Administration

Who Is an Intensivist and What Should Every Intensivist Know?

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Amy Dzierba, BCCCP, PharmD, FCCM (she/her/hers)

  NYU Langone Medical Center
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  Antoinette Spevetz, MD, MMEL, FACP

  Vice Chair of Education, Department of Internal Medicine
  Cooper University Health Care

The term intensivist conveys different meanings to different audiences. A recent retrospective analysis characterized the literature as to differences in the use of terms such as intensivist and critical care physician among those in training, certification, and credentialing. Multiple U.S. boards offer subspecialty certification in critical care, leading to fragmentation of adult critical care training. Knowledge and skill requirements for fellowships and board examination specifications significantly overlap. SCCM, which last published an intensivist definition in 1992, has established a task force to redefine intensivist in a way that can be applied globally. The task force brought together key stakeholders to use a modified Delphi approach to determine the common knowledge and skills that every intensivist should have, regardless of base specialty. Providing this list to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the critical care training, certifying, and credentialing organizations should help harmonize these training pathways.

Presentations:

• 2:35pm – 2:55pm Eastern Time

  Redefining the Intensivist
  

  Daniel Wu, DO, FACOS, FACS (he/him/his) – Trinity Health
• 2:55pm – 3:15pm Eastern Time

  Defining the Core Knowledge and Skills of Every Intensivist
  

  Samuel Tisherman, MD, FCCM – University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center