Care of hospitalized infants and children has evolved greatly
in the past decade. A number of factors including increasing complexity
of pediatric cases managed on hospital wards, progressive development
of increasingly complex surgical and non-surgical interventions,
and tremendous advances in medical technology has fostered the emergence
of the field of pediatric critical care medicine. Since 1985, this
need has been recognized by the American Board of Pediatrics—which
offers board certification in the specialty of Pediatric Critical
Care Medicine.
In 1999, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation
of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies recognized the
need for a specialty journal in this field and created the journal
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine that currently has over 1700 subscribers.
The specialty of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is demanding,
rapidly progressing, and highly complex. Specialists, trainees,
and allied professionals working in this discipline have limited
time for continuing medical education and similarly, limited opportunities
to attend formal didactic programs. Web-based continuing medical
education offers a particularly efficient means for busy practitioners
in this specialty to maintain a contemporary knowledge base in the
field.
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine has an editorial board comprised
of international experts in the field and publishes review articles,
original scientific reports, and case reports—presenting cutting
edge material to its readership. The mission of the journal is to
disseminate state of the art information to the readership to improve
the delivery of care to critically ill infants and children worldwide.
Related to this mission, the instructional intent of our online
CME is to provide a readily available, credible, and effective means
for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine physicians and allied professionals
to obtain current continuing medical education in diagnosis and
contemporary treatment. This resource will also serve as an educational
tool for pediatric critical care medicine practitioners worldwide
who subscribe to the journal.
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Faculty and author affiliations and financial disclosure
information are procured and posted prior to the online CME article
in each issue.
Editor
Patrick M. Kochanek, MD. Dr.
Kochanek has disclosed
that he has a patent pending for a method of inducing suspended
animation following cardiopulmonary arrest.
CME Editor
Hector R. Wong, MD.
Dr. Wong has disclosed that
he has no significant relationships with or financial interests
in any commercial companies that pertains to this educational activity.
Other LCMEI/WKH/Other staff financial disclosure information is procured and printed prior to each CME article in each issue.
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Lippincott CME Institute has identified and resolved any faculty conflicts of interest regarding this educational activity.
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Learning objectives for each CME activity are procured and printed
prior to the online CME article in each issue.
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Online
The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Continuing Medical
Education program enables subscribers to earn up to 6 AMA PRA
Category 1 CreditsTM per
year. The CME-denoted article(s) published in an issue throughout
the year are designated course reading. Those who are interested
in earning credit for individual issues should go to the journal
website (www.pccmjournal.com)
read each designated CME article and complete the examination answer
form and evaluation assessment questionnaire online, answering 80%
of the questions correctly on each issue's CME examination to obtain
credit. Participants are given a maximum of three opportunities
to pass the CME Examination for a particular activity. A CME certificate
will be available to you online for printing.
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Each
activity must be completed by the expiration date stated in each
issue.
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