Achieving the aims of education: curricular decisions in critical care.
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.
Buchman
Timothy G
TG
Department of Surgery, Washington University in Saint Louis, Mail Stop 8109, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MI 63110, USA. buchman@wustl.edu
D003422:Critical Care; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007396:Internship and Residency