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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  

Guidance for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in the Intensive Care management of patients during the SARS-2-Covid-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

Specialist Educational Resources Please click the following link to view the educational presentation for COVID-19. Management of the critically ill patient with confirmed or suspected COVID 19 Educational links and further information are updated on a →

Irish Organ Donation Handbook App    

 Important reminders: a.  Specialist Register – incentive to join b.  Subscription fee amnesty Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine (ICM)   While it is not a requirement to be on the new (ICM)  section of →

Please find below the list of candidates that have been successful in the FJFICMI Clinical Examination on the 17th May 2019 .   27001 27003 27004 27005 27006 27007 27008 27009 27010

Opening of Specialist Register for Intensive Care Medicine  The specialist register for Intensive care Medicine is now open and the first three nominees of the JFICMI (Credentials Committee members) have had their applications reviewed and →

The following candidates have been successful: 21001 21002 21003 21004 21005 21006 21007 21008 21009 You will be notified of your hospital allocation once your application for the Part 2 exam has been received. Please →

The Training Lead Office in ULHG In partnership with Dr Cian McDermott, organized the first Irish Focused Intensive Care Echo Course (FICE) last October as part of the IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting.   Dr Catherine Nix, →

The Irish National ICU Audit was established by NOCA in 2013 and focuses on the care of patients in adult Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs). This audit was led by →

  The JFICMI wishes all its members (Fellows and Trainees) a great and successful New Year in 2019. The year is expected to be active and busy for Intensive Care medicine in Ireland and the →

The ANZ college of intensive care medicine (CICM) underlined the value of the link with Ireland as a central feature its annual scientific meeting dinner at Hobart in May, this year when they recognised the →

On Wendesday 17th October, a Focused Intensive Care Echo Course will take place in conjunction with the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting. For more information view the flyer here and the course programme here. Registrations →

New Dean and officers of JFICMI Congratulations to Dr John Bates on being elected unanimously as Dean, the term of office being three years. Congratulations also to Drs Michael Scully (elected as Vice Dean), Alan →

The JFICMI, in cooperation with the ICSI, held an Honorary Conferring ceremony at the Joint scientific meeting in June this year.  This was the third time that the Joint Faculty has held such a ceremony →

A special summer Board Meeting was held to discuss the Medical Council’s report on the “Programme of Specialist Training in Intensive Care Medicine”.   This Accreditation report has been received by the Joint Faculty after the →

Current Controversies in Anaesthesia & Peri-Operative Medicine Please visit : https://www.ebpom.org/Dingle2018 for more information and registration.

  The winners of the ICSI Kate Flynn Prize 2018 are Dr Maeve McAllister and Dr Teresa Sweeney of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth. The case submitted was Acute Intermittent porphyria leading to posterior →

Newly elected members: The board was pleased to welcome Drs Alan Gaffney and Jennifer Hastings and to wish them well in their time on the Board. Some terms of office are completed – Dr Maria →

 The members include Board members and the nine Supervisors of Training nationally under the chairmanship of Dr Brian Marsh. Its primary function is the co-ordination of the JFICMI’s supervised training as collated on the website →

Dr Ignacio Martin-Loeches was commended for his work in organising the recent 23rd International Symposium on Infections in the Critically Ill patient. The Kate Flynn prize organised in association with the ICSI worked well and →

The November Board meeting reviewed the work being done on the revised submission and there was commendation to the sub-group involved for bringing it to a new standard in time for the December 2017 re-submission →

In the December 2017 re-submission to the Medical Council, applying for recognition of the JFICMI’s postgraduate training programme, the following wording has been agreed for the JFICMI’s  governance status. The Joint Faculty of Intensive Care →