Conferences & Courses | Minnesota Critical Care Collaborative

Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care

This course provides a basic introduction to a trauma-informed approach during an emergency response. In addition, this course addresses how a trauma-informed approach is a framework for organizations and learners to understand, recognize, and respond to the impact of trauma.

This course is the first course in the Minnesota Trauma-Informed Emergency Response and Recovery (MnTIER) training program. MnTIER is a training program that aims to provide a framework that guides the planning and operations of disaster response and recovery that was developed to support communities throughout Minnesota but could be applicable to other communities.

Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation Summer Course

This 4-day course includes one day online via Zoom and three days in person. It covers pulmonary physiology and mechanical ventilation topics, such as Ohm’s Law, equation of motion, respiratory system resistance & compliance, autoPEEP, and ventilator asynchronies. Instruction features peer-reviewed lectures, small group exercises, praxis sessions, and case studies using the VentSim platform. Dr. Sami Safadi is the course director for UMN. However, the course is also offered to Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows at various academic institutions in the United States via the Critical Care Education & Research Consortium.

Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation Winter Course

This two-day course includes one day online via Zoom and one in person. It covers more advanced topics such as transpulmonary pressures, dynamic airway collapse & expiratory flow limitation, esophageal manometry, electrical impedance tomography, diaphragm dysfunction, work of breathing & power, and advanced ventilation modes like airway pressure release ventilation. Instruction features peer-reviewed lectures, small group exercises, praxis sessions, and case studies using the VentSim platform. Dr. Sami Safadi is the course director for UMN. However, the course is also offered to Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows at various academic institutions in the United States via the Critical Care Education & Research Consortium.

Mechanical Ventilation Preceptorial Course

This specialized, year-long training program is for advanced fellows and faculty who have completed the summer and winter courses and seek further expertise in mechanical ventilation. Participants receive year-long mentorship and, upon completion, must pass a 2.5-hour oral exam demonstrating advanced theoretical and practical proficiency in MV to qualify as preceptors. This program is offered through the Critical Care Education & Research Consortium.

Critical Care Medicine Conferences

Fellows in critical care fellowship programs engage in a variety of conferences, meetings, and training sessions to advance the field of critical care medicine by providing the highest quality of education and training. Sessions range from didactics and grand rounds to journal clubs and M&M sessions.