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Applications are sought for Clinical Fellow posts (Year 1 HST) & Advanced Clinical Fellow posts (Year 2 HST) in Intensive Care Medicine commencing July 2025: Applications for Clinical Fellow posts (Year 1 HST) will be →

Congratulations to Dr. Dermot Phelan, former Dean of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland, who has recently been awarded the University of Galway Alumnus of the Year award for Medicine for 2024 →

The JFICMI Supervisors of Training Seminar 2024 took place on February 23rd 2024 All consultants/trainees registered with the JFICMI were invited Lectures and group discussions about JFICMI Training Curriculum, Workplace-based Assessments, Feedback in the workplace →

The JFICMI Supervisors of Training Seminar 2024 will take place onFebruary 23rd between 2pm and 5pm. The seminar will take place on Zoom, and a link can be obtained by contacting jficmi@coa.ie All consultants/trainees registered →

BSE and ICS endorsed practical course designed specifically to support individuals who plan to complete the BSE’s level 1 accreditation or ICS FUSIC Heart accreditation. Friday March 1st 2024 See flyer below for more details

A full day symposium on care of the patient with a tracheostomy. Providing education with a focus on multidisciplinary care, best practice and insight from experts in the field. Includes state of the art lectures, →

The Irish Critical Care Clinical Trials Group will be holding their inaugural scientific meeting on 1st February. If you’re interested in Critical Care Research this is a great opportunity to present and listen to critical →

The Mater Hospital and Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin are running their annual ECLS meeting. The date is November 21st 2023. This will be a hybrid meeting with both in person and virtual attendance options. →

Post CSCST Advanced Clinical Fellowship Fellowships in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine July 2024 Applications Open Applications are invited for Training Posts for: Post CSCST Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine – Commencing July 2024 Applicants →

Clinical Fellowship (Year One) in Intensive Care Medicine & Advanced Clinical Fellow (Year Two) Post CSCST posts in Intensive Care Medicine Posts commencing July 2024: Clinical Fellowship (Year One) in Intensive Care Medicine applicants must: →

Please find attached course information and application form to attend the Basic Critical Care Echocardiography Course at the Mater Misericordiae. The course takes place at The Pillar Centre at the Mater Hospital on Wednesday and →

The third series of IICM Grand Rounds is returning on Thursday 31st August at 6pm. Fortnightly lectures will be delivered by Consultants in Intensive Care Medicine, by visiting experts and thought leaders in the field, →

The FJFICMI Preparatory Course will run from Feb 28th to March 3rd 2023. To apply, please return the following form to jficmi@coa.ie. Preparatory-Course-Application-Form-2023 (1)

The second series of ICM grand rounds returns on Thursday 23rd February at 6PM. Fortnightly lectures will be delivered by Consultants in Intensive Care Medicine, by visiting experts and thought leaders in the field, and →

EGLS Ireland are hosting a one day workshop at Beaumont Hospital on the 13th & 14th April 2023. This course is accredited for 9 CPD points. For further information on registration, contact https://eglsireland.com/. EGLS Beaumont →

FUSIC is the the current paradigm for basic echo and ultrasound accreditation developed by the UK Intensive Care Society. They have recently developed and published on a more advanced echo and haemodynamics accreditation pathway suitable →

Dr Dermot Phelan was one of the first Consultant Intensivists in Ireland and among others played a leading role in the development of Intensive Care as a specialty in Ireland.  Recently we interviewed him on →

Below is a short video with the director of training, Brian Marsh, providing an overview of the current structure, governance and funding of ICM training in Ireland For more information visit the training page The →

The critical care representative organisations (ICSI/JFICMI/CCP/CAI/AAGBI and IACCN) have been  highlighting with Government the dearth of critical care bed capacity in Ireland – 6/100,000 population versus the European average of 11.5/100,000  plus the corresponding shortage →

Watch this recently recorded interview former Dean of the faculty, John Bates, Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia in Galway University Hospital.

The work on assessing applications referred to us by the Medical Council in ‘populating‘ the specialist register continues and at this stage approximately 40 consultants and senior fellows have been recommended for admission to the specialist →

The Joint Faculty’s teaching module which gives an expert overview and a detailed, practical guide to specific elements of COVID 19 patient management e.g.  CPAP, Proning, Intubation, Suction, Surgery, CPR etc  continues and was updated in January →

Brain Death Guidelines September 2020

To view the public session from the National Intensive Care COVID Research & Scientific Conference click here. The National COVID Research and Scientific meeting took place on Saturday September 5th . Hosted by The Intensive →

Critical Care Capacity expansion and COVID 19: The critical care representative organisations (ICSI/JFICMI/CCP/CAI/AAGBI and IACCN) have written an open letter to all political parties to seek an increase in critical care capacity in Ireland sufficient →

National Standards Paediatric Critical Care Medicine 2020  

Minimum Standards for Adult Critical Care Services