This can be divided into two headings; Intermediate ICM and Advanced ICM.

 

All trainees intending to complete the Intermediate Intensive Care training should enroll with the Intensive Care Board. Look at the website for the Intercollegiate Board for Training in Intensive Care Medicine (IBTICM). www.rcoa.ac.uk/ibticm/.

In essence, to be eligible, you should have completed six months of medicine and three months of intensive care at a basic level (ST1-2). After August 2007 this will mainly be done through the ACCS route. The training is achieved by completing two three month blocks of intensive care medicine, which are usually done in ST3-4. You then also have to produce 10 case reports. For examples of what is required see on the IBTICM website in The Curriculum for the CCT in ICM – Part II.

 

Entry to advanced training is through a competitive interview. This is normally done in years ST5-7. There are 4 posts per year. The posts rotate through Bath, Bristol Royal Infirmary, and Frenchay, with 2 months in Paediatric Intensive Care at The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and 1 month in Birmingham. Completion of the advanced year will ultimately lead to a joint CCT in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine.  When planning your year in Advanced ICM, bear in mind that you have to do at least 18 months of anaesthesia in years ST5-7 to obtain your CCT in anaesthesia.

 

IBTICM WPBA

ICM Part 3

ICM Part 4

ICM Part 5

ICU Teaching/Journal Club

There is ICU teaching/journal club for all trainees interested in ICM.   The dates for 2009 are - 7th January, 18th February, 1st April, 13th May, 24th June, 5th August, 16th September, 28th October and 9th December.

It is from 2 - 4 pm (ish), meet in Anaesthetic Department, Frenchay Hospital.  For more details email Aidan Marsh - aidan.marsh@nbt.nhs.uk at Frenchay or  Jules.Brown

Also look on the website http://www.avon.nhs.uk/bristolitutrainees/ .