Welcome

Welcome to the second edition of the CICM e-news.

We have all settled in really well to our new offices and everyone is enjoying the new surroundings. Some mail and faxes are still going to the old address, so please make note of our new contact details on the website.

If you would like to include anything in the next week e-news, please contact Lisa Davidson, lisad@cicm.org.au

Office News

DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS

The College of Intensive Care Medicine is seeking to engage a Fellow of high standing to the position of Director of Professional Affairs. This position is additional and complementary to that of the current DPA, Dr Felicity Hawker. The DPA is an advisory position to the President and Board of the College on professional matters and strategic issues initiated by the College.   The position is part-time (0.2 Full Time Equivalent) and is based at the College head office in Prahran. Residence in Melbourne is not necessary for this position although presence will be required from time to time.   Expressions of interest from Fellows and former Board Members of the Faculty should be addressed to Mr Phil Hart, CEO, either by email philh@cicm.org.au or phone 03 9514 2888

ASM

The CICM Annual Scientific Meeting is fast approaching and if you have not yet registered, please do so. Forms can be found at:
http://cicm.org.au/asm2010.php

The ASM is being held from 4-6 June at the Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney.

Rural Committee

This year at the ASM, the Committee are holding a meeting for all interested parties.

CICM/ANZICS CONJOINT RURAL COMMITTEE MEETING:

Friday 4 June 12:45pm, Edward Flack Room, Level 5, Sofitel Wentworth.

A message for CICM ASM Registrants. All Specialists (both FCICM and non-FCICM) and Trainees working in rural or regional  Intensive Care Medicine, and/or who have a ‘rural‘ interest, are invited to attend this lunch-time meeting (BYO lunch). The meeting format will be relatively informal, with the intention of maximum participation, but advance notification of any points for discussion is welcomed. Any formal apologies will also be noted.

It is likely that some positions on the Committee will have become available, and that there will be a call for expressions of interest from this meeting.

Further information on the Committee‘s activities can be sought from either of the current Co-Chairs - Penny Stewart (penstewart@yahoo.com)  or Gerard McHugh (gerard.mchugh@midcentraldhb.govt.nz).

Apologies to any of you who may have received this notification by more than one route, but we wanted to make sure it reached all interested practitioners.

If you wish to attend this meeting, please contact Lisa Davidson at lisad@cicm.org.au

Congratulations

Brisbane Fellow, Dr Anthony Holley has been awarded The Matthew Davey Award Overseas Studies Grant, by the Royal Australian Navy. The award will take Dr Holley to the Netherlands to study cryopreservation of red blood cells, as used by the Netherlands Military on deployment. The grant provides up to $14 000 and 20 training days for Dr Holley to study the system and it‘s possible use by the Australian Defence Force.

The award was announed at the Navy Corporate Leadership Forum dinner in March.

To read the full article and citation click here

We would like to congratulate Dr Holley on the fantastic achievement and wish him all the best for the trip.

Training

All trainees are required to submit a 2010 Application for Approval of Vocational Training (AVT).   If commencing training you do not wish to have accredited towards your CICM training, please submit the AVT form and leave the details of the training post blank. Please fill in ALL other sections and select the Deferred Training Fee option. This fee covers the College‘s administrative costs throughout the year and entitles trainees not in approved training positions to receive administrative support and College mailings throughout a year of non-accredited training.   Please note that AVTs must be received within three months of commencement of the appointment to be considered prospective.  For positions of 6 months or less it is advisable to seek approval prior to commencement of the position.   This form can be found in the Training section of our website and can be submitted to Elyse Lithgow.

Events & Courses

CAREFLIGHT Career Information Evening

REGISTRARS RETRIEVAL MEDICINE A careers night in retrieval medicine with one of Australia‘s leading AeroMedical providers will be held for registrars in the fields of anaesthetics, intensive care or emergency medicine on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 at Westmead, Sydney. For more information visit our website www.careflight.org

Are you tired of working so many weekends and can‘t face the thought of spending more of you precious time attending a work conference?

Well the answer is here! "Bedside Critical Care 2010" provides

• Clinical updates
• Practical skills sessions
• Mid-week
• In September School Holidays (All Australian States and NZ)
• Numbers strictly limited

The ‘Salt Village Resort‘ at Kingscliff (Next to Byron Bay) is just 20 minutes from Coolangatta airport and provides an exceptional combination of world class conference facilities with 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments for the whole family.

Don‘t miss out! The numbers for the practical skills workshops are strictly limited and this is an enormously popular destination. Being school holidays accommodation is likely to be very heavily booked.

For more information go to the website: www.criticalcare2010.com.au

George Institute for International Health,
Level 7, 341 George St Sydney NSW 2000
 

Do you have a great idea for research but are not quite sure the best way to develop it next?
All intensivists, senior trainees, research coordinators, nurse researchers and allied health researchers are invited to a research workshop prior to the CICM ASM. This will focus on the development of ‘good ideas‘ into good projects. Present your ideas to senior researchers, a biostatistician and research methodologists for immediate constructive feedback [or just come along and listen if you prefer!] Participants are invited to submit their proposals in advance, which will be sent to a senior researcher who will provide a detailed and constructive critique on the day.

Enquiries please email ctg@anzics.com.au, or contact Dr Ian Seppelt on seppelt@med.usyd.edu.au
 

Advanced Paediatric Intensive Care Simulation Course - Skills Development Centre

Brisbane  August 2-4, 2010; February 21-23, 2011.

http://www.sdc.qld.edu.au/APICS-009.htm

The 3 day Advanced Paediatric Intensive Care Simulation course has been designed for Paediatric Anaesthesia, Emergency and Critical Care Physicians and Trainees; Critical Care Nurses in PICU, Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine. It has a strong emphasis on essential theory required to manage seriously ill children supported by a challenging simulator component. It is  based on the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) curriculum for training in paediatric intensive care. The technology used in this course includes high fidelity baby and paediatric mannequins. Communication in difficult situations and crisis resource management are integral components of the course.

Positions Vacant

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto 

The Department of Critical Care Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto is a leader in the delivery of high quality critical care and has leading research and teaching profiles in the world of intensive care. We have world leaders in the fields of ARDS (Gordon Rubenfeld), outcomes from Intensive Care (Brian Cuthbertson), clinical epidemiology in ICM (Damon Scales and Neill Adhikari), influenza in intensive care (Rob Fowler), guideline development and knowledge translation (Taz Sinuff) and trauma (Sandro Rizoli) as well as education in intensive care (Dominic Piquet and Shelley Dev). We are currently offering clinical and clinical/research fellowships in adult Critical Care Medicine to high quality candidates who want to work in this stimulating and vibrant environment. Candidates must be fluent in spoken and written English and eligible for provincial licensure in Ontario and specialty certification in their country of origin. The fellowship involves provision of primary patient care for a total of 52 beds, and consulting care to a further 10 beds in the provincial burn unit.

Medical-Surgical-Trauma-
The department provides primary care for this 20-bed unit, which admits 1200 patients annually from our trauma, medical and surgical populations. This group includes all major trauma patients from the largest trauma program in Canada.

Cardiovascular-
The department provides primary care for this 14-bed unit, which admits 1000 cardiac and major vascular surgery patients annually. The cardiac population includes 70% coronary revascularization, 25% valvular and 5% congenital. The vascular population includes a substantial volume of thoracoabdominal aneurysm repairs.

Neurosurgical-Trauma stepdown ICU-
The department provides primary care for this 10-bed unit admitting 750 neurosurgical, trauma and other surgical patients annually.

Medical-Surgical stepdown-
The department provides primary care for this 8-bed unit, which cares for 50% acute medical or surgical admissions and 50% elective admissions after major surgery.

Burn -
This 10-bed unit handles 200 acute burn admissions annually, which is the largest in Canada. Critical Care physicians covering this unit provide daily consultant service on all critically ill patients.

Critical Care staff physicians attend for a week at a time on these rotations. The fellow is an integral and key part of the team and has the opportunity to assume a position of considerable responsibility. Fellows are involved in all levels of patient care, including primary assessment and management, procedural work, coordination of admissions and discharges, liaison with referring services and external consultations. Through graded assignment of responsibility during the year, the fellow will optimally assume the role of a junior staff physician.

The fellowship involves participation in an active education program, including attendance at a weekly fellow seminar series at the University of Toronto. Protected time for academic work or elective clinical rotations is available. The in house on call schedule for clinical critical care is approximately 1 night in 4. Four weeks of vacation are provided.

For further information or to apply, contact: Dr. Cameron Guest Deparment of Critical Care Medicine, D108 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 2075 Bayview Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5 fax 416 480 4999 e-mail cameron.guest@sunnybrook.ca E-mail is preferred. Applications should include a CV, proposed duration of training and range of feasible start dates.