Abstract: The COVID-19 outbreak leading to a severe shortage of doctors in critical care medicine has seriously affected the world health system. Although China's critical care physicians have undertaken an important role in the process of fighting against the pandemic, there are still some problems in the training of critical care medicine talents, such as the lack of standardized training platform of critical care medicine, and standardized training program, mono-pathway of training ,and less preparation to respond to for public health emergencies. Based on the treatment experience during the pandemic, the training of specialists in critical care medicine should be strengthened in the following aspects :(1) conduct standardized resident training in critical care medicine as a back-up procedure to support following specialist training ; (2) standardize the training program and strengthen the integration of, theory and clinical practice, and to improve the comprehensive quality of residents; (3) expand the content of specialist training in critical care medicine; (4) strengthen the routine construction of “critical care medical reserves”. These efforts will help the organization of specialist team with sense of social responsibility. It is of great significance for the long-term development of critical care medicine, so support current medical system to effectively respond to public health emergencies, and for improving the capacity to treat critical ill patients.

Key words: COVID-19, Critical care medicine, Fellow, Graduate medical education, Standardized training