0689_SCCM_SoCal Annual Symposium_Live

Irvine, CA US

September 26, 2025

Description:

The SCCM Southern California Annual Symposium 2025 is a dynamic conference focused on advancing critical care through innovation, collaboration, and education. This year’s theme centers on key transitions in ICU care, strategies to foster professional fulfillment and resilience, and the transformative role of artificial intelligence in healthcare, among many other timely topics. Our speakers will share evidence-based strategies designed to enrich the critical care practice environment. Presenters include distinguished local, national, and international experts from a wide range of disciplines, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and research scientists.

Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases:

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

Kim, D., Eltahir, A., Ngo, S., & Rodriguez, F. (2024). Bridging the Gap: How Accounting for Social Determinants of Health Can Improve Digital Health Equity in Cardiovascular Medicine. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0621.v1
Johnson, G. M. (2021). Algorithmic bias: on the implicit biases of social technology. Synthese, 198(10), 9941-9961. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-020-02696-y

Target Audience

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Pharmacists (PharmD)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Students of Health Professions

Learning Objectives

By the end of this learning activity, participants will be able to:

1) To Differentiate the role of surgery versus anesthesia versus ICU in patient handoffs

2) To Describe the impact of effective communication on a multidisciplinary and multiprofessional handoff.

3) To Recognize the importance of handoff choreography in reducing preventable adverse events in healthcare.

4) Discuss the real-world pros and cons of using AI to support wellness in critical care, including issues of trust, overdependence, and preserving human connection at the bedside.

5) Explore how AI tools can reduce cognitive load and ease documentation burden in the ICU, freeing up time and mental energy for direct patient care and team communication.

6) Identify common individual and organizational drivers of burnout and diminished professional fulfillment among critical care professionals.

7) Describe system-wide interventions that institutions can implement to promote clinician well-being, including workflow optimization, peer support programs, and leadership engagement

8) Develop an initial action plan tailored to their role or institution that integrates both individual and system-level approaches to improve professional satisfaction and sustainability.

9) Identify common individual and organizational drivers of burnout and diminished professional fulfillment among critical care professionals.

10) Discuss evidence-based individual & system-wide strategies for building personal resilience and promoting clinician well-being.

11) Define moral injury in the context of critical care medicine and analyze case-based ethical dilemmas that contribute to moral injury.

12) Develop strategies for early recognition of moral injury through collaborative dialogue and explore institutional and personal pathways to moral resilience

13) Understand the prevalence and factors contributing to pharmacist burnout

14) Describe personal and institutional strategies to promote pharmacist wellness

Course summary

Available credit:

5.00 ACPE
Pharmacy Credit - Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 5.00 of ACPE credit(s). Credits for pharmacists and technicians will be transmitted to CPE Monitor and will be available within 60 days post-activity pending submission of individual NABP e-PID and DOB (mm/dd only). Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physician Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
5.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 5.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.
5.00 ANCC
Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 5.00 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
5.00 CA BRN
Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
This activity is approved for 5.00 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
5.00 IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 5.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Course opens:

08/29/2025

Course expires:

11/03/2025

Event starts:

09/26/2025 - 8:30am PDT

Event ends:

09/26/2025 - 3:15pm PDT

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The Cove @ UCI

5270 California Ave # 100

Irvine, CA 92517

United States

Pooja Nawathe, MD, FAAP, FCCM, CHSE-A, CHSOS, faculty for this presentation, has disclosed the following financial relationships:

Edwards Lifesciences – Consultant providing Continuing Education Credits (CEC) for medical devices (01/13/2023 – 12/29/2023).
California Simulation Alliance – Consultant and speaker for educational offerings (02/02/2023 – 03/17/2025).
Society for Simulation in Healthcare – Independent contractor for accreditation activities (03/17/2025).
Society of Critical Care Medicine – Independent contractor serving as an ad hoc speaker (03/17/2025).

All relevant financial relationships have expired and do not require further action.

No one else involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity has any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.

– Provider Designee/Verification: Fozia Ferozali, Ed.D

Pooja Nawathe, MD, FAAP, FCCM, CHSE-A, CHSOS

has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Edwards Life Sciences;.

has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Calfornia Simulation Alliance;.

has a financial relationship (Independent contractor) with Society of Simulation in Healthcare;.

has a financial relationship (Independent contractor) with Society of Critical Care Medicine;.

Peer Reviewer(s)