Critical Care Medicine

Curriculum Plan for Residents in Core of Discipline

Rotation PriorityRequiredWhen PossibleOptional
Burn ICU C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 , C5 , C13 C6 , C7 , C8 , C11 C9 , C10 , C12
Cardiac Surgery ICU C3 , C4 , C5 C1 , C2 , C6 , C7 , C13 C8 , C9 , C10 , C11 , C12
Critical Care Medicine C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 , C5 , C13 C6 , C7 , C8 , C11 , C12 , TTP1 C9 , C10
Critical care Echocardiography C7
Interventional Radiology (IR) C5 , C6 , C7 C10 C12
Pulmonary Medicine/Interventional Pulmonology C1 C6 C4 , C11 , C12
EPA code EPA title
C1 Managing patients with respiratory failure
C2 Managing patients with multisystem organ dysfunction
C3 Managing the resuscitation of critically ill patients
C4 Performing Procedures: Airway management
C5 Performing procedures: Vascular access
C6 Performing procedures: Chest tube, paracentesis, lumbar punctures, and temporary transvenous pacemaker insertion
C7 Performing Point-of-Care ultrasound
C8 Caring for patients with prolonged ICU stay and/or organ support-dependent critical illness and their primary caregiver(s)
C9 Identifying, assessing, and managing potential organ donors
C10 Managing the transport of patients who are critically ill
C11 Leading daily clinical rounds
C12 Supervising, assessing, and coaching junior colleagues
C13 Debriefing routine resuscitations and critical events
TTP1 Running an ICU service