COVID-19: What’s Next – Preparing for the Second Wave

  • Date

    Friday, September 11, 2020
    11:00 AM – 6:30 PM CDT

    Saturday, September 12, 2020
    6:00 AM – 1:30 PM CDT

  • Location

    Online Conference
    For more information, click here

  • Fee

    All SCCM members and nonmembers: $95
    Click here to register

Program Description:

COVID-19: What’s Next – Preparing for the Second Wave

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, experts predict a second wave of infection. Ensure that you are equipped with the latest information and clinical knowledge as the disease continues to spread. The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), along with several sponsoring societies, invites you to register for the upcoming conference, COVID-19: What’s Next, a joint virtual event being held September 11-12, 2020. This online conference will feature the newest research findings, prominent multiprofessional faculty, guidelines updates, and resources.

Course Highlights:

  • Plenary lecture by Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a U.S. leader in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Discussion of the latest epidemiologic models, newest research findings, newest therapeutic interventions, and guidelines updates
  • Interactive breakout sessions addressing specific topics
  • Society networking opportunities
  • Virtual exhibit hall and corporate lunch symposia
  • Opportunity to earn continuing medical education credit hours, available to physicians, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists, and dietitians

 

Target Audience:

  • Advanced practice nurses
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Cardiologists
  • Clinical pharmacists
  • Clinical nurse specialists
  • Dieticians
  • Emergency department physicians
  • Family practice physicians
  • Health-system pharmacists
  • Hospitalists
  • ICU medical directors
  • ICU nurse managers
  • Immunologists
  • Infectious disease specialists
  • In-training professionals
  • Internists
  • Neurosurgeons
  • Neurologists
  • Nurses, adult and pediatric
  • Nurse anesthetists
  • Pediatricians
  • Physicians
  • Physician assistants
  • Primary care providers
  • Pulmonologists
  • Radiologists
  • Respiratory care practitioners
  • Trauma surgeons
  • Other critical care practitioners

Type of Activity: This activity includes elements that increase knowledge and application when treating COVID-19 patients.

Presentation Title: COVID-19: What’s Next – Preparing for the Second Wave

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Summarize lessons learned from the first COVID-19 wave of infection that influenced patient care and healthcare worker safety
  • Compare different approaches to preparing facilities, clinicians, and administrators for a second wave of COVID-19 patients
  • Articulate issues in mental health support for frontline healthcare workers as well as solutions to support well-being
  • Implement best practices in addressing pharmaceutical and supply shortages in anticipation of a second wave of pandemic patient influx
  • Discuss challenges in forecasting how public health emergencies will unfold and optimal approaches to mitigation

Registration Information:

Registration Fee: $95

Registration fee includes a total of 8.5 contact hours (0.85 CEUs) of continuing education credit.

Click here to register!

Physicians

Physicians:

Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement: SCCM designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should claim credit commensurate only with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants

Physician Assistants:

The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education or a recognized state medical society. Physician Assistants may receive a maximum of 8.5 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.

Nurses

Nurses:

This program has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for a maximum of 8.5 contact hours.

Pharmacists

Pharmacists:

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. This live educational activity provides up to 8.5 contact hours of continuing education credit. 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, using your National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) member number and date of birth.

Respiratory Therapists

Respiratory Therapists:

Application has been submitted has been submitted to the Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists.

Dietitians

Dietitians:

Application has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for continuing professional education (CPE) units.