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.
MeSH terms
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Certification / organization & administration*
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Clinical Competence / standards*
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Critical Care / organization & administration*
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Critical Care / standards*
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Education, Medical, Graduate / organization & administration*
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Education, Medical, Graduate / standards*
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Emergency Medicine / education
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Female
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General Surgery / education
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Humans
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Male
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Physician Executives / organization & administration
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Program Evaluation
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Societies, Medical
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United States
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Workforce