307:. 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 or gastroenterology, and then an additional one-year fellowship in critical care medicine. It is also possible to complete a residency first in general surgery, anaesthesiology, and emergency medicine before applying for a one- to two-year fellowship in critical care.
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