• Jason E Moore and Michael R Pinsky.
• 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.
• J Crit Care. 2015 Oct 1; 30 (5): 1152.e1-6.

PurposeThere 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.Materials And MethodsWe 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.ResultsAverage 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.ConclusionsTeaching 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.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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