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Annual Challenges in Critical Care - A Multidisciplinary
Approach Credits Penn State college of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Penn State College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This program includes 5.0 hours of patient safety/risk management education as required by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine. Please see the program for topics marked with a "†." 5.5 contact hours awarded. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Nursing Education and Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by PA State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. This program has been approved for up to 5.5 contact hours (0.5 CEUs) of continuing education in state that recognize ACPE providers. Initial release date for all sessions is August 29, 2009. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center complies with the Criteria for Quality for continuing education programming. Participants must attend one of each of the concurrent sessions and all the combines sessions to receive 0.5 CEUs or 5.5 credit hours. Statements of continuing education credit issued to program participants indicate CE hours based on verified attendance and completion of program evaluation. Statements of CE Credit will be mailed to participants approximately two weeks after completion of the program. This program has been assigned the Universal Program Number of 322-000-09-016-L01-P. Application has been made to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists. Penn State has approved this program for 0.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) It is our policy to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of our sponsored educational programs. Faculty and course directors have disclosed relevant financial relationships with commercial companies, and Penn State has a process in place to resolve any conflict of interest. Complete faculty disclosure will be provided to program participants at the beginning of the activity.
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