Achieving the aims of education: curricular decisions in critical care
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Correspondence: Timothy G Buchman buchman@wustl.edu
Departments of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis, Mail Stop 8109, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MI 63110, USA
Critical Care 2008, 12:188 doi:10.1186/cc7094
Published: 5 November 2008Abstract
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.