Reimagining Undergraduate Critical Care Medical Education: A Path for the Next Decade.

Abstract

Foundational training in critical care medicine is an integral part of both undergraduate and graduate medical education. Yet, many medical school graduates enter residency underprepared to care for critically ill patients because of a lack of ubiquity of undergraduate critical care education and the heterogeneity of existing didactic and clinical experiences. This Perspective explores the importance of undergraduate critical care education, the current national and international landscape, innovative educational strategies and exemplar curricula, and recent advances in assessment that may better reflect learner-centered educational outcomes. As broad curricular reforms push medical education toward a more innovative, interactive, and collaborative future, now is the time to rethink and reimagine undergraduate critical care education.