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Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Smart Course

Receive the most comprehensive review and update of the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of critically ill adult patients.

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The Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult smart course offers an unmatched opportunity to learn online and in person. Prepare for your critical care board examinations or acquire in-depth clinical knowledge to improve patient outcomes.

Online Presentations
Online Presentations
Gain instant access to 35 hours of online presentations from subject matter experts that offer a full review of critical care topics. Your access lasts for two years.
In-Person Study Group
In-Person Study Group
Attend a live, in-person study group August 17-18, 2023, at SCCM headquarters in Mount Prospect, IL. Don’t miss an opportunity to gather in person and learn from experts and peers.
 
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing Education Credit
Earn up to 43.75 ACE credits and MOC points.
eBook and Reference Guide
eBook and Reference Guide
Receive a complimentary copy of the Comprehensive Critical Care eBook and an ICU reference guide to promote bedside best practices.

Online sessions are convenient because you can learn at your own pace. I also value live sessions and the opportunity to pause from clinical practice to get this education. I have taken this course multiple times and each time find it more and more useful. Thank you.

Juan B. Ochoa Gautier, MD, FCCM

The option to attend an in-person study group makes this course unique. The study group event has an attendance cap to allow for personalized attention and optimized learning. 

The study group provides participants with opportunities to: 

  • Learn proven strategies for examination preparation 
  • Review sample board examination content 
  • Learn clinical skills to improve patient outcomes 
  • Spend valuable time networking with peers and subject matter experts 
  • Participate in case-based discussions 

You also gain access to 35 hours of online presentations delivered by critical care experts. It is strongly recommended that you watch these presentations before participating in the study group to obtain the most benefit. 

Presentations cover topics including:

  • Infectious diseases, liver, and gastrointestinal
  • Kidney, obstetric, blood, and endocrine emergencies 
  • Respiratory disease, mechanical ventilation, and noninvasive support 
  • Hemodynamics and cardiovascular disease 
  • ​Brain emergencies and other intracranial problems

View the full module list.


Registration

 
Register by phone, download the form, or register online. Participation in the study group event is recommended as part of this course but is not required.

MCCR: Adult Smart Course


SCCM Members
Rates
By August 17, 2023
Select Member - Physician ​$1,635
Select Member - Healthcare Professional ​$1,310
Professional Member - Physician $1,740
Professional Member - Healthcare Professional and Trainee* $1,395
Associate Member - Physician $1,945
Associate Member - Healthcare Professional $1,560

* Trainees must be a member of SCCM's Sponsored Trainees Program.

Nonmember
Rate
By August 22, 2022
Physician ​$2,050
Healthcare Professional ​$1,640

Payment Information

  • American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa credit cards are accepted.

  • Check or international money order, payable to SCCM, may be used to register via mail only.

  • Fees must be paid in U.S. funds and checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank.

  • For information on paying via wire transfer, please contact SCCM Customer Service at +1 847 827-6888.

  • Inquiries can be emailed to support@sccm.org.

Cancellation Policy 

Registrants are not eligible for refunds. If this study group event cannot be held in person or is limited by government order, you may reschedule. SCCM shall not be liable for any costs, expenses, or fees related to your cancellation of travel and attendance associated with the event. This includes but is not limited to cancellation of airline tickets, car rental reservations, and hotel reservations. Booking, purchasing, or securing travel arrangements is at the risk of the registrant.


In-Person Study Group Schedule

Subject to change
Day 1
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Review of Charges, and Introduction by SCCM President                      
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Presentation of Key Points: Board Questions
(Day 1 Topics: Infectious Diseases, Liver, and Gastrointestinal)
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Case Study Discussion
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Presentation of Key Points: Board Questions
(Day 2 Topics: Kidney, Babies, Blood, and Endocrine Emergencies)
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Questions and Roundtable Discussion
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Presentation of Key Points: Board Questions
(Day 3 Topics: Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Disease)
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Case Study Discussion
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Presentation of Key Points: Board Questions
(Day 4 Topics: Respiratory Disease, Mechanical Ventilation, and Noninvasive Support)
Day 2
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Overview and Recap
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Case Study Discussion
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Presentation of Key Points
(Day 5 Topics: Brain Emergencies and Other Intracranial Problems)                                       
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Case Study Discussion
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Questions and Moving Forward
 
6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Skill Stations
  • Parasternal Views
  • Apical and Subcostal Views
  • Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: Augmented Reality
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Skill Stations
  • Lung and Thoracic Examinations
  • Vascular Procedures
  • Left and Right Ventricular Function
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch and Clinical Case Discussion
12:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Skill Stations
  • Focused Assessment With Sonography in Trauma (FAST) and Focused Assessment for Free Fluid (FAFF) Assessment of Gastric Contents
  • Predicting Volume Responsiveness
  • Lumbar Puncture and Thoracentesis 
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Skill Stations
  • Pathology Review
  • Case-Based Learning 1: Simulator
  • Case-Based Learning 2: Ask the Expert
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Questions, Answers, and Moving Forward

Invited Subject Matter Experts

Subject to change

Philip A. Efron
Cochair
Philip A. Efron
MD, FACS, FCCM
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA 
No disclosures 
Stephen M. Pastores
Cochair
Stephen M. Pastores
MD, FCCM
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, USA
No disclosures 
Jonathan E. Sevransky
Cochair
Jonathan E. Sevransky
MD, FCCM
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
No disclosures 
Planners
Above cochairs and:

Tyquila Sims
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA
No disclosures

Online Presentations Faculty:

Heatherlee Bailey, MD, FCCM 
Durham VA Medical Center 
Durham, North Carolina, USA 
No disclosures 

Michele C. Balas, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, FAAN, FCCM 
Ohio State University 
Dublin, Ohio, USA 
Current research funding NIH NHLBI 1 R01HL146781-01 and 3R01HL146781-02S1, AACN research grant. Past research funding: Select Medical Honoraria educational topics: SCCM and H3C

Marie Baldisseri, MD, MPH, FCCM 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 
No disclosures 

Robert A. Balk, MD, MCCM 
Rush University Medical Center 
Chicago, Illinois, USA 
No disclosures 

Elaine Chen, MD 
Rush University Medical Center 
Chicago, Illinois, USA 
No disclosures 

Jose J. Diaz Jr, MD, FCCM 
University of Maryland Medical Center  
R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center 
Baltimore, Maryland, USA 
No disclosures 

Todd Dorman, MD, MCCM 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Baltimore, Maryland, USA 
No disclosures 

Philip A. Efron, MD, FACS, FCCM 
University of Florida 
Gainesville, Florida, USA 
No disclosures 

Khalilah L. Gates, MD 
McGraw Medical Center of Northwestern University 
Chicago, Illinois, USA 
No disclosures 

Lee Goeddel, MD, MPH 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Baltimore, Maryland, USA 
No disclosures 

Steven M. Hollenberg, MD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP 
Hackensack Meridian Health 
Hackensack, New Jersey, USA 
No disclosures 

Robert Hyzy, MD, MCCM 
University of Michigan Health System 
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 
No disclosures

Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCM 
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 
No disclosures 

George H. Karam, MD, MACP 
LSU Health Science Center 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 
Consulting for Merck and Shionogi 

Kianoush Kashani, MD, MSc, FASN, FCCP 
Mayo Clinic 
Rochester, Minnesota, USA 
No disclosures 

David A. Kaufman, MD 
NYU Langone Medical Center and School of Medicine 
New York, New York, USA 
No disclosures 

Michelle Kozeniecki, MS, RD, CNSC, CCTD, FASPEN 
Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 
Baxter - Honorarium for CE education, Nestle - Educational consultant 

Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc, FCCM 
Emory University 
Atlanta, Georgia, USA 
No disclosures 

Andrew Naidech, MD, MS 
Northwestern Medicine 
Chicago, Illinois, USA 
Funding from NIH R01 NS110779, and U01 NS110772 

Rahul S. Nanchal, MD, FCCM 
Medical College of Wisconsin 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 
No disclosures 

Stephen M. Pastores, MD, FCCM 
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, New York, USA 
No disclosures 

Gourang P. Patel, PharmD, MSc, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM 
Rush University Medical Center 
Chicago, Illinois, USA 
No disclosures 

Jose J. Provencio, MD 
University of Virginia 
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA 
No disclosures 

Jonathan E. Sevransky, MD, FCCM 
Emory University Hospital 
Atlanta, Georgia, USA 
No disclosures 

Anitha Vijayan, MD, FASN 
Washington University 
St. Louis, Missouri, USA 
Astute/Biomerieux - consulting, NxStage - consulting, Outset Medical - other, member of ASN 

Brandon M. Wiley, MD, MS, FACC, FASE 
Mayo Clinic 
Rochester, Minnesota, USA 
No disclosures 

Sammy Zakaria, MD, MPH, FCCM 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Baltimore, Maryland, USA 
No disclosures 

Janice L. Zimmerman, MD, MACP, FRCP, MCCM 
Houston, Texas, USA 
No disclosures 


Included With This Course

Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult

Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult

Receive the most comprehensive review and update of the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of critically ill adult patients with the Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult course. Experience the flexibility of learning at your own pace. Physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists are eligible to receive 35 hours of ACE credit. MOC points are also available.

In-Person Study Group

In-Person Study Group

August 17-18, 2023
SCCM Headquarters
Mount Prospect, IL

Join subject matter experts and your peers in person to further prepare for the critical care examination. Physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists are eligible to receive 8.75 hours of CE/ACE credit. MOC points are also available. Participation in a study group is optional.

Comprehensive Critical Care: Adult, Third Edition, eBook

Comprehensive Critical Care: Adult, Third Edition, eBook

Comprehensive Critical Care: Adult, Third Edition, is the most complete critical care textbook for any learner in adult practice. This resource includes up-to-date information on the full gamut of critical care topics, with dozens of charts and suggested reading to guide further exploration.

Adult ICU Quick Reference Guide

Adult ICU Quick Reference Guide

The Quick Reference Guide includes valuable resources that highlight some of the most useful bedside tools and algorithms available from SCCM, from Fundamentals training to ultrasound and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign.


Continuing Education

ACE credit and MOC points are available. Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and physician assistants are eligible to receive up to 43.75 credit hours (35 credit hours for the online course, 8.75 credit hours for the in-person study group).

 

Learning Objectives

  • Demonstrate a foundation of ultrasound knowledge
  • Practice acquisition of high-quality images via hands-on exercises
  • Demonstrate image interpretation and utilization of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool 
Target Audience
This continuing education activity is intended to meet the needs of intensivists, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, emergency physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and all other professionals who care for patients in any setting in which critical care is provided.

Type of Activity 
This live workshop will focus on applying knowledge and practicing skills and techniques of ultrasound in the intensive care unit. 

Competencies 
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) supports recommendations that will promote lifelong learning through continuing education. SCCM promotes activities that encourage the highest quality in education that will enhance knowledge, competence, or performance in critical care practice. This activity will meet the following competencies:
 
  • Professionalism
  • Patient care and procedural skills
  • Medical knowledge
  • Practice-based learning and improvement
  • Interpersonal and communication skills 

Credit Hours

Physicians: Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates the live educational activity, Critical Care Ultrasound: Adult, for a maximum of 19 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. 

Nurses: The Critical Care Ultrasound: Adult activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 19 contact hours. 

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 19 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.

Maintenance of Certification 
Successful completion of this continuing medical education (CME) activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 19 medical knowledge maintenance of certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Anesthesia, and American Board of Surgery MOC programs. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the number of CME credits claimed for the activity. This course meets the requirements for MOC for up to 19 credits.
 
Learning Objectives
  • Discuss relevant clinical topics and updates to increase knowledge base in critical care 
  • Assess the scientific foundations and literature evidence for the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of patients with critical illness 
  • Compare information among multiprofessional practitioners involved in the practice of critical care medicine 

Target Audience

This course is designed as a comprehensive review of the diagnosis, monitoring and management of the critically ill patient as well as preparation for the critical care subspecialty examination. This continuing education offering is intended to meet the needs of any healthcare professional involved in the care of critically ill patients, including advanced practice nurses, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, critical care fellows, critical care nurses, emergency medicine practitioners, intensivists, internists, neurologists, pharmacists, pulmonologists, respiratory care practitioners, and surgeons.


Credit Hours

Physicians: Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates this enduring educational activity for a maximum of 43.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Nurses: This activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 43.75 contact hours for this activity.

Pharmacists: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This enduring educational activity provides up to 43.75 contact hours of continuing education credit. 

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SCCM reports to a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking service, CPE Monitor, which will authenticate and store data for completed CPE units received by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The tracking system will make CPE data for each participant available to the state boards of pharmacy where the participant is licensed or registered. After CPE units are processed by ACPE and NABP, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to log in to a comprehensive electronic profile to access information about their completed CPE.

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 43.75 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.


Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 43.75 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), American Board of Anesthesia (ABA), and American Board of Surgery (ABS) maintenance of certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. ABS requires participants to self-report credit if audited.

The online course meets the requirements for MOC for up to 43.75 credits.


Hotel

SCCM

Sheraton Suites Chicago Elk Grove
121 Northwest Point Boulevard
Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Unlock stylish comfort at Sheraton Suites Chicago Elk Grove, an all-suite hotel offering the best in the Chicago area with convenient access to O’Hare International Airport. Featuring inviting guest rooms, Wi-Fi access, restaurant, lounge, pool, fitness center, and more, the Sheraton Suites Chicago Elk Grove is sure to impress.

SCCM rate*: $125 
*Rate does not include applicable taxes.
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Daily parking rates: Free parking

Reservations: Make your hotel reservation by July 16, 2023, to receive SCCM’s discounted rate for stays between August 16 and 18, 2023.


Sponsorship Opportunities

The Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult smart course provides opportunities for sponsors to bring their marketing message and information about their products and services directly to key members of the intensive care/critical care unit team. Multiple opportunities are available to target your company’s goals and meet your budget when you become a sponsor.

SCCM has transitioned to a new program format of approximately one and a half days, which may be a great opportunity for industry partners on a regional level.

Sponsor: $3,500
  • 6' tabletop*
  • Preregistration list**
  • Color logo on commercial sponsor signage at the course
  • Acknowledged in announcements
  • Company name mentioned along with URL link in attendee eblasts
  • Sponsorship acknowledgment at lunch and breaks
*Electricity provided upon request for device companies only.
**Information is for postal mailing or for viewing purposes only.


One Industry Insights Session slot may be possible.

Advertising opportunities for premium banner or text ads in marketing eblasts (for the purpose of garnering attendees; reach 40,000) and attendee eblasts (estimated reach 125+): $2,750.

The didactic portion of the program (4.5 days or 35 hours) is now self-study and includes more learning materials. SCCM is now offering 8.75 hours of an in-person study group with critical care leaders and peers. The in-person agenda consists of presentations of key points, case studies, and questions and answers.

Information is subject to change at any time.

Contact Desiree Ng for more information.