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Chapter 47 - Core areas required for UK/European Diploma examinations

from Section IV: - Examinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2010

By
Zahid Khan
Edited by
Fang Gao Smith
Edited in association with
Joyce Yeung
Fang Gao Smith
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
Joyce Yeung
Affiliation:
West Midlands Deanery
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Summary

The passing of a postgraduate examination in intensive care medicine (ICM) identifies the successful individual to all as someone who has been trained to a high standard in ICM. The knowledge required to thrive in clinical practice as well as examinations in ICM is broad based involving most hospital speciality areas. This chapter focuses on two examinations, namely, the Intercollegiate Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (DICM), and European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC). Success in professional examinations requires a substantial investment of time. Candidates preparing for examinations must avail themselves of all the educational opportunities at local, regional and national levels in ICM. In the UK, there are many specialist society ICM meetings such as the Intensive Care Society. The internet offers a wealth of useful websites relating to ICM and all can be used to prepare for diploma examinations. Preparation for diploma examinations extends ICM knowledge.

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Core Topics in Critical Care Medicine , pp. 369 - 373
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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