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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