The CARE Course is taught in a warm, supportive learning environment by a diverse, interprofessional faculty of five to eight rural generalists: Nurses, physicians and pre-hospital providers. It is entirely practical with no didactic sessions. Throughout the two-day course, participants rotate through 16 hands-on learning stations, which focus on practical critical procedures and 16 high-fidelity, rurally relevant scenarios. 

• Enhance providers’ confidence, competence and actuation in delivering rural emergency care, including: 
  • • early recognition of a critically ill patient 
    • effective initial and definitive airway management 
    • judicious/timely use of critical interventions/procedures 
    • appropriate use of ongoing assessment, monitoring and investigations 
    • practical preparation and facilitation of safe, timely transfer of patients 
    • appropriate clinical judgement and decision-making 
    • effective communication and teamwork in the multidisciplinary setting 
    • effective techniques for managing the challenges of emergency care in the rural setting. 
• Increase providers’ access to current rurally appropriate clinical resources 
• Foster positive, aspiring, rural emergency care providers in communities