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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Guidelines Course - CME Certificate
Program Description
Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines Course (TBI) is a joint initiative of the Brain Trauma Foundation and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. This online course aims to educate trauma care providers about the key evidence-based recommendations of the TBI guidelines. The Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines have consistently shown to reduce Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) mortality by 50%. Content includes initial patient assessment, helpful resources, the adult severe TBI guidelines (4th edition), the SIBICC algorithms, pearls of surgical management, as well as an international perspective. The course will be of interest to all clinicians who care for trauma patients, providing learners with current best evidence practices for patients with severe TBI.
Target Audience
The course will be of interest to all clinicians who care for trauma patients - both physicians in practice and those in training.
Learning Objectives
After successfully completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Summarize current best practices in traumatic brain injury care.
- Describe the importance of early identification for good outcomes.
- Analyze relevant physician contributions in research and prevention.
- Recognize knowledge gained with questions at the end of each section, and the final module.
Contact
For questions about course content or help with navigation, please contact us at traumaeducation@facs.org
DISCLOSURE POLICY
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as an “ineligible company”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf of all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
Ineligible company: Any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition. |
Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. |
Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship. |
The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.
For course-specific disclosure listings, please refer to the disclosure insert provided at your course site.
BTF TBI Planning/Development Committee Disclosures:
Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Gregory Hawryluk, MD, PhD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
BTF TBI Author Disclosures:
Eric Sribnick, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Alan Hoffer, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Anthony Figaji, MD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Jamie S. Ullman, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Eve Tsai, MD, PhD, FRCSC, CIP
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Andres Rubiano, MD, PhD
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Continuing Medical Education Credit Information
Accreditation
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The American College of Surgeons designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME Credit Claiming Information
All attendees must complete the course evaluation in order to claim a CME Certificate or a Certificate of Completion. The course evaluation will appear once you take and complete this course. The following requirements will need to be completed:
- Review all course materials
- Course evaluation
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
By attending this activity, you give us permission to share your CME data with the CME Accrediting provider and the American Board of Surgery via the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.50 Certificate of Completion