Abstract
To investigate the current status of premedical intensive care education in Japan, the National Public University Hospital Conference Intensive Care Division conducted a survey in November 2010. A questionnaire was sent to 53 institutes, and responses were received from 48 of them. ICUs that were attached to an emergency department accounted for one-third of all the ICUs. The median number of beds was 11 in the ICUs that were attached to an emergency department and 10 in those that were not. The median number of full-time ICU physicians was 8 in the ICUs that were attached to an emergency department and 3.5 in those that were not. More than half units have lecture hours less than 5 hours. The reported numbers of lecture hours and practice hours have wide ranges among the institutes. Further investigation including private university hospitals is warranted.
