ICU Workload: Implications for Healthcare Worker Well-Being

Join the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), in partnership with the Internal Medicine section, and explore the impact of intensive care unit (ICU) workload on the well-being of healthcare professionals. This webcast takes a deep dive into the realities of workload in the multiprofessional ICU—why it matters, how it can be measured, and what it reveals about system-level drivers of stress, burnout, and resilience. 

Through a system-based lens, you will discover how the workload analysis can guide practical, targeted strategies to support clinician well-being and foster safer, more sustainable critical care environments. 

Participants can earn 1 accredited continuing education (ACE) credit and maintenance of certification (MOC) point.

Thursday, May 21, 2026
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Central Time

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Learning Objectives

• Define professional fulfillment and explain its relevance to healthcare worker well-being in the ICU setting
• Describe the key measures of healthcare worker workload, including patient-based, physiologic, and perceptual approaches
• Explain the concept of cognitive load and its application to understanding the work of ICU healthcare professionals
• Evaluate the limitations of traditional workload measurement methods and explain why they are insufficient for capturing the complexity of ICU workload

Practice Gap Addressed
While healthcare worker burnout is widely recognized, most solutions focus on individual coping rather than the systems that shape ICU work. Institutional factors—especially workload—are often overlooked despite their powerful impact on well-being. This session addresses this gap by examining ICU workload as a systems-level issue and exploring how organizational strategies can more effectively reduce burnout and support healthcare teams.