Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Online
Continuing Education

Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: August 3, 2026 

SCCM Product Code: MCCRCA26ON

ACE expiration date: August 1, 2028 

Estimated time for activity completion: 52 hours 

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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 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
  • In-training practitioners
  • Medical directors
  • Nurses
  • Nurse educators
  • Nurse managers
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Physician assistants
  • Surgeons
Type of Activity

This online activity will provide the learner with the knowledge and skills to take the critical care board examinations and acquire in-depth clinical knowledge to improve patient outcomes in critical care.

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: 

  • Medical knowledge
  • Patient care
Claiming Credit

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.  

 

By registering for and completing this continuing medical education activity, I give permission to the Society of Critical care Medicine to share my accredited continuing education (ACE) completion information and related personal information (e.g. name, National Provider Identifier, birthdate MM/DD) with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) for inclusion in my CME Passport transcript and, potentially, reporting to my certifying and licensing bodies and any other regulatory authority that I specify. 

Credit Hours

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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 52 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 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 52 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 52 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 52 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 52 medical knowledge maintenance of certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), American Board of Anesthesia (ABA) redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®, American Board of Surgery (ABS) Continuous Certification program, and American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) Self-Assessment / Patient Safety / Performance in Practice requirements of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery’s Continuing Certification program. 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 52 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.
Disclosures

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. 
 
Planners:

Philip A. Efron, MD

Professor of Medicine

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Stephen M. Pastores, MD, MACP, FCCP, MCCM

Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, USA

Advisor: SERB Pharmaceuticals; Royalties: McGraw Hill

 

Ty Sims

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sammy Zakaria, MD, MPH, FCCM

Associate Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Reviewers:

Philip A. Efron, MD

Professor of Medicine

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Rajat Kapoor, MD

Associate Professor, Medical Director for Respiratory Care Services

Indiana University School of Medicine- Saved

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, FNCS, FCCM

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Barrow Neurological Institute

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Christa O'Hana Nobleza, MD

Neurointensivist

Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Stephen M. Pastores, MD, MACP, FCCP, MCCM

Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, USA

Advisor: SERB Pharmaceuticals; Royalties: McGraw Hill

 

Jonathan E. Sevransky, MD, MHS, FCCM

Professor of Medicine

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Faculty: 

Heatherlee Bailey, MD, MCCM, FAAEM

Emergency Medicine Interventist

Durham VA Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, USA

Speaker: Baxter International, Northwest Seminars; Consultant: Radiometer

 

Marie Rosanne Baldessari, MD, MPH, FCCM

Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Neurocritical Care

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Elaine Chen, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Rush Medical College

Chicago, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sarah M. Cocoma, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jose J. Diaz, MD, FCCM

Chief Regional Trauma Program and Division Acute Care Surgery

University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida, USA

Consultant: Acumed; Royalties: Elsevier, Springer, Inc, UptoDate

 

Lee Goeddel, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Investigator: Retia Medical, Becton Diconson, Medtronic; Case Review: Pascal Metrics

 

Valerie Griffeth, MD

Emergency and Critical Care Physician

Advocate Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Steven Hollenberg, MD

Physician, Critical Care Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Robert C. Hyzy, MD, MCCM

Professor of Internal Medicine, Director, CCMU

University of Michigan Health System

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM

Professor of Surgery (PENN); Section Chief, Surgical Critical Care (VA)

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kianoush Kashani, MD

Consultant

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

David A. Kaufman, MD

Associate Professor

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

New York, New York, USA

Consultant: FloSonics; Grant Funding: Baxter Healthcare, Pulsion Medical Systems; Honoria/Travel: Baxter Healthcare, Pulsion Medical Systems; Board: Pulson Medical Systems

 

Jessica Kuppy, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Andrew M. Naidech, MD, MS

Professor

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Rahul Sudhir Nanchal, MD, MS, FCCM

Director Medical Intensive Care Unit

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Stephen M. Pastores, MD, MACP, FCCP, MCCM

Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, USA

Advisor: SERB Pharmaceuticals; Royalties: McGraw Hill

 

Gourang P. Patel, PharmD, MSc, FCCM, BCPS, BCCCP

Clinical Pharmacist-Critical Care and Perioperative Area

University of Chicago - Medicine

Chicago, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jose Javier Provencio, MD, FCCM

Louise Nerancy Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virgina, USA

Consultant: BrainScope Company, Pharaoh Neuro

 

Michelle (Kozeniecki) Schneider, MS, RD, CNSC, CCTD, FASPEN

AP Clinical Dietician

Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jonathan E. Sevransky, MD, MHS, FCCM

Professor of Medicine

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Brandon M. Wiley, MD, MS, FASE, FACC, FCCM

Chief of Cardiology; Associate Professor of Medicine

Los Angeles General Medical Center; Keck School Of Medicine at the University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sammy Zakaria, MD, MPH, FCCM

Associate Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Janice Zimmerman, MD, MCCM, MACP, FRCP

Doctor

Avel ECare

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Expires on Aug 01, 2028
Credit Offered:
52 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit Credits
52 ACPE (Pharmacy) – Home Study Credits
52 CABN (Nursing) Credits
1 Certificate of Participation Credit
52 Physician Assistant Credits
52 MOC – ABA Points
52 MOC – ABIM Points
52 MOC – ABS Points
52 MOC – ABTS Points
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