Acute Care Skills Workshop

Price range: $597.00 through $1,194.00

Come join us for the acute care environment with all the commonly privileged skills used during routine inpatient care in a critical environment such as the emergency department, intensive care, transport medicine, and more!

This 8-hour live course is open to all learners and experience levels, designed to give you the skills you need to be successful in the transition to your first role, a new role, or just as a refresher with fun hands-on continuing education with world-class simulation equipment! Includes hours of online content through our Online CE Portal for lifetime access to supplemental content and lectures!

Please note, the Rockford course will be held on Saturdays and will be hosted at the NIU Rockford Conference Center at 8500 E. State St. Rockford, IL 61108 and is conveniently located near all hotels and our recommended bus transportation Van Galder (coachusa.com) from O’Hare International Airport.

The Tampa courses are also held on Saturdays and will be hosted at the Hampton Inn & Suites Tampa Airport Avion Park Westshore located at 5329 Avion Park Drive, Tampa, Florida, 33607.

 

    COURSE DETAILS

    Course Content

    Course Content

    This one-day course includes a broad assortment of inpatient skills commonly performed in the acute care environment and also includes a series of online courses to reinforce the learning.

    Course Includes:

    Ultrasound Use

    Point of Care Ultrasound

    Ultrasound Guided IV and Arterial Line Insertion

    Ultrasound Guided Central Venous Line Insertion

    Ultrasound Guided Thoracentesis

    Chest Tube Thoracostomy

    Airway Management including Intubation and Ventilator Management

    For most of our 2026 courses, we have moved the Acute Care Skills Workshop to Sunday so that you can enjoy a full weekend of workshops and add on our Family Practice Skills Workshop on Friday-Saturday or our Basic Suturing Skills Workshop on Saturday! 

    Accreditation

    CE Hours

    The AAFP has reviewed Acute Care Skills Workshop, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from  05/12/2025 to 05/11/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

    Each Workshop is approved for 8.00 AAFP approved credit hours.

    AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.

    Target Audience

    Target Audience

    Nurse Practitioners, CRNAs, Physician Assistants, Medical Doctors, Emergency Medical Services, any/all students are welcome!

    Location

    Location

    We now have TWO location options: Rockford, IL and Tampa, FL

    Rockford Location for 2026 will be at our NEW Skills on Point Skills Lab in Rockford, IL off of East Riverside Blvd. (Address will be emailed to you)

    SOP Room Block available at Hilton Garden Inn, Rockford IL – SITE AND BOOKING

    Enter Corporate Account number “3268798” under “Special Rates” to receive the Skills on Point discount

    The Tampa course is held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Tampa Airport Avion Park Westshore — 5329 Avion Park Drive, Tampa, Florida, 33607

Student Reviews

  1. Mary Seagle (verified owner)

    Attended the acute care procedure course which exceeded my expectations!! Information is presented in a way that is comprehensive, interactive, and retainable. I appreciated the 1:1 attention during the procedures. He’s highly skilled and I highly recommend this course!! I have also done some online courses as well, which I also highly recommend!! High quality education without breaking the bank!!

  2. Katie Wilkinson (verified owner)

    The Acute Care Skills Workshop was phenomenal! Very informative and a lot of hands-on practice for those brushing on up on their skills or those hearing this information and performing these skills for the first time. Hands down the best workshop I’ve ever attended.

  3. Lisa Armstrong (verified owner)

    I attended the acute care skills workshop this week. It was excellent! The learning tools are awesome! It was a great time. I highly recommend!

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