***Online registration is now closed. Individuals interested in attending can register on-site for this conference.***

The 5th Annual Neurocritical Care Symposium: A Practical Approach focuses on practical issues facing the healthcare professional caring for the critically-ill neurological patient. Through case presentations carefully selected to illustrate the difficulties of diagnosing and managing these patients, participants will learn how recent advances in the field can be applied in their practices. To further enhance learning, hands on simulation workshops have been developed to reflect real patient cases faced by critical care practitioners.

Together with our expert interdisciplinary team of faculty, participants will critique treatment approaches, interpret clinical and laboratory findings, and navigate through the critical decision points of care. Active learning begins prior to the conference with a pre-test to help you identify areas of your own needs, and continues through the conference with time for questions and discussions. With the use of audience polling during case presentations, you decide the next steps in each case's management with immediate feedback from peers and experts. After the conference, a brief post test, with a web-based review of the rationale for each correct response, serves to reinforce key learning points.

New This Year - Patient Simulation Workshops (Saturday, January 30, 2016)

Attendees will have the option to further enhance learning through hands on simulation workshops to take place at the Thomas Jefferson University Simulation Center. The course directors have developed scenarios to reflect real life, patient cases faced by critical care practitioners. By experiencing simulated critical care episodes, participants will be able to assess their level of knowledge and performance in intense critical care situations. Expert faculty will be facilitating and moderating throughout each scenario.

ACCREDITATION INFORMATION

PHYSICIANS: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.75* AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NURSES: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is an approved provider of Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) by the PA State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. A maximum of 11.75* nursing contact hours will be awarded to participants.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS: The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. (www.aapa.org).

*Attendees have the potential to earn a maximum of 11.75 credits, depending on components of the conference that are completed.

Below please see the maximum credits to be earned for each portion of the program:

  In order to earn the maximum credits for Friday, January 29, the following optional educational components must be fully completed:

1. Complete the pre-test
2. Attend the conference (Friday, January 29, 2016)
3. Complete the Friday, January 29 conference evaluation process
4. Complete the posttest
5. Listen to the web-based audio discussion that provides the rationale for each correct response on the post test, and
6. Complete the evaluation of this optional module.

All six steps must be completed; no partial credit is available for this optional component.