title: Achieving the aims of education: curricular decisions in critical care.
abstract: Curricula for residents on rotations through intensive care units are necessarily abbreviated. The selection (and omission) of topics can be informed by assessment of perceived needs. A curriculum cannot, however, be formed exclusively from the top-scoring needs. Topics that are encountered exclusively in the critical care unit (such as brain death) must be included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Washington University in Saint Louis, Mail Stop 8109, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MI 63110, USA. buchman@wustl.edu
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Buchman
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007396:Internship and Residency