Training a hospitalist workforce to address the intensivist shortage in American hospitals: A position paper from the Society of Hospital Medicine and the Society of Critical Care Medicine

摘要

In June of 2011, the executive leadership of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) convened a daylong summit to discuss intensive care unit (ICU) workforce issues as they affect intensivists and hospitalists. Attendees included the executive leadership of both societies and invited participants with cross-disciplinary expertise in hospital medicine and critical care medicine. The summit was convened to address the following issues: Defining hospitalists' roles in providing ICU coverage in the presence or absence of intensivists. Developing standardized and universally recognized supplementary training pathways for hospitalists who practice in the ICU.