ICM

Explore the College of Intensive Care Medicine website for comprehensive details on the ICM training programme, curriculum, and resources for trainees.

The East Midlands School of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine includes training opportunities across the breadth of the curriculum

Your ICM Training

Onboarding

The regional advisor and TPD will discuss your needs and assess your prior experience. We will work with you to make a bespoke programme to meet the ICM Stage 1 Requirements, either following single, dual, or triple accreditation with partner specialties

Stage 1 – developing core knowledge and skills

During Stage 1, you will follow a bespoke programme to allow you to meet the ICM Stage 1 requirements.

Stage 2 – specialty year – finding your niche

During Stage 2, you will complete the ICM subspecialties – 3 months each in

• Cardiac ICM
• Neuro ICM
• Paediatric ICM
• General ICM

Following this, a year in a Special Interest Area (or partner specialty for dual/triple accreditation)

The FICM must be completed during Stage 2 in full

Stage 3 – preparing to be a consultant

During Stage 3, you will complete 1 year of intensive care, spending time both in large teaching hospitals, and district general hospitals to give a breadth of experience in different units. This is combined with a special interest, or partner specialty.

This is programmed with discussions around consultant job application

Key people

• Matthew Charlton – Deputy Head of School (ICM)
• Chris Hebbes – ICM Stage 1 TPD
• Zoe Whitman – ICM Stage 2/3 TPD
• Gurmukh Sandu – ICM Regional Advisor

Opportunities

• Neuro ICU – QMC, Nottingham
• Cardiac ICU – Glenfield, Leicester
• General ICU
• PICU – QMC and UHL
• Rehabilitation and Clinics
• Echo
• Research