Table 3.

Importance and adequacy of training in different areas of critical care during participants’ doctorate of medicine critical care medicine course

Area of Critical Care	Importance of Training		Adequacy of Training
	Very Important (%)	Somewhat Important (%)	Well Trained (%)	Some Training (%)	No Training (%)
Cardiac critical care	87.8	12.2	24	72	4
Pulmonary medicine and mechanical ventilation	100	0	94	6	0
Gastroenterology and hepatology	84	16	62	34	4
Critical care nephrology	94	6	54	46	0
Infections and antimicrobials	100	0	84	16	0
Neurocritical care	86	14	38.8	53.1	8.2
Radiology, lab diagnosis, and POCUS	97.9	2.1	78	22	0
Procedural training including ICD, tracheostomy	94	6	88	12	0
Research methodology	86	14	42	52	6
ECMO and extracorporeal therapies (CRRT)	56	44	4	64	32
Financial management of critical care practice	80	20	18	46	36
Administrative and managerial skills	86	14	28	48	24

Definition of abbreviations: CRRT = continuous renal replacement therapy; ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICD = intercostal drainage tube, POCUS = point of care ultrasound.