TY - JOUR T1 - Critical care as part of respiratory training in the UK JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 834 LP - 835 DO - 10.1136/thx.2006.074765 VL - 62 IS - 9 AU - B C Creagh-Brown AU - A McD Johnston AU - D Pandit AU - R J Parker AU - A C Davidson Y1 - 2007/09/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/62/9/834.2.abstract N2 - Experience in critical care medicine is mandatory for all respiratory trainees in the UK with a need for 60 days (3 months) minimum placement in an intensive care unit (ICU). The Respiratory Critical Care Group of the British Thoracic Society1 recently reported a survey in which there was widespread agreement with this requirement, although it was inadequately provided by a number of programmes. In addition, a proportion of trainees indicated the intention to subspecialise in intensive care medicine and were concerned that their ICU experience was diluted by having responsibilities such as acute general medical takes during … ER -