Research Article

The Development of a Critical Care Resident Research Curriculum: A Needs Assessment

Table 2

Demographics of critical care trainees who responded to the survey.

Description of traineePercentage of respondents

Program stream
 (i) Royal College stream86%
 (ii) Clinical Fellow stream114%

Training program
 (i) Adult 71%
 (ii) Pediatric 29%

Specialty prior to critical care
 (i) Anesthesia18%
 (ii) General surgery7%
 (iii) Internal medicine39%
 (iv) Pediatrics25%
 (v) Other (cardiac surgery, emergency)11%

Prior advanced degree (master’s, Ph.D.)
 (i) Yes14%
 (ii) No86%

Clinical Fellows are generally trainees who come from other countries with the sole purpose of education.