DESCRIPTION:
Critical Care Grand Rounds is a weekly conference series geared to improve the practice of Critical Care Medicine, covering a broad list of topics of relevant specialties intimately related to critical care and health care delivery.  The conferences are delivered in a variety of formats, ranging from standard presentations, to expert panel discussions and quality improvement presentations. 

MAYO STAFF:  This series is for those who are participating by watching a pre-recorded presentation through the Video Exchange.  Visit the live series if you wish to participate real-time.  The live series is held weekly on Thursdays from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Thursday in Joseph MN_59.

MAYO CLINIC CARE NETWORK MEMBERS:  You are being directed here from the video housed in the Care Network portal.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
The course audience consists of consultant physicians involved in critical care practice (Anesthesia, Pulmonary, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology, etc.), fellows, residents, pharmacists, nursing staff, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, & allied health staff.  Demographics: MCR, MCJ, MCS, and Mayo Health System in Mankato.  Dissemination of these lectures will occur in real-time to Jacksonville and Scottsdale as well as to health care system campuses, and are also available for time-shifted and mobile viewing via web archived video.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Recognize the components of the science of safety and quality improvement and how to implement them in practice
• Demonstrate competence in diagnosis, management and integration of pathophysiologic processes across the spectrum of critical illness.
• Recognize and debate the importance of palliative care and medical ethics as a crucial component of critical care practice.
• Process information from multidisciplinary critical care reviews, critically discuss and exchange key points that may be integrated into practice.
• Recognize, differentiate and develop the roles of nursing, pharmacology, and respiratory therapy in the multidisciplinary approach to critical care practice.

Each session may also provide it's own specific learning objectives.

Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Statement(s):

AMA

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

COURSE DIRECTORS:
Richard A. Oeckler, MD, PhD and Richard K. Patch III, MD

QUESTIONS?
MAYO STAFF:  Contact Kim D. Jones, Department Coordinator, at ph. 507-255-6032.
MAYO CLINIC CARE NETWORK MEMBERS:  Contact cme@mayo.edu