Program Overview:
This webcast will present information on the importance of why intensive care unit (ICU) palliative care services are important to the hospital, patients, families, and the community.  In addition, strategies will be discussed on how best to bring palliative care professionals into the ICU. 

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webcast participants will be able to:

• Highlight the importance of why ICU palliative care services are important to the hospital, patients, families, and the community – conversations with senior leaders
• Discuss various integration strategies and how to bring palliative care professionals into the ICU experience
• Review data on cost-benefit relationships

Schedule: (Time Reflects CDT)

1:00 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. Introduction       
        Patricia A. Glover, BSN, MS (Moderator)

1:05 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Building a Case for an IC Palliative Care Unit       
       Carrie Ogilvie, CCRN, CNS, DNP

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. No Real Estate - No Worries: Integrating the Palliative Care Team Inside the ICU       
        Jackie Mossakowski, RN, BSN, MA

2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Question and Answer Session

Faculty:

Target Audience
This continuing medical education offering is intended to meet the needs of all physicians, nurses, 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.

Obtaining CE/CME credits
To obtain credit, please complete the evaluation. You will be prompted to complete your CE/CME credit application, for the live activity only, by logging in with your SCCM customer ID and password.

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