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Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course 2025: Comprehensive Bundle (No CME)
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- Non-member - $2,993.47
- Regular (MFM) - $2,096.88
- Resident - $1,798.01
- Associate - $2,096.88
- Associate - Fellow - $1,798.01
- Medical Student - $1,798.01
- Practice Professional - $1,798.01
- Honorary - $2,096.88
- Emeritus - $2,096.88
- Affiliate - $2,096.88
- Internal - Free!
- Adjunct Member - $2,096.88
- Undergraduate Student - $1,798.01
The Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course Comprehensive Bundle consists of the following 23 modules:
Acquired Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy
Acute Neurological Diseases in Pregnancy
Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Congenital Heart Disease
Effective Teamwork and Communication During Obstetric Emergencies
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ECMO
Endocrine Emergencies: DKA
Endocrine Emergencies: Thyroid Storm
Hypertensive Disorders: Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
Hypertensive Emergencies
Maternal Cardiac Arrest
Myocardial Infarction in Pregnancy
Obstetric Thromboembolism: Prevention and Controversies
Overdose in Pregnancy
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)
Placenta Accreta Spectrum
Postpartum Hemorrhage and Massive Transfusion
Pulmonary Hypertension
Respiratory Failure in Pregnancy
Sepsis in Pregnancy
Trauma in Pregnancy
Understanding DIC and the Coagulation Cascade
Understanding Blood Pressure Physiology
This course will be available for purchase from January 2025 to December 31, 2025. Registrants will have a full year to complete the course from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Case Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:- Summarize physical changes in pregnancy that impact the cardiovascular system.
- Explain risks during pregnancy and delivery of specific acquired heart diseases.
- Cardiomyopathy
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Arrhythmias
- Identify required elements of delivery planning in the setting of acquired heart disease.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the module from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Case Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:
- Understand presenting symptomology of neurologic disease.
- List maternal and fetal complications with neurologic diseases.
- Outline pregnancy care for patients with neurologic disease.
- Describe lesion-specific care for women with neurologic disease in pregnancy.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the module from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Case Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:- Describe the clinical presentation and diagnostic criteria for amniotic fluid embolism.
- Discuss contemporary understanding of pathophysiology of amniotic fluid embolism relevant to the clinician.
- Solidify a clinical strategy for the management of suspected amniotic fluid embolism.
- Describe the clinical presentation and diagnostic criteria for amniotic fluid embolism.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the module from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Case Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:
- Understand pregnancy pathophysiology and effect on CHD (congenital heart disease)
- List maternal and fetal complications with CHD.
- Outline High Risk Perinatal care for patients with CHD.
- Describe lesion-specific care for people with CHD in pregnancy.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the module from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Cast Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:
- Define a team.
- Why do Teamwork Training?
- Review key teamwork principles and strategies.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the module from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Case Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:
- List the risks factors and inciting factors for DKA in pregnancy.
- Understand the pathophysiology and diagnostic criteria for DKA during pregnancy.
- Describe the appropriate treatment for DKA during pregnancy.
- Communicate the fetal and pregnancy risks associated with DKA in pregnancy.
- Review the complications and associated outcomes with DKA in pregnancy.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the module from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Case Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:
- Understand thyroid physiology in pregnancy.
- Compare and contrast the symptoms of hyperthyroidism and distinguish from thyroid storm.
- Discuss pregnancy outcomes associated with hyperthyroidism.
- Describe treatment of thyroid storm.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the module from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Case Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:
- Describe indications for venovenous (VV) and venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO relevant to the obstetric population.
- Outline components of VV-ECMO emphasizing utility in acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- Review considerations for VA-ECMO in the setting of cardiac failure and cardiac arrest.
- Solidify approach to addressing clinical concerns for the obstetric patient with possible ECMO needs.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the module from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Case Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:
- Recognize the diagnosis of hypertensive emergency.
- Assess for underlying etiologies and the associated therapies for each for this scenario.
- Apply appropriate interventions for this situation, as well as prevention when feasible.
- Assess the response to interventions, along with subsequent measures.
- Educate colleagues and teammates regarding this situation.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the module from the date of enrollment.
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Contains 6 Component(s)
Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module without CME
This Critical Care in Obstetrics Online Course module consists of the following:
Pre-test Quiz
Lecture
Lecture Slides
Case Study
Post-test Quiz
Upon completion of the components in this module, the learner will be able to:
- Distinguish between the different hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
- List the risk factors and describe the pathophysiology involved in the presenting signs and symptoms of preeclampsia with severe features
- Identify the maternal and fetal complications of preeclampsia with severe features.
- Describe the treatment of preeclampsia with severe features and eclampsia.
- Discuss the long-term health risks of preeclampsia with severe features.
Registrants will have a full year to complete the course from the date of enrollment.
Planners:
Shad Deering, MD
Loralei Thornburg, MD
Torre Halscott, MD
Mara Siegel
Berry Fiedel
Authors:
Catherine Albright, MD (Module: Acquired Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy)
Shad Deering, MD (Module: Maternal Cardiac Arrest)
Sarah Rae Easter, MD (Module: Amniotic Fluid Embolism and ECMO)
Michael Foley, MD (Module: Finally Understanding DIC and Understanding Blood Pressure Physiology)
Karin Fox, MD (Module: Overdose in Pregnancy)
Cornelia Graves, MD (Module: Respiratory Failure)
Kendra Gray, DO, MS (Module: Endocrine Emergencies: DKA and Endocrine Emergencies: Thyroid Storm)
Afshan Hameed, MD (Module: Myocardial Infarction)
Laura Hart, MD (Module: Pulmonary Hypertension)
Ashely Hesson, MD (Module: Congenital Heart Disease)
Kevin Huls, MD, MSc (Module: Placenta Accreta Spectrum)
Sarah Kellerhals, MD (Module: Hypertensive Disorders: Preeclampsia and Eclampsia)
Jen Mcintosh, MD (Module: Obstetric Thromboembolism: Prevention and Controversies)
Mary Nienow-Birch, MD (Module: Acquired Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy)
Loralei Thornburg, MD (Module: Acute Neurological Diseases and Postpartum Hemorrhage and Massive Transfusion)
Evelyn Horn, MD (Module: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy)
Arthur Jason Vaught, MD (Module: Sepsis in Pregnancy)
Diana Wolfe, MD (Module: Congenital Heart Disease)
Dena Goffman, MD (Module: Effective Teamwork and Communication During Obstetric Emergencies)
Torre Halscott, MD, MS (Module: Hypertensive Emergencies)
Deirdre Lyell, MD (Module: Trauma in Pregnancy)
Reviewers:
Joseph Biggio, MD
Alison Cahill, MD
Andrew Combs, MD
Shad Deering, MD
Mara Greenberg, MD
Lorie Harper, MD
Torri Metz, MD
Sarah Obican, MD
Tony Sciscione, MD
Sindhu Srinivas, MD
Joanne Stone, MD
Loralei Thornburg, MD
Lorraine Dugoff, MD
Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD
Torre Halscott, MD
Mary Norton, MD
Staff:
Kathleen Scogna, Associate VP of Online Education, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Washington, DC
Molly Rothschild, Manager of Online Education, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Washington, DC
Nicolle Sanfilippo, Coordinator of Online Education, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Washington, DC