Program Description
Seventy-five percent of hospitalists now care for patients in the Intensive Care Unit, indicating a pressing need for competency-based education targeted at the management of critically ill patients. This goal of the pre-course is to provide clinically relevant evidence-based updates on essential components of critical care including sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and liberation from mechanical ventilation.
Learning Objectives
Demonstrate the ability to set, adjust, and troubleshoot the mechanical ventilator
Apply an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia
Identify best practices in the use of analgesia and sedation in the ICU
Implement strategies to improve shared decision making in the ICU
Incorporate recent practice-changing critical care trials into daily practice
Target Audience
This CME program is designed to meet the educational needs of Hospital Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Residents who care for acutely ill patients.
Accreditation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for
a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the
credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
MOC pOINTS
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation
component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.25 MOC points in the American Board
of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will
earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the
CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Agenda
8:00AM Mechanical Ventilation for the Hospitalist
James Walter, MD
8:50AM Pneumonia in the ICU
Chiagozie Pickens, MD
9:40AM BREAK
10:00AM Evidence-based ARDS Management
Catherine Gao, MD
10:50AM Best Practices for Interfacility ICU Transfers
Nandita Nadig, MD
11:40AM LUNCH
12:40PM Case-Based Review of Analgesia, sedation, and Ventilator Liberation
Timothy Rowe, MD, MSCI, and Courtney Makowski, MD
1:30PM Introduction to ECMO and Pre-Course Wrap-Up
James Walter, MD
faculty
James Walter, md
Pre-Course Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Hilary Faust, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
University of Wisconsin
Chiagozie Pickens, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Gordon Wood, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine