Bringing Best Practices to Your ICU: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Overview

Convenient and Comprehensive Online CME

Bringing Best Practices to Your ICU: An Interdisciplinary Approach is a continuing medical education course that lays the foundation for an inter-professional, bundled approach to the care of patients with complex medical conditions.

Directed by John P. Kress, MD, and Cheryl L. Esbrook, OTR/L, BCPR, this critical care CME program highlights common complications of ICU survivors and breaks down the efficacy and implementation of the ABCDEF bundle. It will help you to better:

• Define the history and evidence surrounding the ABCDEF bundle
• Discuss strategies to improve bundle utilization in the ICU setting
• Analyze the roles of different healthcare providers in a bundled approach
• Outline ways to integrate the bundle into care of critically ill patients
• Identify potential barriers to ABCDEF bundle implementation

PLEASE NOTE: The credit expiration date for this program is May 31, 2022. While you will no longer be able to earn CME credits after that date, you'll have access to the content until May 31, 2027.

Topics / Speakers

The Pain of Being in the ICU
John P. Kress, MD

Awakening and Breathing: The Cornerstone to Bundle Success
John P. Kress, MD

Maintaining Consciousness with the Right Cocktail to Avoid Delirium
Anne Pohlman, RN, MS, APN

Move It or Lose It: Keeping Your Patients Active in the ICU
Cheryl L. Esbrook, OTR/L, BCPR

Family Engagement: Why It Matters
Bhakti K. Patel, MD

Why Do Bundles Matter? The Long-Term Consequences of Surviving the ICU
Amy Pawlik, PT, DPT, CCS

Are You Too Sick to Move? Mobilizing Patients on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support
Cheryl L. Esbrook, OTR/L, BCPR and Megan Stulberg, PT, DPT, CCS

We Are Our Worst Enemy: How to Change the ICU Culture?
Kelly Coudron, AGPCNP-BC, CCRN

Life In and After the ICU: A Patient Experience
Bruce and Donna Ackerman

Leading Change: Implementing ABCDEF from the Ground Up
Shruti B. Patel, MD

Devices Galore: How to Mobilize Your Patient Despite Their Attachments
Cheryl L. Esbrook, OTR/L, BCPR

Rounding Strategies to Improve Bundle Compliance
Kelly Coudron, AGPCNP-BC, CCRN and Anne Pohlman, RN, MSN, ANP

Seeing Beyond the Lab Values: Making Good Clinical Judgments for Interventions
Jennifer Ryan, PT, DPT, MS, CCS

Assessing Progress: Quality Improvement Projects to Randomized Controlled Trials
William D. Schweickert, MD

So Many Tools: How to Measure Functional Outcomes
Cheryl L. Esbrook, OTR/L, BCPR and Megan Stulberg, PT, DPT, CCS

What’s Changing?: The New PADIS Guidelines
John P. Kress, MD

Nursing Role in Promoting Bundle Elements and Mobility
Kelly Coudron, AGPCNP-BC, CCRN and Anne Pohlman, RN, MSN, ANP

Faculty

Accreditation

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Part II Credit

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 13 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.

Date of Original Release: May 31, 2019
Date Credits Expire: May 31, 2022

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Describe the history and evidence surrounding the ABCDEF bundle
• Discuss strategies for bundle implementation in the ICU settings
• Identify potential barriers to implementation in individual institutions including implications for staffing and costs
• Analyze the roles of different healthcare professionals incorporating the ABCDEF bundle into an ICU
• Outline ways the ABCDEF bundle can be incorporated into the care of ICU patients

Intended Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, occupational therapists, physical therapists, nurses, advanced nurse practitioners, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals interested in optimizing ICU patient recovery and outcomes.

Quick Facts

Provider: The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Course Directors:
John P. Kress, MD
Professor of Medicine

Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care

University of Chicago

Cheryl L. Esbrook, OTR/L, BCPR
Program Coordinator of

Occupational Therapy

Professional Development

Therapy Services Department

University of Chicago

Credits: Earn a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™