Educational Resources

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 →

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 →

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 – →

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 →

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 →

There is an Echo Guided Life Support (EGLS) course running in Cork on 17th & 18th September 2026. This is a one day course running twice Details here  

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

There is an Advanced Mechanical Ventilation Course in Galway on 12th June 2026 Venue: Simulation Centre, Galway University Hospital For further enquiries, please email anaesthesia.guh@hse.ie Further details here

The European Extra Corporeal Life Support conference is being held in Dublin this year from 6th-9th May. Details and registration can be found at euroelso-congress.com

Registration is open for the Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2026. There is an incredibly strong programme this year, stretching across the entire range of critical care, from the ED to ICU to post-ICU. In addition →

St James are running their yearly advanced echo course on 17th &18th April 2026 Flyer below for details.

Please see flyer below for details

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 →

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 →

Post CSCST Advanced Clinical Fellowship Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine July 2026 Applications Open Applications are invited for Post CSCST Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine commencing July 2026 Applicant must: Have achieved CSCST →

Beuamont hospital are running a FUSIC Heart course on Friday 13th November 2025 Details in flyer below

The National Standards for Adult Critical Care Services have been revised as of September 2025. The latest update introduces specific criteria for critical care units operating within Model 3 hospitals. Find the updated document within →

The Mater are running their long established 2 day echo course on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th November in the Pillar Centre in the Mater Hospital. This course is a mixture of lectures, hands on scanning →

As part of the ICSI Autumn Meeting in Cork there will be a level 1 echo course on Friday 7th November. See details in flyer below  

Applications are invited for Training Posts for the National Training Programme in Intensive Care Medicine: Clinical Fellowship (Year One) in Intensive Care Medicine & Advanced Clinical Fellow (Year Two) Post CSCST posts in Intensive Care →

St James Hospital are running a level 1 Echo course on 20th September 2025. Details in flyer below

The Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland expresses deep concern and distress at the escalating violence in conflict zones, as well as the attacks on healthcare workers and facilities, the delays in the →

Dean’s Message June 19th 2025 As the current round of clinical rotations draws to a close, and with school holidays just around the corner, it is a busy time of the year for the Joint →

The Procedures Course is a long running cadaveric course ran under the auspices of the Alfred Hospital in Europe. Details below. Website for information and registration.

EGLS is a basic echo course that has been running in Ireland for several years Further info and registration available on their website

It is with deep sadness that the Joint Faculty received the news about the passing of Professor Rinaldo Bellomo in Australia, an international leading light in intensive care medicine and nephrology. He was an exemplar →