Abstract
Pediatric critical care services in India have grown with leaps and bounds. There has been a growing need of physicians specially trained in pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM) in India. Physicians returning to India after their formal training in PCCM abroad have partly supported this growing need. Development of formal PCCM training programs in India has been a huge step toward supporting the growing clinical needs. This article focuses on advances in pediatric critical care training in India and its future directions.
Highlights
Until 2002, formal fellowship training in pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM), accredited by a national governing body did not exist in India
Quite a few physicians after completing a formal PCCM fellowship and gaining some experience working as senior house officers or faculty abroad returned to India to lead the PCCM programs in major metropolitan areas of India
The national bodies have been active in organizing critical care conferences, workshops, and courses such as basic pediatric intensive care in India [8]
Summary
Until 2002, formal fellowship training in pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM), accredited by a national governing body did not exist in India. The national bodies have been active in organizing critical care conferences, workshops, and courses such as basic pediatric intensive care in India [8] This has improved networking opportunities connecting the potential PCCM fellows to the appropriate fellowship programs and reinforced their clinical and academic training. In the USA, a large number of PCCM fellowship training programs have adopted a formal fellow orientation process, which often includes handson airway skills in the operating room under supervision of a pediatric anesthesiologist and simulation-based training before they begin to work in the PICU. The contributions of national societies and quality of standards of PCCM fellowship programs maintained by national societies and governing bodies, such as ISCCM, IAP intensive care chapter, Medical Council of India, and National Board of Examinations, will define the future of pediatric critical care training in India.
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