Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: November 11, 2024 

SCCM Product Code: ECHOREV24ON

ACE expiration date: November 1, 2027

Estimated time for activity completion: Total 20.75 hours 

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• Discuss relevant clinical topics and updates to increase their knowledge base in critical care echocardiography
• Assess the scientific foundations and literature evidence for using echocardiography in critically ill patients
• Implement echocardiography in the critical care setting

This continuing education activity is intended to meet the needs of all practitioners who care for critically ill patients, including: 

• Advanced practice nurses
• Anesthesiologists
• Clinical nurse specialists
• Medical directors
• Nurses
• Nurse educators
• Nurse managers
• Physicians
• Physician assistants
• Surgeons

This activity is designed to synthesize existing literature and practice to develop a sound educational program for all critical care specialists using critical care echocardiography.

You can access the pretest, course materials, and posttest; complete your evaluation; and claim your ACE credit by logging in to your MySCCM account with your SCCM Customer ID and password, then clicking on the icon for the course you are enrolled in under the MyLearning tab. If needed, you can click "Forgot my password" to reset your secure password.  

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 live educational activity for a maximum of 20.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.

The ACCME credits that physicians earn from this activity will be submitted to ACCME’s CME Passport, a free, centralized web application where you can create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of your reported ACCME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create your account.

Nurses: The Critical Care Echocardiography Review activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 20.75 contact hours.  

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physicians Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 20.75 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. 

Maintenance of Certification  

Successful completion of this accredited continuing education (ACE) activity, which includes participation and a passing score of 70% in the evaluation component/posttest, enables the participant to earn up to 20.75 medical knowledge maintenance of certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), American Board of Anesthesia (ABA), American Board of Surgery (ABS),  American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), and American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) MOC programs. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of ACE credits claimed for the activity.

This course meets the requirements for MOC for up to 20.75 credits.

The MOC credits that physicians earn from this activity will be submitted to ACCME’s CME Passport, a free, centralized web application where you can create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of your reported ACCME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create your account.

To provide due process in the evaluation and mediation of grievances concerning ACE activities, this Grievance Procedures Policy was developed. Grievances may concern, but are not limited to, the awarding of credit for individual participation and/or registration fees issues.

• A written complaint or grievance should be submitted to the Education Department.
• The Education Department will attempt to resolve the grievance of the complainant.
• If the initial response is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the CEO/EVP for action.
• If the response from the CEO/EVP is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the SCCM Executive Committee. The ruling of the Executive Committee will be final.

The content of this activity has been peer reviewed and has been approved for compliance. The faculty and contributors have indicated the following financial relationships, which have been mitigated through an established conflict-of-interest resolution process and have stated that these reported relationships will not have any impact on their ability to provide unbiased content. 
 
Planners: 

Courtney Bennett, DO, FACC, FASE
Lee Valley Health Network
Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Michael J. Lanspa, MD, MS, FASE, FCCM
Intermountain Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Theresa Woike

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Faculty: 

Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH, FACEP, FCCM
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Sarah E. Bain, MD
Virginia Mason Medical Center 
Seattle, Washington, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Paula Ferrada, MD, FCCM
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Alberto Goffi, MD
St. Michael’s Hospital 
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Speaker: Butterfly Network; Presuna: Co-developer

Allison G. Hays, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Daniel W. Johnson, MD, FCCM
University of Nebraska Medical Center 
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Jan Kasal, MD, FCCM
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Paul K. Mohabir, MD, FCCM
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Connor G. O’Brien, MD
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, USA
Research funding: Intervalien Foundation

Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Stock: Edwards, Pfizer, Amgen, AstraZenica, Viatris, Bristol Myers Squibb, Regeneron, Merck Schering Plough, Intuitive Surgical, Organon

Vincent L. Sorrell, MD, FACP, FACC, FASE
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Brandon M. Wiley, MD, FACC, FASE, FCCM
LAC+USC Medical Center
Pasadena, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose