title: Faculty development for fellows: Developing and evaluating a broad-based career development course for critical care medicine trainees.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is no defined training experience to teach the broad range of professional skills needed to transition from critical care trainee to practitioner. We hypothesized that a durable set of career development skills could be created for critical care medicine (CCM) trainees using a novel curriculum defined by both learners and content experts.
  
  
  METHODS
  We presented a curriculum focused on professional development skills to 8 second-year CCM fellows at a university-based training program. A needs assessment using input from faculty and fellows selected 22 topics for the course. Surveys given precurriculum and postcurriculum and at 3-year follow-up measured the perceived importance of these topics and learner comfort with the skills presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average class attendance was 77%. Seven subjects (87.5%) responded to each survey time point. Comfort scores increased from precourse to postcourse survey. Scores were maintained across most content areas from postcourse survey to follow-up. Respondents attributed a high level of importance to receiving training of this kind.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Teaching a broad range of career development skills can result in durable confidence when reinforced by regular use postgraduation. This course fills a critical care educational need, facilitating the transition to practitioner after CCM training.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Department of Critical Care Medicine, 6th Floor Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: moorje@ccm.upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Jason E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Department of Critical Care Medicine, 6th Floor Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: pinskymr@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pinsky
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003422:Critical Care; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005178:Faculty / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment
keywords: Administration and management; Career development; Critical care; Curriculum development; Postgraduate education; Professional development