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Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Echocardiography Learning Lab
Continuing Education
Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: October 3, 2023 
SCCM Product Code: UELAB23
ACE expiration date: October 31, 2024 for Live Interactive Skills/October 1, 2026 for Online Advanced Ultrasound
Estimated time for activity completion: 4 hours for Live Interactive Skills Lab and 5.5 hours for online advanced ultrasound material
Software/Hardware and Internet Requirements
Review the software/hardware and internet requirements:
Learning Objectives

Learning objectives for the live interactive skills lab:

  • Practice transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) imaging techniques
  • Practice basic TTE probe manipulation and TTE windows and views
  • Perform hemodynamic and valvular measurements using echocardiography software

Learning objectives for advanced ultrasound material:

  • Demonstrate a foundation of advanced ultrasound knowledge
  • Interpret advanced image interpretation and utilization of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool
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
  • Medical directors
  • Nurses
  • Nurse educators
  • Nurse managers
  • Physicians
  • Physician assistants
  • Surgeons
Type of Activity

The Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Echocardiography Learning Lab live interactive skills lab is a guided classroom experience in which participants perform valvular and hemodynamic measurements, with an emphasis on correct measurement technique. The interactive training consists of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) pointers guided by expert cardiac sonographers, introduction to TTE probe manipulation using a simulator, and review of challenging clinical cases. This course is not intended for beginner point-of-care ultrasound practitioners.

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound online educational activity will focus on applying knowledge and identifying techniques of ultrasound in the intensive care unit.

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:

  • Patient care
  • Medical knowledge
  • Practice-based learning and improvement
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.  

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 Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Echocardiography Learning Lab live educational activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.

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 Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound online educational activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.

CME Passport LogoThe 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 Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Echocardiography Learning Lab activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 4.0 contact hours.

The Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 5.5 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 4.0 Category 1 credits for completing the Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Echocardiography Learning Lab activity.

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 5.5 Category 1 credits for completing the Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound 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 4.0 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. 

The Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Echocardiography Learning Lab course meets the requirements for MOC for up to 4.0 credits.

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 5.5 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) 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. 

The Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound course meets the requirements for MOC for up to 5.5 credits.

CMe Passport LogoThe 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.
Planner and Faculty Disclosure Information

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 for the Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Echocardiography Learning Lab:

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

Courtney Bennett, DO, FACC, FASE
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 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 for the Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Echocardiography Learning Lab:

Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH, FACEP, FCCM
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Sarah Bain, MD
Virginia 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

Keith Collins, MS, RDCS, FACE
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Alberto Goffi, MD
University of Toronto/St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Honoraria – Philips Healthcare

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

Brittney Guile, MD
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Allison G. 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
Northwestern Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Stock ownership: Amgen, Edwards, Regeneron, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Pfizer, Viatrus

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

Brandon M. Wiley, MD, FACC, FASE, FCCM
LAC+USC Medical Center
Pasadena, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Planners for the Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound:

Alberto Goffi, MD
University of Toronto/St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Daniel W. Johnson, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, 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 for the Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound:

Enyo Ablordeppey, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Sarah E. Bain, MD
Virginia Mason Hospital
Seattle, Washington, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Nibras F. Bughrara, MD
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Becky Burk, MD
Renown Regional Medical Center
Reno, Nevada, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Stephanie Cha, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Peter E. Croft, MD
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Aaron B. Dahl, MD
Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Daniel Gerber, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Jose L. Diaz-Gomez, MD, FASE, FCCM
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Lyle Gerety, MD
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Antonio Hernandez, MD, FCCM
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

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

John C. Klick, MD, FCCM
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

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

Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN
Mayo Clinic
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Sara Nikravan, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Ng Niu, ACNP, CCRN, CRNP
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Joseph Pawlowski, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Aarti Sarwal, MD, FCCM
Wake Forest Baptist Health Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Christopher Schott, MD, MS, RDMS, FACEP
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Daniel A. Sweeney, MD
University of California
La Jolla, California, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Shaun Thompson, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Carla Venegas-Borsellino, MD
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Brandon M. Wiley, MD, MS
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Summary
Availability: On-Demand
Expires on 10/01/2026
Credit Offered:
9.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit Credits
9.5 CABN (Nursing) Credits
9.5 Certificate of Participation Credits
9.5 Physician Assistant Credits
9.5 MOC – ABA Points
9.5 MOC – ABIM Points
9.5 MOC – ABS Points
Contains: 6 Courses
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