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Focused Assessment Module Set 3
Overview
Focused Assessment Module, Set 3, is intended for learners who want a more focused assessment experience to identify and address any learning gaps. Focused Assessment Module, Set 3, provides learners with 100 multiple-choice questions on pulmonary disease.

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 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), and American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) MOC programs.
Software/Hardware and Internet Requirements
Review the software/hardware and internet requirements here
Continuing Education

Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: June 23, 2025 
SCCM Product Code: FAM_3
ACE expiration date: December 31, 2027 
Estimated time for activity completion: 20 hours  

Learning Objectives
  • Reflect on and critically evaluate progress and skill development
  • Identify gaps in understanding and capabilities
  • Discern how to improve performance
  • Synthesize current literature and implications for the treatment of critically ill patients
  • Reflect on self- performance on the assessment and develop an action plan for continued growth and development
  • Use evidence-based medicine to guide self-education 
 
Target Audience

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

  • Advance practice nurses
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Clinical nurse specialists
  • In-training practitioners
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physician assistants
  • Physicians
  • Surgeons
Type of Activity
This online activity is a set of 100 multiple choice study questions related to pulmonary disease that will allow test-takers to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their critical care knowledge base, focusing on fewer content areas ultimately allowing test takers to address any specific knowledge gaps. 
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: 

  • Interpersonal communication skills
  • Patient care
  • Medical Knowledge
  • System-based practice
  • Professionalism
Claiming Credit
You can access the course materials; 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 enduring educational activity for a maximum of 20 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 Focused Assessment Modules, Set 3: Pulmonary Disease activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 20.0 contact hours.  

A picture containing text, window, clipart, picture frameDescription automatically generatedPharmacists: 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 20 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 the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (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 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 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 medical knowledge maintenance of certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and American Board of Surgery (ABS) 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 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.

SCCM Grievance Procedures Policy

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 Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Executive Vice President (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.
Faculty and Disclosures

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. 
 
Contributors: 

Laura Andrick, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg
Annville, Pennsylvania, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Moamen Yehia Arafa, MD, PhD
Kasr Al Ainy Medical School, King Fahd University Hospital
Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Ani Aydin, MD, FCCM
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Karen Berger, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS, FCCM
Nova Southeastern University
Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Disclosures: Speaker - CSL Behring; Speaker – Octapharma

Sivasubramanium Bhavani, MD, MSc
Brookhaven, Georgia, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Sandralee A. Blosser, MD, MCCM
Penn State University
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Michael George Buscher Jr., DO, FCCM
Bridgeport Hospital
New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Jennifer Leigh Cole, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Lindsey Sellers Coppiano, BCCCP, PharmD
UAB Hospital
Vestavia Hills, Alabama, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Danielle Davison MD, FCCM
George Washington University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

John H. Ferguson, MD
Rocky Mountain Pulmonary and Critical Care
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Carrie L. Griffiths, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury Department of Medical Affairs Medical Center
China Grove, North Carolina, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

James F. Hall, MD, MPH, FCCM
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Danielle Hansen, ACNP, RN, MSN, CCRN
Banner North Colorado Medical Center
Timnath, Colorado, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Ty H. Kiser, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS, FCCM
University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy
Aurora, Colorado, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Emmanuel Kyereme-Tuah, MD
Oakton, Virginia, USA\
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Katherine McCusker, MSN
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Pius Ochieng, MD, FCCM
Geisinger Community Medical Center
Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Raymond Anthony Pashun, MD, FACC
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Avignat S. Patel, MD
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Dover, Massachusetts, USA
Disclosure: Researcher - B4 Symptoms

Iqbal Ratnani, EdD, FCCM
Houston Methodist Hospital
Sugar Land, Texas, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Andrea Sikora BCCCP, PharmD, FCCM
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Golden, Colorado, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Michael T. Vest, DO, FCCM
Christiana Care Health System
Hockessin, Delaware, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Expires on Dec 31, 2027
Credit Offered:
20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit Credits
20 ACPE (Pharmacy) – Home Study Credits
20 CABN (Nursing) Credits
20 Physician Assistant Credits
20 MOC – ABA Points
20 MOC – ABIM Points
20 MOC – ABP Points
20 MOC – ABS Points
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