ACCMENew Podcast Episode: Committed to Health Access and Equity in Rural America

August 26, 2026

New Podcast Episode: Committed to Health Access and Equity in Rural America

The latest episode of Coffee with Graham, Committed to Health Access and Equity in Rural America, highlights the vital role of CME/CE in supporting rural clinicians, improving care, and sustaining healthy communities.

Host Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, ACCME President and CEO, explores how continuing education can strengthen rural health care by fostering trust, connection, innovation, and community-responsive learning.

Joining Graham are guests Karen Pellegrin, PhD, MBA, Specialist in the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy and founding director of the Center for Rural Health Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo; and Gay Wehrli, MD, MBA, MSEd, Chief Medical Officer, University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center in Ashland, Ohio, and a member of the ACCME Board of Directors.

Resources

Documentary film: Restoring Lōkahi: Integrating Traditional and Western Medicine for Health and Healing (2025)

Long A, Hanlon A, Pellegrin KL. Socioeconomic Variables Explain Rural Disparities in US Mortality Rates: Implications for Rural Health Research and Policy. SSM – Population Health, 2018; 6:72-74.

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