The future of intensive medicine
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Although Intensive Care Medicine is a young specialty compared with other medical disciplines, it current ly plays a key role in the process of care for many pat ients. Experience has shown that professionals with specific t raining in Intensive Care Medicine are needed to provide high quality care to crit ically il l pat ients. In Europe, important steps have been taken towards the standardizat ion of t raining programs of t he dif ferent member states. However, it is now necessary to take one more step forward, that is, the creat ion of a primary specialty in Intensive Care Medicine. Care of t he crit ical ly i l l needs to be led by special ist s who have received specific and complete t raining and who have the necessary professional competences to provide maximum qualit y care to their pat ients. The future of the specialt y presents challenges that must be faced with determinat ion, with the main obj ect ive of meet ing the needs of the popu-
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