How the twenty-four credits work.
This program is two activities. Twelve credits are completed online before you sail. Twelve more are earned aboard — a morning of sessions on each of the two sea days, plus a focused session in each port. The scenic-cruising hours stay open for on-deck practice and rest.
Self-paced online content on the science of stress, burnout, and regulation, with a post-activity assessment and evaluation. Opens roughly eight weeks before sailing. Completing it is what reserves your place aboard.
A morning of sessions on each of the two sea days and a focused session in each of the four ports — regulation labs, breath and HRV practice, and trauma-informed self-practice. Credit is verified by attendance and a post-activity evaluation.
Seven nights. Four ports. The Inside Passage.
Round-trip from Seattle aboard Celebrity Edge, north through the Inside Passage to Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, and Victoria. Sessions on the two sea days and in each port; the scenic-cruising hours are open for practice and rest.
Onboard credit totals 12: a morning of sessions on each of the two sea days (4 credits each) plus a session in each of the four ports (1 credit each). The Endicott Arm and Inside Passage scenic windows are optional practice and carry no credit.
Stress, burnout & the nervous system, in two parts.
Twelve credits of foundation online, then twelve credits earned aboard — the science learned on land, then practiced at sea through breath, somatic work, and regulation.
The two scenic-cruising windows — Endicott Arm and the Inside Passage — are reserved for optional on-deck stillness. They carry no credit, by design, so the most beautiful hours of the sailing belong to you.
- ✓Describe the physiologic basis of the stress response and its role in burnout.
- ✓Apply nervous-system regulation techniques to their own clinical and personal practice.
- ✓Use objective recovery markers such as HRV to guide self-management.
- ✓Identify relational and systemic contributors to chronic stress load.
- ✓Build a sustainable, trauma-informed self-practice that protects against burnout.
The work, then the rest.
Sessions on the sea days and in each port. The scenic hours and the open afternoons are for everything we never get enough of.
The work is real and it is finished early. The deep days are the days at sea; the port sessions are short, with the Inside Passage and the open afternoons left for stillness, time ashore, and rest.
Enjoy.
A few moments.
The credit details.
Credit total
This program offers a combined maximum of 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ across two activities.
Online activity — 12 credits
The online, self-paced portion offers a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, completed before sailing. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Onboard activity — 12 credits
The live onboard portion offers a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ — a morning of sessions on each of the two sea days and a session in each of the four ports. The two activities together provide a maximum of 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Travel & recreation
The educational content of both the online and onboard activities is developed independently of the cruise line and of any travel or commercial sponsor. Travel, lodging, meals, and recreation are not part of the education and are arranged and paid for separately by each participant. The onboard scenic-cruising sessions are optional wellness practice and carry no credit.
This program includes continuing medical education completed aboard the ship. When continuing education takes place at sea, specific IRS rules for education on cruise ships can apply, and those rules carry meaningful limits and conditions.
Whether any portion of your costs is deductible depends on your own circumstances and the particulars of the sailing. The cruise itself is a personal trip, booked and paid for separately from the CME tuition.
This is general information, not tax advice. Talk to your own tax advisor about your situation.
We're negotiating directly with the cruise line to lock in the best possible rates and perks for our group. Based on where those negotiations stand, plan on roughly $2,500–$3,500 for your cruise fare for the week — and we're working to fold added extras into that.
This is a general idea of what you can expect to pay based on our negotiations, not a final quoted price. We're still working to lock in the extras.
for the full 24-credit CME program — 12 credits online before you sail and 12 earned aboard, across two activities.
- ✓This is the CME tuition. It does not include cruise fare.
- ✓A discounted room block is being arranged for our group.
- ✓Once you enroll, we walk you through every step to book your cabin.
- ✓Every physician is welcome — women and men alike.
- ✓Partners and families are welcome to cruise with you.
Refund policy: full refunds are available on request through April 1, 2027, minus a $100 processing fee. No refunds after April 1, 2027.
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