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This article aims to outline a new educational initiative on offer to newly qualified intensivists in Australasia, the Consultant Intensivist Transition (CIT) course. It is timely to consider the relevance of such a course in the UK as the recently formed UK Faculty of Intensive Care addresses the training needs of the intensive care specialist of the future.

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medical leadership medical education intensive care medicine

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The Australian Consultant Intensivist Transition (CIT) Course: Timely and Relevant for Intensivists Everywhere

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