ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Neurocritical Care

Due to the small number of additional changes, the full revised Program Requirements have not been posted on the Review and Comment page and the changes are noted only in this Impact Statement. [...] Describe the Review Committee’s rationale for this revision: The neurology and neurological surgery patients are the primary patient population for neurocritical care, and the presence of accredited programs in those specialties further ensures the volume, complexity, resources, and quality of neuro-related care that predicates the appropriate learning environment. [...] How will the proposed requirement or revision impact continuity of patient care? The patient care competencies of neurocritical care are built on the six foundational Core Competencies; there will be no change to the delivery of continuing patient care. [...] How will the proposed revision impact other accredited programs? The presence of an accredited fellowship in neurocritical care is not likely to adversely affect the education in other accredited programs. [...] In fact, it is critical and expected that practitioners of this subspecialty fully engage the specialists or subspecialists caring for their patients in intensive care units who have neurological conditions, and collaborate with them in the best interest of the patients, even in those units staffed by neurointensivists.