barriers rural residents face

• Summarize the opportunities Critical Access Hospitals present for physicians

• Examine several case studies that demonstrate the physician’s transfer/admission decision-making process

Target Audience: Physicians practicing in rural and urban areas.

Date, Time & Location

• The online course can be accessed anytime and anywhere.
• The on-site experience must be scheduled 60 days in advance.

Length: A two-hour online course to introduce you to the specifics of Critical Care Hospitals and the advantages they offer patient care.

A four hour on-site learning experience at FirstHealth Montgomery County in Troy, NC.

Cost: No charge for the online course or the on-site experience.

Compensation & Credit: If you decide to accept this learning experience, the program will offer:

• Physicians will be provided an $800 stipend to offset the time away from their practice to complete the four hour on-site learning experience.

• Greensboro AHEC designates this activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (2 for online course, 4 for on-site experience). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Standards of the North Carolina Medical Society through the joint sponsorship of the Greensboro AHEC, the NC Office of Rural Health and Community Care, and FirstHealth of the Carolinas. The Greensboro AHEC is accredited by the North Carolina Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Disclosure: Greensboro AHEC adheres to ACCME Standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Angela Connor has no actual or potential conflict of financial interests in relation to this program. Speakers will also state when off label or experimental use of drugs or devices is incorporated into their presentation.