Dear Fellow Critical Care Practitioners,

The Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine (KSCCM) was established in 1980. The society is the only organization that represents all professional components of critical care in Korea. The Society offers a variety of activities that promote excellence in patient care, education, critical care delivery system, research, and collaboration with critical care societies all over the world. The society has members from seven primary specialties, including Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Surgery, and Thoracic Surgery.

The society believes that improving ICU care can be achieved by standardizing the critical care initiated by dedicated full - time critical care physicians. To achieve this goal, the society has attempted to include the critical care specialty as part of our medical society during the past five years. On April 15, 2008, the society finally succeeded in establishing a critical care specialty board under the endorsement of the Korean Academy of Medical Societies. The society believes that implementation of the critical care specialty and the core critical care education and training system can significantly enhance the quality of critical care and patient outcomes in Korean medical institutions.

It is our hope that you will gain a better understanding of our activities through this website. Your encouragement and advice regarding the development of the KSCCM are both very much appreciated .

Younsuck Koh, M.D., Ph.D., FCCM

President
The Korean Society of Critical Care medicine