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==Training in the United States==
After medical school there are several different routes to becoming an '''intensivist'''. One can do a three year internal medicine residency, and then a three year pulmonology/critical care fellowship, or a two year critical care fellowship. Also, if starting with internal medicine, it is possible to do a different specialty fellowship entirely, such as three years of cardiology of gastroenterology, and then an additional one year fellowship in critical care medicine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Critical Care Medicine {{!}} ACP Online |url=https://www.acponline.org/about-acp/about-internal-medicine/subspecialties-of-internal-medicine/critical-care-medicine |website=www.acponline.org}}</ref>It is also possible to complete a residency first in general surgery, anesthesiology, and emergency medicine before applying for a 1-2 year fellowship in critical care.<ref>{{cite web |title=Surgical Critical Care Match |url=https://www.nrmp.org/fellowship-applicants/participating-fellowships/surgical-critical-care-match/ |website=NRMP}}</ref>
==Role in healthcare==
'''Intensivists''' most often work in the intensive care unit. These physicians oversee the majority of care of these patients and make decisions about treatment, testing, procedures, consultations, etc. Majority of the patients that are admitted to the ICU are severely ill, and these physicians are experts at managing their complex challenges including multiple organ failure, life-threatening infections, trauma victims, and more. They must work with a large number of other professionals including [[physician assistants]]/[[nurse practitioner]], [[registered nurses]], [[pharmacists]], [[respiratory therapists]], and more.<ref>{{cite web |title=FREIDA Critical Care Medicine (IM) Residency and Fellowship Listing |url=https://freida.ama-assn.org/specialty/critical-care-medicine-im |website=freida.ama-assn.org}}</ref>
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