Rural-urban partnering in continuing education.
BACKGROUND
One urban center provided an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course to a rural hospital using a minimum of on-site instructors.


METHODS
Interactive television (ITV) conferencing was used to educate health care providers in a hospital more than 100 miles away.


RESULTS
Nurses and physicians from a small rural hospital in northern Nevada were able to "attend" a full-scale ACLS course without having to leave their hospital, resulting in minimal cost to the agency.


CONCLUSIONS
Rural and urban hospitals can partner to provide high-quality, cost-effective education to nurses and other health care providers through the use of ITV conferencing.
Malay
Michael E
ME
Emergency Department, Washoe Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, USA.
Moore
Jayne F
JF
D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D012151:Resuscitation; D013690:Television