Please see below details of upcoming courses of interest to doctors working and/or training in intensive care medicine.
1) ESICM Intensive Care Fundamentals Course, Tallaght University Hospital, 23-24th January 2026.
Further details and application at https://www.esicm.org/product/icf-tallaght-23-23-january/
2) Difficult to Treat Gram Negative Infections, A Review of the Current Landscape, 6th February 2026.
Further details and application at https://cloud.shionogi-mail.eu/IRE_AMR?view=home#home
3) National Tracheostomy Study Day, Tallaght University Hospital, 26th February 2026.
Details and application form to follow.
Dean’s Message
Dec 10th 2025
I am writing to update you on JFICMI developments during 2025. It has been another successful and productive year for the Joint Faculty and I would like to thank the members of the Board, our committees and our secretariat for all the work they have done to contribute to this success. I would like to also acknowledge the efforts of senior healthcare staff working in ICUs and anaesthesiology departments around the country, who continue to deliver high quality critical care while educating and supervising the future generation of health professionals in Ireland.
I would like to highlight a few notable JFICMI developments in 2025:
There are some important 2026 dates for your calendar.
As the year draws to a close, I would ask trainees and trainers to ensure that all in-training assessments for 2025 have been completed and submitted to the Joint Faculty.
Finally, I hope that you all get to spend some valuable time with family and friends over the Christmas and New year period. I look forward to working with many of you again in 2026 to drive further improvements in intensive care practice and training.
An Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography Course will take place in Beaumont Hospital on the 23rd April 2026 .
Venue: RCSI Smurfit Building, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin9.
For further information, or to register, please contact TTE@beaumont.ie.
Further details here
The Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland is running a one-day course on the Management of Brain Death & Organ Donation.
The aim of this course is to help clinicians remain optimally skilled in these important areas of Critical Care Medicine. As such, we aim to develop leadership in the area of brain death diagnosis and organ donation. We also aim to ensure that potential donors are recognised & the option of organ donation is explored where appropriate.
Date: Friday 15th May 2026
Course Fee: €200 (Registration is free for FJFICMI Examination Candidates)
Location: College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, 22 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
• Targeted primarily at senior trainees in Critical Care Medicine who seek to attain FJFICMI
• Suitable for all consultants and trainees in Critical Care Medicine & Anaesthesia
• Background to brain death and the associated ethics
• Focus on recognition of brain death and potential for organ donation where appropriate
• Didactic & practical aspects to Clinical Brain Stem Testing
• Expert opinion on optimisation of management of the potential organ donor
• Communication techniques with relatives – what to say and what not to say
• Practical information on how the organ donation process works
• Discussion on Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)
Registration for this course is now open. To register and secure your place please contact us at jficmi@coa.ie.
I am writing to update you about some Joint Faculty developments in 2026. First, I would like to congratulate the successful candidates at the recent JFICMI Final Exam sitting. I would also like to thank everyone involved in ensuring it ran so smoothly; the staff in the individual hospitals, the examiners and the College and Joint Faculty staff.
I would like to acknowledge all the trainees, trainers and organisers involved in the numerous educational events which are occurring during 2026. The monthly Grand Rounds continue and we now have over 3 years of high standard talks accessible through the Joint Faculty website. The inaugural JFICMI Audit Evening is on June 4th, the first JFICMI Paediatric study day is on July 30th and, with ongoing RCPI collaboration, our second JFICMI-RCPI study day takes place on November 3rd.
In training news, we are continuing to expand training opportunities in ICM in Ireland. Recent ICU inspections occurred in Letterkenny, Sligo and Castlebar. We are hopeful that they will earn accreditation for modular ICM training in the near future. Furthermore, to facilitate this process, the Joint Faculty and the CAI have agreed that in the future, an ICM supervisor of training in a model 3 hospital can be either (a) a consultant on the specialist register in intensive care medicine or (b) a consultant on the specialist register in anaesthesiology and a Fellow in good standing with the JFICMI.
The Joint Faculty and the CAI continue to review the recommendations of the White Paper Group, relating to the anaesthesiology CSCST title. Following an approach from the CAI and JFICMI, the Medical Council has agreed a revision of the credentialling criteria for pre-2019 consultant anaesthesiologists applying for specialist registration in intensive care medicine in Ireland. The revisions are as follows:
1) The American Board of Anaesthesiology-CCM certification is now an accepted test of knowledge in lieu of the Joint Faculty examination
2) Temporary consultant posts of minimum 6 months duration are eligible for inclusion in the application
3) An application must include evidence of both daytime sessional ICM work (3-5 consecutive shifts) and regular on-call duties in ICM
4) Consultant work done in a model 3 hospital with >/=120 level 3 patient admissions per year can be included in the application.
The Medical Council has also approved a further waiver period of 12 months during which the cost of the application will be reduced to €519.
Of importance to our paediatric intensive care colleagues, the Joint Faculty Board has recently approved the award of “Fellowship of the JFICMI in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine” for doctors who have completed the JFICMI-approved PICM training programme. For further details, please refer to the JFICMI website where updates will be posted soon.
And of importance to us all, a new JFICMI Sustainability Committee has been formed. This is an exciting new venture for the Joint Faculty. We are currently finalising a National Guideline on Sustainable and Responsible Intensive Care Practice which will be circulated and posted on our website.
Research is central to improving patient outcomes and advancing evidence-based practice in ICM. It forms a key component of the JFICMI curriculum. In recognition of this, the Joint Faculty has determined that all trainees must complete a Certificate of Good Clinical Practice. In addition, all trainees on the JFICMI programme from July 2026 will have access to an online Research Primer Course. For doctors commencing JFICMI training in July 2026, this course will be mandatory.
Finally, here are some important dates for your diary:
As we anticipate the upcoming important July period, when doctors enter, continue or emerge from ICM training, I would like to wish you all the best for the summer months in the hope that you all get to spend some time with family and friends.
Kind regards,
Dr Enda O’Connor
Dean, Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland
We are pleased to advise that applications are now open for the HST ICM training programme for posts commencing July 2027. Please find the advertisement and guidance document for applicants below:
JFICMI Training Programme – Recruitment Advertisement July 2027
JFICMI Training Programme – Application Guidance Document- July 2027
HST in Intensive Care Medicine – August 2026
Applications will close on Friday 11th September 2026 at 16.00.
An information session on the JFICMI HST Intensive Care Medicine programme will be held online on the 27th August 2026 at 19.30. Further information will be available shortly.
The Mater are running their Autumn Critical Care Echo Course on the Tuesday, December 8th and Wednesday, December 9th 2026 in the Pillar Centre, Mater Hospital.
For further information please see the course programme Critical Care ECHO Programme 2026 and to register to attend please complete the registration form here.
Please send all completed registration forms to icmed@mater.ie
Applications are invited for Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine – Commencing July 2027 . Applications for Clinical Fellowship posts will be accepted from:
• Doctors that have completed one year of paediatric critical care medicine training (that year may be accredited through base specialist scheme in relevant specialty e.g. Adult critical care, paediatric anaesthesia, Neonatal Critical Care and/or one-year core PCCM training).
and
•Doctors taking a year out-of-programme from their base specialty training in Ireland (Anaesthesiology/Paediatrics/Neonatology/Emergency Medicine)
or
• Doctors working in Ireland or overseas who are interested in joining PCCM training and who have a minimum of 5 years of postgraduate clinical experience. (in Anaesthesiology/Paediatrics/Neonatology/Emergency Medicine) and have completed one year of paediatric critical care medicine training as above.
Further details on how to submit an application can be found here and please send all documents to JFICMI@coa.ie.
The application closing date is Monday, 2nd November 2026, and further information is available from cathy.mcmahon@childrenshealthireland.ie