DESCRIPTION
Critical Care Ground Rounds is a weekly conference held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Thursday in Joseph MN_59.
-OR-
View Via the Webcast

If you wish to participate by watching a pre-recorded presentation instead, visit the online series.

Critical Care Grand Rounds is a weekly multidisciplinary conference series of which the objective is to update and provide informative lectures of timely topics geared to enhance the critical care practice and improve patient care.  Due to the broad base of ICU care providers, these presentations are delivered by experts within Mayo Clinic from multiple specialties related to ICU care, peer-reviewed visiting professors and thought leaders in the field, and by mentored critical care medicine fellows.  

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for 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. 

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 (ACME), 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
The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity 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.

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here.

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

QUESTIONS?
Contact Traci Prindle, Department Coordinator, at ph. 5-6276.