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1. Discuss relevant clinical topics and updates to increase knowledge base in critical care echocardiography.
2. Assess the scientific foundations and literature evidence for using echocardiography in critically ill patients.
3. Apply effective learning approaches, including case-based discussion and question review, to implement echocardiography in the critical care setting.

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
• Medical directors
• Nurses
• Nurse educators
• Nurse managers
• Physicians
• Physician assistants
• Surgeons

This live activity is designed to synthesize existing literature and practice to develop a sound educational program for all critical care specialists using critical care echocardiography.

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
• Medical knowledge
• Patient care

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.  

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.

Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society of Echocardiography. The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 24.5 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 Critical Care Echocardiography Board Review activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 24.5 contact hours.

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 24.5 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.

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 24.5 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. 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 24.5 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.

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.

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:
Courtney Bennett, DO, FACC, FASE
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Michael J. Lanspa, MD, MS, FASE, FCCM
Intermountain Healthcare
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Theresa Woike
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Faculty:
Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH, FACEP
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Sarah Bain, MD
Virgina Mason Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Marcus Behrens, MD
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Alberto Goffi, MD
Saint Micheal’s Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Speaker – Phillips Healthcare; Honoraria – Phillips Healthcare

Sarah Gorgis, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Brittney Guile, BS, RCCS AE, PE
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Allison Hays, MD, FACC, FACE
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Madeline Jankowski, RDCS, ACS, FASE
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Honorarium – BMS

Daniel Johnson, MD, FCCM
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Jan Kasal, MD, FCCM
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Paul Mohabir, MD, MPH, FCCM
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Lisa Rapoport, MD, MS
Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center
Santa Clara, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Vera Rigolin, MD, MS
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Stocks – Amgen, Edwards, Regeneron, AstraZeneca, Bristo-Myers Squibb, Merck, Pfizer, Viatrus

Vincent L. Sorrell, MD, FASE, FACC
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Brandon Wiley, MD, FASE, FACC
Los Angeles General Medical Center and Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose