The Rural EM Resource aims to bring the highest quality emergency care out there—to rural communities across the globe. 

We believe that rural patients deserve excellent emergency care and that rural emergency medicine is an incredibly fulfilling practice when clinicians have the right training, right support, and opportunities for lifelong learning. Tertairy care is NOT always higher level of care. Stress on tertiary centers such as boarding, specialists working in silos, complicated rules or pathways, plus long transfers times often make tertiary care less efficient and even less effective. An equipped rural critical access hospital with a skilled emergency medicine physician is the most effective and efficient place to care for many patients. If transfer to a tertiary center means my patient will drive 3 hours and wait 3 more hours for a PGY2 resident in X speciality to do a procedure in a tertiary ED with no attending at the bedside, that sounds like a case I should consider managing at my rural site. Dear specialist, talk me through this like I am your PGY2 resident and let's see how we can make this happen locally. Yet rural hospitals currently face significant staffing shortages and few emergency medicine trainees receive rural specific didactics or clinical experience during medical school and residency. How do we great a workforce of rural EM docs with excellent EM skills AND PGY 2.5 level proficiency in ALL specialties? 

Rural EM Resource strives to bridge that gap and bring more physicians and learners to rural emergency medicine practice at any stage in their career. We provide quick guides to key rural clinical topics (Rural Ready Go Cards), rural skills focused simulation training cases, a rotation hub to connect rural interested learners with rural clinical experiences and help forge new partnerships between rural hospitals and academic medical centers.  We also have a section on innovations in rural healthcare and key papers to better understand rural care delivery. Finally, we have a mentorship program that connects any aspiring or current rural physician with an experienced rural doc. 

We are here to excite and prepare you for rural practice.