A presentation by Christian Rylander at the 2017 meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Anaestesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. All available content from SSAI2017: https://scanfoam.org/ssai2017/ Delivered in collaboration between scanFOAM, SSAI & SFAI.

1. SSAI program and career
• SSAI delegates who STARTED in the program 1998-2012
• Simple survey - 13 questions
• Distributed by email (registered at the time of the program)
• Yield:
• 397 delegates on the email list
• 139 emails undelivered (no recipient)
• 261 probable recipients
• 75 answers
• Response frequency 29 %

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Have you defended a doctoral thesis
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How relevant to your future ICU practice
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Was the fact that you had passed the program
the single factor that made you suitable for a
professional position at any time?

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What is the importance of the program for
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Was the effort of the program worthwhile
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Did you pass the EDIC?

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