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Outcome-Based Education is the Future
On 20 July, 1958, delegates of the professional organisations representing medical specialists of the six member countries of the very new European Community (EEC) convened in Brussels and created the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), which later came to define the basic principles involved in training the community’s medical experts....
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New ESICM Educational Activities - Made in China
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) has for decades engaged in education and training as one of its core activities. Through the Division of Professional development (DPD) it now runs the European Diploma of Intensive Care (EDIC) exam; the distant e-learning tool, PACT; and the Competence Based Training in Intensive Care in Europe...
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Assisting ICU Training Management With Virtual Worlds
Resource Difficulties in ICU Education Conventional training methods for nurses involve many physical factors that place limits on potential class size (Sorce, Simone, and Madden 2010). Alternate training methods with lower physical requirements may support larger class sizes but, given the tactile quality of nurse training, are most appropriately...
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Culture, Structure and Education to Improve Patient Safety in Critical Care
Despite the ever-increasing evidence base suggesting that interventions enhance the quality and safety of healthcare, a large gap remains between the existing evidence and the actual implementation of these interventions in day-to-day critical care practice. This gap undoubtedly impacts on patient safety and quality of care. This article provides the...
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Administering Enteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill
Metabolic nutritional support is a cornerstone in the management of seriously ill patients. Election of the route of nutritional administration – parenteral nutrition (PN), enteral nutrition (EN) or mixed – depends on the condition and integrity of the digestive tract as well as the diagnosis and condition of the patient. If the gastrointestinal...
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Is Individualised Nutrition the Future?
Introduction Does the caloric intake of critically ill patients make a difference? Ever since initial measurements with indirect calorimetry were made, it has been obvious that predictions from body size end up with some + 30 percent uncertainty with regard to the actual energy expenditure of a patient. Following this realisation, a long line of modified...
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Video Laryngoscopy: No Longer Just for Difficult Intubations
Introduction In the US alone, up to 1,000,000 emergent intubations are performed annually in the acute care setting, both in and out of hospital (Weingart et al. 2012; Wang et al. 2011; National Emergency Number Associtation 2011). Meanwhile, multiple studies have demonstrated varying rates of successful endotracheal intubation (ETI). While anesthesiologists...
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How to Get a Research Grant: Tips From an Insider
A successful research grant application may represent an important step in the career of professionals working in the intensive care medicine field, especially in academic institutions. Grants are needed for launching and keeping research projects, as well as for buying equipment for the laboratory or initiating a clinical trial. Ideally, grant applications...
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New Junctures in Research, Evaluation and Management Pave the Path of Improvement
Professor Benoit Vallet, Chair for the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital of Lille, France has played a great influence in his fields of professionalism over the years, with his current participating role in the steering committees for the Age of Blood Evaluation (ABLE) randomised controlled trial and...
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Healthcare in Russia
Challenges and Changes in Care Provision for the HIV Infected Population The break up of the USSR brought about negative changes in healthcare among other industries, with nepotism in research and corruption from authorities remaining the weak spots of the health system. Although the occupation of a physician has not lost its appeal, more than...
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