Contributions of Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society to the training of surgeons.
Yasmin Ali, Kimberly Davis, William Chiu, William Cioffi, Fred Luchette, Samuel Tisherman, David Spain
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Yasmin Ali: From the Department of Surgery (Y.A., K.D.), Yale University, New Haven, CT; Department of Surgery (W.Chiu, S.T.), University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Department of Surgery (W.Cioffi), Brown University, Providence, RI; Department of Surgery (F.L.), Loyola University, Maywood, IL; Department of Surgery (D.S.), Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
BACKGROUND: In 1986, Surgical Critical Care (SCC) was formally recognized as a specialty by the American Board of Surgery (ABS), however it took another two decades to develop a formal national training structure in SCC. In 2003, the program directors of SCC fellowships began to meet and the Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society (SCCPDS) was officially formed in 2004, with recognition of the SCCPDS as a non-profit organization in 2008. Over the next several years, and in conjunction with other interested groups, such as the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), SCCPDS created a formal curriculum, developed a unified system for the fellowship application process, and increased recruitment and match such that now approximately 1 in 6 general surgery graduates are pursuing training in SCC. In discussion with past and present leadership of SCCPDS, there are several ongoing initiatives to further improve the educational opportunities of the fellows and increase inclusion of other organizations and other specialties interested in SCC. The purpose of this article is to discuss the role of SCCPDS in the development and evolution of SCC and Acute Care Surgery (ACS) training. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Expert Opinion; Level V.
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