Foundations

Important:

If you want to claim CME credit, read the course disclosures here prior to viewing the Foundations program.

Foundations is approved by the ACCME for up to 34.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™

Learner disclosure landing page for a medical education activity titled 'Foundations,' scheduled for release on June 1, 2026, with an expiration date of May 31, 2027, targeted at physicians and healthcare providers, offering a one-hour video and quiz-based content on critical care medicine, accredited by ACCME.
A page from a medical educational document titled 'Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships' and outlining topics related to foundations in concepts and pathology, including lists of speakers and topics such as neuro, pulmonary, cardiac, renal, GI, and endocrine systems.
Document titled 'Simplify Education' outlining medical procedures and topics for training, including foundations procedures with speakers Brandon Oto and Bryan Boling, and topics such as paracentesis, thoracentesis, micropuncture kits, airway management, lumbar puncture, and intraosseous lines, as well as foundations POCUS with topics like echocardiography, lung ultrasound, abdominal ultrasound, vascular ultrasound, and POCUS applications.

Courses

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Concepts

Basic principles of ICU care and therapies, including mechanical ventilation, bedside procedures, medication management, transfusion, and how to get things done

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Pathology

A review of the common diseases and disorders encountered in the critically ill, including their importance, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Procedures

A masterclass in bedside procedures, from paracentesis to airway management. (Vascular access and arterial lines are addressed in Foundations: Concepts.)

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POCUS

Everything you ever wanted to know about point of care ultrasound, from spinning the knobs to advanced echocardiography and everything in between.

Claiming CME

Finished the program and want to claim CME credit? Click the button below!

Claim your total credit hours each year after completing all the material you want to view from the four Foundations courses,
not bit by bit (i.e. don’t submit multiple times).