Intensive Care Medicine

An Intensive Care Specialist is a medical doctor involved in the clinical assessment and management of patients who are critically ill. Often these patients have multiorgan failure and are at serious of risk of deterioration and fatal conditions and are requiring a high level of monitoring and medical intervention.

Minimum Time to Completion: 8 years from graduation

Details

How to Apply

Eligibility Requirements

Prospective trainees must have:

A current medical registration
Successfully completed a 12 month internship
Have obtained FULL GENERAL registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Obtained documentary evidence of medical registration in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand that can be submitted with your application
Successfully completed 6 months intensive care supervised experience in a CICM accredited unit, within the past 3 years
The contact details of three referees: Two CICM Fellows who directly supervised you during 6 months of intensive care experience and; One senior ICU Nurse who worked with you during 6 months of intensive care experience

Application Process

The selection criteria consists of:

3 structured referee reports: Two CICM Fellows who directly supervised you during 6 months of intensive care experience and; One senior ICU Nurse who worked with you during 6 months of intensive care experience
Structured CV
Situational Judgement Test (SJT) – NEW from 2022

How to apply

Request Application Pack from CICM
Complete Structured CV (template available on CICM site)
Submit Referees

MUST have relevant documentation: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Letters of Service: PGY1 (Internship Year) to Date
Evidence of full General registration with AHPRA, MCZ, MCHK or MCS
Additional Documentation as required:
Additional Qualifications (eg Bachelors’ degrees, other Fellowships, post-grad Diplomas)
Evidence of success at previous examinations
Evidence of research experience / achievements
Evidence of rural schooling

Program Structure

Trainees undergo 42 months of training time comprising:

6 months of Foundation Training (prior to applying to the college)
24 months of Core Training
12 months during Transition Year

Required Training time for individual specialties include:

Anaesthetics 12 months
Clinical Medicine 12 months
Elective 6 months
Rural Exposure 6 months
Paediatrics 3-6 months

Fees

Annual Fee:

AUD $1,800

Exam Fee:

First Part examination: AUD $4,200
Second Part examination: AUD $4,200

Trainee Registration Fee:

AUD $2,400

Admission to Fellowship Fee:

AUD $1,250

Useful Resources / Courses / Conferences

Advanced airway skills course
Communications courses
Echocardiography and ultrasound courses
Introductory intensive care medicine courses e.g. BASIC
Donor awareness courses
Advanced Life Support (ALS1, ALS2, APLS)
EMST
Management courses
Research/Audits

Key Information

PGY Intake Year (earliest)

PGY3

Training Duration (minimum)

6 years FTE

General Progression

Note that this represents one of the quickest routes to specialty training, and may not reflect additional HMO or unaccredited years of training.

Year 1

Internship

Year 2

Critical Care / General / Medical / Surgical Year (commonly 3 months ICU experience available)

Year 3

Critical Care Year or Unaccredited ICU Registrar

Year 4

Commence Advanced Training in Intensive Care Medicine

Part Time Option: Yes

Last Updated: December 4, 2024

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