Target Audience
This course is designed as a comprehensive review of the diagnosis, monitoring and management of the critically ill patient as well as preparation for the pediatric critical care subspecialty examination. This continuing education offering is intended to meet the needs of any healthcare provider involved in the care of critically ill pediatric patients, including pediatricians, advanced practice nurses, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, critical care fellows, critical care nurses, emergency medicine practitioners, pharmacists, pulmonologists, respiratory care practitioners, and surgeons.
Learning Objectives
• Discuss relevant clinical topics outlined by the American Board of Pediatrics to prepare for the critical care board examination in pediatrics
• Assess the scientific foundations and literature evidence for the diagnosis, monitoring and management of children with critical illness
• Compare information amongst multiprofessional practitioners involved in the practice of pediatric critical care medicine
Competencies
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:
• Practice Applications
• Patient- and Family-Centered Care
• Quality Improvement
• Communication
Type of Activity
This activity was prepared as board preparation material and will focus on increasing knowledge-based content.
Software and Technical Requirements
Web Browser Requirements
• Pop-up blockers must be disabled in your Web browser
• Cookies must be enabled in your Web browser
• Preferred web browser is Google Chrome
Additional Support
Contact SCCM’s Customer Service at support@sccm.org or +1 847 827-6888.
Credit Hours
Successful completion of this continuing medical education (CME) activity, which includes participation and a passing score of 70% (three attempts) on the posttest and completion of the overall evaluation, enables the participant to earn up to 34.0 credits 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 34 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Nurses: This activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 34 contact hours for this activity.
Pharmacists: 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 34.0 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 ACPE and NABP, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to log in to a comprehensive electronic profile to access information about their completed CPE.
Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 34.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.