Keith Azevedo, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
University of New Mexico, United States
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Jonathan Marinaro, MD, FCCM
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
University of New Mexico, United States
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Title: Critical care scholars program: A longitudinal experience for critical care career development
Introduction: Focused scholarly tracks have been utilized in Emergency Medicine (EM) education for several decades now to encourage residents to explore a large array of academic niches within EM including ultrasound, emergency medical services, global health, pediatric EM and toxicology. This article describes the Critical Care Scholars Program (CCSP), a unique scholarly track focused on critical care medicine (CCM) that encompasses a diverse group of multi-specialty trainees and mentoring opportunities. The goal of this program is to provide opportunities for participants to begin developing the skills, experience and mentoring needed to become a competitive candidate for a fellowship position in critical care, while developing the necessary clinical and research knowledge to be successful in their future training.
Methods: Online literature search for similar multi-disciplinary programs. Interview and analysis of current and past participants.
Results: The CCSP assigns each resident a mentor early in their training to help guide them through the program arranging clinical rotations, facilitating research, and starting early fellowship application development. One of the unique aspects of our program is the ability to achieve cognitive proficiency in a number of skill specific to critical care in a multi-disciplinary learning environment. The CCSP represents a diverse group of resident from a variety of specialties including EM, general surgery and anesthesia. Through interviews and constant feedback we have learned that each resident matched at their desired fellowship training location. However, more importantly, we have discovered participants are obtaining unique exposure and mentorship within critical care.
Conclusion: The CCSP has been a successful multi-specialty longitudinal experience for resident physicians with an interest in CCM. All of the participants have successfully matched into their desired CCM fellowships and more significantly, each participant has been provided the opportunity to gain a robust introduction to CCM in a diverse, multi-disciplinary educational environment.