Continuing Education
Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: January 15, 2023
SCCM Product Code: SAMCC9I; SAMCC9; ESAMCC9
ACCME ID: 202351481
ACE expiration date: December 31, 2025
Estimated time for activity completion: 40 hours
Learning Objectives
- Synthesize current literature and implications for the treatment of critically ill patients.
- Reflect on your performance on the self-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:
- Advanced practice nurses
- Anesthesiologists
- Clinical nurse specialists
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Physicians
- Physician assistants
- Surgeons
Type of Activity
An online collection of 230 multiple-choice study questions that are delivered through a flexible test driver that allows for various educational milieus.
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
- System-based practice
- Professionalism
Claiming Credit
You can access the online tests and 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 40 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 Self-Assessment in Adult Multiprofessional Critical Care, 9th Edition activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 40 contact hours.
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 application educational activity provides up to 40 contact hours of continuing education credit.
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 40 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 40 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) MOC programs. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of ACE credits claimed for the activity. It is the ACE activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. ABS requires participants to self-report credit if audited.
This course meets the requirements for MOC for up to 40 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 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.
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 resolved 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
Aimee M. Abide, PA-C, MMSc, FCCM
Emory University Hospital Midtown
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Catherine Margaret Kuza, BA, MD, FASA
Keck Hospital of USC
Long Beach, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Michael T. Vest, DO, FCCM
Christiana Care Health System
Newark, Delaware, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Ed Michener
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Mt. Prospect, Illinois, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Contributors
Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH, FACEP
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Ariffin Alam, MD, FCCP
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center
Spring, Texas, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Sheila A. Alexander, BSN, PhD, RN, FCCM
University of Pittsburgh
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Heidi Alvey, MD
Baylor Scott & White—Texas A & M School of Medicine
Temple, Texas, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Ntesi A. Asimi, MD, MHA, FCCM
St Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
David Aymond, MD
Byrd Regional Medical Center
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Erin F. Barreto, PharmD, MSc, FCCM, FASN
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Consultant – FAST Biomedical, Wolters Kluwer
Cameron M. Baston, MD, MSCE
Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Speaker – American College of Physicians; Contractor – McGraw Hill; Royalties – McGraw Hill
Mary Beth Beyatte, ACNP, DNP, RN
Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine
Eureka, Missouri, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, SPP
Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy
Kimberly, Alabama, USA
Speaker – Genentech
Michael George Buscher, Jr., DO
Yale New Haven Health—Bridgeport Hospital
New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Breanna L. Carter, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCCCP
Erlanger Health System
Signal Mountain, Tennessee, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Jarva Chow, MD, MPH, MS
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Sarah Vest Cogle, PharmD, BCCCP, BCNSP
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Consultant – Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC
Vishal Demla, MD
UTHealth McGovern Medical School
Houston, Texas, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Bradley Dengler, MD
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Vikram Dhawan, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Ashraf Gohar, MD, PhD
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Overland Park, Kansas, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Deepa Bangalore Gotur, MD, FCCP, FCCM
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Carrie L. Griffiths, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
Wingate University School of Pharmacy
Wingate, North Carolina, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
James F. Hall, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAWM NYU
Langone Health
New York, New York, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Danielle Hansen, ACNP
Banner North Colorado Medical Center
Greeley, Colorado, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Kevin W. Hatton, MD, PhD, FCCM
University of Kentucky Albert B Chandler Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Archana P. Hinduja, MD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Gina Hurst, MD
Henry Ford Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Craig Steven Jabaley, MD, FCCM
Emory University Hospital
Decatur, Georgia, USA
Advisor – Trevena, Inc.
Muhammad Ali Javed, MBBS, FCCP, FCCM
Mercy Hospital Saint Louis
Frontenac, Missouri, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Kunal Karamchandani, MD, FCCP, FCCM
Dallas, Texas, USA
Advisor – Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Philips
Philips Firas G. Madbak, MD, FACS, FCCM
UF Health Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Victor L. Mandoff, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Chet A. Morrison, MD, FACS, FCCM
Central Michigan University School of Medicine
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
John G. Park, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Misty Radosevich, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Sujanthy S. Rajaram, MD, MPH, FCCP
Hunterdon Medical Center
Flemington, New Jersey, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Paul M. Reynolds, BCCCP, PharmD
University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy
Denver, Colorado, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Maria Paz Ronquillo, BS, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Shahla Siddiqui, MD, MS, D.ABA, FCCM
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Andrea Sikora, PharmD, MSCR, BCCCP, FCCM
University of Georgia College of Pharmacy
North Augusta, South Carolina, USA
Speaker – AchieveCE, ACCP
Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, FACEP, FCCM
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Melissa H. Warta, MD, FACS
Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center
Patterson, New Jersey, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Jill B. Watras, MD, FCCM
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Software/Hardware and Internet Requirements
Review the software/hardware and internet requirements:
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 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.