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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 1.0 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 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™. Each physician 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 Pneumonia and Sepsis in Critical Care: Navigating a Complex Patient Diagnostic Workup activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 1.0 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 educational activity provides up to 1.0 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 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:
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician Assistants may receive a maximum of 1.0 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.
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 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:
Amy L. Dzierba, PharmD, BCCCP
Critical Care Pharmacist
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Laura E. Evans, MD, MS, MSc, FCCM Medical Director of Critical Care
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, USA
Scientific Advisory Board – Endpoint Health
Ashish K. Khanna, MD, FCCP, FASA, FCCM
Anesthesiologist & Intensivist, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Advisor – Retia Medical; Consultant – Edward Life Sciences, GE Healthcare, Medtronic, Philips North America, Potrero Medical; Researcher – Caretaker Medical, Edwards Life Sciences, Potrero Medical, Retia Medical
Faculty:
Monica Donnelley, BCPS, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Diseases Specialist
University of California Davis Medical Center
Davis, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Christian Sandrock, MD, MPH, FCCP
University of California Davis
Davis, California, USA Advisory Board: Abbvie, Paratek, Shionogi; Speaker/Honoraria: Abbvie, Merck, Paratek, Shionogi