title: Training and certification in surgical critical care: a position paper by the Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society.
abstract: Delivery of Surgical Critical Care in the United States is facing multiple challenges including increasing complexity of care, escalating costs, shortage of well-trained physicians, and controversies about appropriate training and credentialing methods. In this position paper, the Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society discusses some of these important issues and suggests a number of possible solutions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 01124, USA. hbalam@partners.org
authors.forename: Hasan B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Chipman
authors.forename: Fred A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Luchette
authors.forename: Marc J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Spain
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cioffi
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce