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[Formation and development of discipline system of critical care medicine]
1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China. Corresponding author: Liu Dawei,
Abstract:
The discipline system of critical care medicine consists of the knowledge system and thinking system. The knowledge system includes a series of interrelated knowledge points. Knowledge points are relatively independent and smallest units in knowledge. In the process of development, critical care medicine has formed its own characteristic knowledge points based on the knowledge of medicine. Thinking system refers to the way of thinking which consists of various thinking modes linked inseparably. Thinking system provides an essential driving force for the formation and continuous development of knowledge system. The actual composition of critical care medicine discipline is the professionals who know well the thinking system and knowledge system of critical care medicine.
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