Medical Stream
This is a themed, weekly-rostered, consultant-supervised, registrar-driven, near-peer program aimed at everyday (fellowship) ICU knowledge, skills and attitudes. The program is part of an accredited College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) training program (recent re-accreditation in 2018).
Entry into ICU training, completion of training tasks and achievement of Primary and Fellowship examination standards are integral elements of this program. The ICU also supports the joint education program of Critical Care HMO run through Anaesthesia, ED and ICU.
The medical stream consists of the following elements:
Bendigo Intensive Care Unit has the capability to deliver the Adult BASIC, ALS and Paediatric BASIC courses. These will be run pending administrative support in 2020.
The Beyond Paediatric BASIC is planned for 2021.
Entry into ICU training, completion of training tasks and achievement of Primary and Fellowship examination standards are integral elements of this program. The ICU also supports the joint education program of Critical Care HMO run through Anaesthesia, ED and ICU.
The medical stream consists of the following elements:
- Supervision by a nominated consultant during consultant Clinical Support Time
- Coordination by the registrars rostered in Bendigo ICU
- Sessions are open and to all ICU registrars, HMOs, medical students, nursing and allied health professionals.
- Registrars and doctors from other departments are also welcome to attend the sessions
- Rostered, protected learning opportunities meet the AMA Doctor-in-Training paid award requirements of 5 hours per week
- Curriculum based on the College of Intensive Care Medicine curriculum
- 6 monthly rotating roster of core themes based around this curriculum
- Enabling timely, structured orientation to core ICU topics
- Some core CICM topics will be covered annually
- Others will be covered over a 2-3 yearly education cycle
- Some CICM topics will not be formally covered in lecture or tutorial format
- This will require self-directed learning on the trainee’s behalf or attending recommend courses on professional development leave
- 6 monthly rotating roster of core themes based around this curriculum
- Journal Club, research and statistical and teaching methodology education
- Echocardiography and ultrasound training (Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS))
- using curriculum and training resources from tertiary hospitals and CICM
- Directly Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS) form will be used in formative assessment.
- Inter-professional simulation sessions
- Mid-year mock job interviews
- ICU team sessions, including:
- Clinical Performance (Mortality and Morbidity) meetings
- MET call review meeting.
- Protocol development
- Inter-professional education on specialised topics, such as
- deteriorating patients
- crucial conversations
- tracheostomy
- ALS simulation and other team skill simulations.
- Victorian Intensive Care Education Network (VICEN)
- Monthly state-based registrar teaching
- allocated Off-Site training time
- Monthly state-based registrar teaching
- Shared education exercises with other Bendigo Health Departments
- ED-ICU sessions (second-half 2020)
- Airway Sessions
- Trauma sessions (since 2019)
Bendigo Intensive Care Unit has the capability to deliver the Adult BASIC, ALS and Paediatric BASIC courses. These will be run pending administrative support in 2020.
The Beyond Paediatric BASIC is planned for 2021.