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Locums Nocturnist

Seven nights. One mystery. A narrative medical mystery where every clinical choice is real — and the medicine is non-negotiable.

Key art from Locums Nocturnist: a cinematic hospital corridor at night
The premise

Dr. Rebecca Thomas

A locum tenens physician dropped into an unfamiliar rural hospital for overnight coverage. Competent. Isolated. About to find that not everything on the floor can be explained by the differential.

An homage to the great text adventures of yesteryear — branching, choice-driven interactive fiction that maps almost perfectly onto the read-weigh-commit rhythm of CME. The Pro tier carries AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Track your state

Fatigue35%
Paranormal sensitivity20%
Trust50%
Clues15%

Choices shift your state across seven nights. The story remembers.

The chart

Everything under the hood

Audience
US physicians — roughly 1M requiring CME annually.
Format
Web-based interactive fiction. Desktop-optimized HTML.
Syllabus
Heart failure, ACS, GI bleeds, cirrhosis, ICU escalation — bread-and-butter inpatient medicine, embedded in the narrative.
Clinical advisor
Prerak Juthani, MD/MBA — Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University.
Audio
Original ambient soundscapes by Ema Zamboni, adapting to clinical pace and outcome.
Pipeline
Active CME-pilot discussions with Sound Physicians, a national hospitalist group.
Tiers

Play the way in. Subscribe for the credit.

Base

Locums Nocturnist

Freethe way in
  • Tooltips and simplified decision trees
  • Accessible to a general audience
  • 3–5 minute autosaving sessions
  • The full seven-night mystery
Start playing free
Accredited

Pro

Locums Nocturnist Pro

$299/ year
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • Full clinical decision-making, no simplification
  • Accredited AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • Assumes clinical fluency — the monetized product
  • Progress tracked across scenarios and mystery
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Pricing shown is illustrative and reflects planned Pro subscription tiers. Accreditation convened through AMEDCO.

One universe, two licenses

The same narrative craft, adapted for the whole care team.

Meet noctuRNe (nurses)