Analysis of the variations between Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for critical care training programs and their effects on the current critical care workforce

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1042-1047

  Gupta, Rakesh ^a   Zad, Omid ^a   Jimenez, Edgar ^a  

^a ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ACGME; Fellowship; Intensivist; Training; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW;

ACGME; FELLOWSHIP; INTENSIVIST; TRAINING; WORKFORCE;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887408689     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.06.010     Document Type: Review

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