Times:
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Central
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Mountain
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific
Program Overview:
Approximately one half million critically ill patients die in the ICU annually. Others may survive their acute illness only to remain chronically ill with functional and cognitive impairments. For these patients palliative care including symptom control, patient and family support indicates a strong need for communication skills to align treatments with patient and family values and preferences. These communication skills are becoming recognized as an integral component of ICU care. This webcast is intended to provide an understanding of how effective use of the communication bundles in the ICU can reduce patient and family anxiety, provide a more positive environment for the critically ill patient and reduce unnecessary costs.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webcast participants will be able to:
- Review the Communication Bundle utilized in the state-wide Rhode Island Critical Care Collaborative;
- Discuss implementation barriers and how to overcome those barriers;
- Demonstrate materials that have worked in other institutions for family communication and medical records documentation;
- Share what data to collect, how to collect it and what to do with the information; and
- Discuss the principles and practie of improving the quality of palliative care in the ICU, state wide.
Schedule: (Times reflect central time zone)
1:00 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. Introduction
Lori A. Harmon, RRT, MBA (Moderator)
1:05 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. The Communication Bundle? What is it and
Why Does it Matter?
Mitchell Levy, MD, FCCM
1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Implementing th Communication Bundles in
Rhode Island ICUs
Margaret Cornell Vigorito, RN, MS, CPHQ
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Question and Answer Session
Faculty:
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Mitchell Levy, MD, FCCM
Professor of Medicine, Division Chief Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Brown University School of Medicine
Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
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Margaret Cornell Vigorito, RN, MS, CPHQ
Senior Program Administrator
Healthcentric Advisors
Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
Target Audience
This continuing medical education offering is intended to meet the needs of all physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other providers who care for the critically ill patient.
Type of Activity
This activity is intended to apply best practice methods for managing the ICU patient.
Competencies
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:
Clinical Knowledge
Quality Improvement and Patient safety
Multiprofessional Teamwork
Communication
Patient and Family satisfaction
CE/CME Credit
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 live educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™.
Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Nurses
This program has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 1.5 contact hours.
Pharmacists
The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (0236-0000-12-452-L05-P) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This course provides up to 1.5 contact hours of continuing education credit. Pharmacists must complete the online verification form to confirm sessions attended and upon completion, a certificate can be downloaded and printed.
Obtaining CE/CME credits
To obtain credit, please complete the following evaluation. You will be prompted to complete your CE/CME credit application, for the live activity only, by logging in with your SCCM customer is and password. You will need your SCCM customer number to continue. Click here if you have forgotten your user ID. Your password should be your last name, unless you have changed it. If you have any questions, please contact education@sccm.org or call +1-847-827-6869.
You will need your SCCM customer ID to continue. Your password should be your last name, unless you have changed it. If you have any questions, please contact education@sccm.org or call +1 847 827-6869.
Reprint a copy of the CE/CME certificate.
System Requirements
Audio speakers
PC-based attendees:
Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees:
Mac OS®X 10.4(Tiger®) or newer
