Level 3: Developing Expert Practice

Andrew CONWAY MORRIS MD, PhD, MRC – Clinician Scientist, University of Cambridge; Honorary Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Liesbet DE BUS MD PhD, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Claire ROGER MD PhD – Head of Surgical Intensive Care Unit Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain and Emergency Department University Hospital Carémeau Nimes, University Nimes, France.

• Explore the participants knowledge and understanding of sepsis, severe infections and stewardship and identify areas for development.
• Describe the approach to the patient with suspected and confirmed fungal infection, including identification, diagnosis and management
• Review the management of infections in the immunocompromised host and intra-abdominal infection, and describe the challenges encountered and how these may be addressed.
• Explore a series of hard-to-treat infections and challenges in antimicrobial therapy
• Discuss the challenges in organ failure management
• Support the development and implementation of effective sepsis stewardship programmes at institutional levels.
• Deliver personalised care that considers the individual characteristics and clinical context of each patient.
• Collaborate with pharmacists to optimize antimicrobial therapy and ensure safe, effective medication use.

This event requiresseparate registration. 

Up to 15 free entries to the course will be offered by ESICM to top performing participants in the pathway.

The rest of participants willing to participate will pay the standard registration fees requested for the pre-congress courses https://www.esicm.org/events/38th-annual-congress-munich/ .

The programme targets doctors, clinical pharmacists, nurses and allied healthcare professionals working in ICU, and will support them in their efforts of continuous professional development and learning continuum, undertaken to provide appropriate care to their patients.

Thanks to the unrestricted educational support from bioMérieux. The programme has not been influenced in any way by its sponsor.

An application will be made to the UEMS EACCME® for CME accreditation of the live event.