Knowledge Education Groups

Come together to advance a specific area of knowledge by joining a Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Knowledge Education Group (KEG). 

Billing and Documentation KEG  

The Billing and Documentation Knowledge Education Group (KEG) aims to provide a platform for education and collaboration to share best practices, guidelines, and current standards for billing and documentation.

  last person joined 4 days ago

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Burnout KEG  

The Burnout Knowledge Education Group (KEG) seeks to spread awareness of burnout at a grassroots level among all ICU healthcare professionals, share successful strategies that have been instituted, and ultimately develop standardized interventions using research methodologies to prevent burnout, increase professional fulfillment, and augment the critical care workforce.

  last person joined 13 days ago

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Choosing Wisely KEG  

The Choosing Wisely KEG is aimed at improving awareness of the Choosing Wisely® campaign. Members will exchange ideas on how to avoid unnecessary tests and treatments and discuss how members have been able to implement initiatives at their medical centers.

  last person joined 5 days ago

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Critical Care Clinicians in Practice KEG  

The Critical Care Clinicians in Practice Knowledge Education Group (KEG) is dedicated to all clinicians, including physicians, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, nurses, dietitians, physician assistants, and others caring for critically ill patients in community hospitals and non-tertiary care settings. This KEG provides a platform to network, seek advice, and discuss shared challenges in private practice, obstacles to patient care, and other situations that can arise in a community hospital or non-tertiary care setting.
Cochairs:
Bushra A. Mina, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM
Frank M. O'Connell, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM

  last person joined 18 days ago

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Critical Care Organizations KEG  

The Critical Care Organizations (CCO) Knowledge Education Group (KEG) aims to advance and share knowledge about integrated critical care services for all ICU healthcare professionals with the goal of fostering the development of CCOs in academic and community hospitals and hospital networks.

  last person joined 3 days ago

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Data Science KEG  

The Data Science in Intensive Care Medicine Knowledge Education Group (KEG) aims to support Society of Critical Care Medicine members in learning how data science can be applied to problems in critical care medicine. Data science is an interdisciplinary field that employs statistical and machine learning (ML) methods to extract knowledge from complex datasets.

  last person joined 20 days ago

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Ethics KEG  

The Ethics KEG aims to promote discussion and collaboration among healthcare professionals with an interest in ethics. The KEG will address topics chosen by the platform's participants, with subsections centered on particular themes such as end of life, moral distress, and other important ethical issues in critical care.

  last person joined 7 hours ago

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Geriatric KEG  

The Geriatric KEG aims to connect those interested in the emerging field of geriatric critical care medicine to discuss topics such as best practices for clinical management of critically ill older adults, inclusion of older adults in critical care research, consideration of the older ICU population in critical care Clinical Practice Guidelines, and identification and development of opportunities to integrate geriatrics into critical care fellowship education.

  last person joined 20 days ago

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Global Outreach KEG  

The Global Outreach KEG aims to connect clinicians interested in improving care across low- and middle-income countries. The goal of this KEG is to optimize critical care education and practice in LMICs and build upon successful global outreach projects and initiatives.

  last person joined 7 hours ago

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Obstetric Critical Care KEG  

The Obstetric Critical Care KEG aims to connect healthcare professionals interested in the care of critically ill obstetric patients. The goal of this KEG is to bring together professionals from different disciplines to improve clinical practice, quality of communication, and education in obstetric care, and develop research collaborations.

  last person joined 17 days ago

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Palliative Care KEG  

The Palliative Care Knowledge and Education Group (KEG) aims to promote education, clinical care, research initiatives, patient advocacy, and collegial support around palliative care issues in both adult and pediatric critical care. This KEG aims to foster greater understanding of how high-quality palliative care can improve patient and family clinical and psychosocial outcomes while decreasing suffering in critically ill patients and decreasing moral distress and burnout in critical care clinicians.

  last person joined 7 hours ago

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Under-Represented in Critical Care KEG  

The Under-Represented in Critical Care KEG aims to bring together SCCM members interested in addressing racial and ethnic diversity and disparities within critical care medicine.

  last person joined 7 hours ago

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Women in Critical Care KEG  

The Women in Critical Care KEG aims to connect women in the field, forge new leadership opportunities for them, and establish critical care as a viable and fulfilling career choice. The KEG is committed to fostering a supportive community that can help women advance within the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), as well as within their professional careers.

  last person joined 5 days ago

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