Intensive Care Medicine
Call for Applications for the 15th Scandinavian Training Program in Intensive Care Medicine
The Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) co-ordinates an advanced training program in Intensive Care Medicine for doctors working at Scandinavian hospitals.
The training period is 2 years, starting January 2013. The training program is limited to 30 trainees.
Clinical training
During the 2-year period the trainee will be appointed a host clinic and a local tutor. The host clinic will employ the trainee in an appropriate position (i.e. in an intensive care unit) during the training program. A minimum of one year of clinical training should be done at a university intensive care unit.
Courses
During the training period the SSAI organises 6 courses. These courses will be located in all Scandinavian countries and the common language will be English. To achieve the goal of creating a close networking atmosphere the participants are expected to participate in the scheduled sessions and social functions at the course sites.
International exchange programme
The program includes a mandatory period of training in an intensive care unit in another country.
ICU Project
The candidates will also have to complete an “ICU project” during their two-year training. This project could be a research project, quality assurance or development project or a literature review of agreed subject. The topic must be related to intensive care medicine. If the trainee has already an ongoing project it may be included such as part of an on-going or recently passed PhD research programme. An estimated period of 6-12 weeks of full time work must be possible to spend on these projects during the 2 year training period. Please feel free to ask the director of the SSAI-IC training program or your national representatives in the SSAI-IC Steering Committee for an advice (see below).
CoBaTrICE
The candidate must use and implement the CoBaTrICE during the training program. www.cobatrice.org . CoBaTrICE is an international Competency Based Training programme in Intensive Care Medicine for Europe, which is being implemented in intensive care training programs of most West European countries.
PACT
The trainee is expected to study the complete PACT (Patient-centred Acute Care Training) modules during the two year training. PACT is a product of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), which is an up-to-date, on-line, modular curriculum for Intensive Care Medicine (www.esicm.org).
EDIC
The trainee must attend the examination for the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine and acquire the European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC) awarded by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
SSAI Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine
Trainees completing the 2-year training program, including all the 6 courses, the ICU project, the ICU exchange program, the EDIC and the COBATRICE Portfolio can apply for Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine from the SSAI.
Expenses
All expenses for this program (including travelling, accommodation and a fee for each course) have to be covered by the host clinic. Other arrangement concerning finances has to be approved by the steering group. The total cost for all 6 courses are estimated to about 9000 Euros, not including travel expenses.
Who can apply to the programme?
Young specialists in anaesthesia & intensive care, who have finished their training within the last 5 years are the prime target applicants. Specialists from other disciplines are invited to apply to the program, but they must complete a minimum of 12 consecutive months of anaesthesia training to be eligible. They should apply within 5 years of finishing their training in the primary specialty and within 3 years of completing their anaesthesia training.
Selection of applicants
Applicants are selected at the discretion of the steering committee according to quality of the application, the ranked quality of their affiliation, clinical skills, academic merits, proposed ICU rotation, proposed ICU project, proposed training abroad and personal motivation.
Membership in SSAI is mandatory and proof of membership has to be attached with the application. If this is not done before deadline of application the application will not be handled.
Applications should include the following:
- The application form
- Letter by the applicant informing about the applicant’s motivation and expectations regarding the program.
- Suggested clinical rotation in different ICUs during the 2 years training period.
- Recommendation letter from a superior documenting the applicant’s interest in, and commitment to intensive care medicine.
- Curriculum vitae.
- ICU project proposal. Suggest a project tutor. Define topic/title and design the project (background info, aim/hypothesis/, methods and timetable (250-500 words plus references).
- Proof of membership within the SSAI
- A picture. A recent electronic picture of the applicant.
Further information
For further information see www.SSAI.info or contact chairman of the SSAI training program in intensive care medicine, Gisli H Sigurdsson, phone +354 543 7350, +354 543 7348, e-mail: gislihs@landspitali.is or any of your national representatives in the SSAI_IC Steering Committee:
SSAI-IC Steering Committee
Gisli H Sigurdsson, gislihs@landsptiali.is
Sten Rubertsson, sten.rubertsson@akademiska.se
Jan Wernerman, jan.wernerman@karolinska.se
Christian Rylander, christian.rylander@vgregion.se
Morten Bestle, bestle@dadlnet.dk
Lone Musaeus Poulsen, lone@dadlnet.dk
Hans Flaatten, hans.flaatten@helse-bergen.no
Anne Berit Guttormsen, anne.guttormsen@helse-bergen.no
Anna Kuitunen, anne.kuitunen@pshp.fi
All material submitted as a part of an application must be in electronic format. Applications with attachments should be sent by e-mail to the Secretary of the SSAI Steering Committee of the training program asabg@landspitali.is before September 1, 2012:
Asa Gardarsdottir,
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care 13B
Landspitali University Hospital
IS 111 Reykjavik, Iceland
Telephone +354 5437348
Fax +354 5437346
E-mail: asabg@landspitali.is
The application form is available here on www.SSAI.info.
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