Emergency Medicine Critical Care Certification: Challenges Ahead
Journal Title: Emergency Medicine – Open Journal - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
As of 2012, Emergency Medicine (EM) was finally granted a mechanism for certification in Critical Care Medicine (CCM). Emergency Physicians have been trained in critical care medicine (CCM) for over a decade with the understanding that they would not have the option for US board certification. The history of EM and CCM is lengthy and ultimately the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) would not grant EM the ability to form its own CCM certification pathway.1 Until recently, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Anesthesia did not have any critical care medicine certification pathway for EM residency trained graduates who had successfully completed CCM fellowships approved by their respective governing bodies. As of 2010 there were 104 EM/CCM physicians with 73 of those completing fellowships and 31 still in training.2 Interestingly, the University of Maryland Shock Trauma program and the University of Pittsburgh Multidisciplinary Critical Care program trained 42% of the physicians, 32 of the remaining 38 programs trained 2 or less fellows. The number of fellows has shown a steady increase despite lack of board certification each decade from the late 1990’s. 39 reported training in multidisciplinary programs, 28 in surgery programs, and 16 in Internal Medicine (IM) programs. The majority of the trainees completed 1-year CCM fellowships.
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Imoigele P. Aisiku
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