Determination of Adult Critical Care Physician Core Knowledge and Skills: Results of a Multidisciplinary, Modified Delphi Process
Authors' conclusion
The large number of items included in the list of essential knowledge and skills demonstrates the complexity of modern CCM.
Study context
- Population
- Members of the Society of Critical Care Medicine Adult Critical Care Physician Core Knowledge and Skills Task Force (representatives of Critical Care Medicine (CCM) stakeholder organizations)
- Outcome
- Categorization of knowledge items (advanced essential, general essential, not essential) and procedures (performs routinely, only in an emergency, knows)
Methodological detailsmultidisciplinary, four rounds, Rounds two of the modified Delphi via Research Electronic Data Capture, Rounds three and four via online Zoom meetings using its polling feature
- Multidisciplinary
- Four rounds
- Rounds two of the modified Delphi via Research Electronic Data Capture
- Rounds three and four via online Zoom meetings using its polling feature
Recommendations
As reported in the abstract
Essential knowledge and skills items
- Items determined essential
- 541
- Essential, advanced knowledge
- 145
- Essential, general knowledge
- 323
- Essential, no consensus on advanced vs general
- 73
- Nonessential items
- 8
Original publication
Determination of Adult Critical Care Physician Core Knowledge and Skills: Results of a Multidisciplinary, Modified Delphi Process. Crit Care Med. Published 9 December 2025. doi:10.
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