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Critical care as part of respiratory medicine training in the UK
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  1. H Pattani1,
  2. S Wharton1,
  3. N Hart2,
  4. A T Jones3,
  5. on behalf of the Respiratory Critical Care Group of the British Thoracic Society
  1. 1QMC Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
  2. 2Lane Fox Unit, Department of Critical Care,St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
  3. 3Intensive Care Unit, Department of Critical Care,St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr S Wharton
    QMC, D-Floor, South Block, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK;simon.wharton{at}nuh.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2006.064311

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    Intensive care in the UK has traditionally been delivered by intensivists within the physical boundaries of the intensive care or high dependency unit. The recent adoption of the term “critical care” reflects an increasing focus on the patient rather than the location or attending physician.1,2 The Joint Committee of Higher Medical Training curriculum in respiratory medicine identifies that experience in “intensive care medicine” is essential for respiratory trainees, and specifies that no less than 60 days should be spent in an intensive care unit recognised by the regional programme director. This is equivalent to 3 months full time training and should ideally be undertaken as a single full time allocation, but can be delivered as blocks of a minimum of 15 consecutive working days, …

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