Intensive care medicine
Intensive care medicine involves the diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute, severe and life-threatening disorders of vital systems that are medical, surgical or obstetric in origin, and whether adult or paediatric.
Vocational training in intensive care medicine is undertaken through the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM). Once CICM training is completed the doctor is awarded the Fellowship of the CICM (FCICM).
Am I able to apply to work as a recognised specialist in New Zealand?
To apply for vocational registration in intensive care medicine, you would need to hold:
- the FCICM qualification; or
- an international postgraduate medical qualification in intensive care medicine, where your combination of qualifications, training and experience will then be assessed by Council against the standard of the FCICM.
What standard will I be compared against?
To obtain the FCICM, the trainee completes 8 years of training:
- 2 years of general medical experience
- a minimum of 12 months basic training:
- basic training is flexible and is designed to provide trainees with the fundamentals of the practice of intensive care medicine, anaesthesia and other related disciplines, together with a sound knowledge of relevant basic sciences. This component may be completed as basic training in other specialties and cross-credited at a later date to the intensive care programme. All positions must be supervised by a suitable specialist
- 5 years of advanced training:
- 24 months of core intensive care training
- 12 months of clinical anaesthesia
- 12 months of clinical internal medicine
- 12 months of elective training within advanced training
- a formal project
- a suitable primary examination before moving into advanced trainin
- completion of the Medical Australasian Donor Awareness Programme (ADAPT) workshop
- FCICM awarded on satisfactory completion of examination and training requirements
- participation required in the CICM maintenance of professional standards programme
I want to make a vocational registration application
If you wish to make a vocational registration application, please refer to the Vocational Registration Homepage and select the Option appropriate for you.
Am I able to apply for other types of registration?
You may be able to apply for more than one type of registration. To find out which is the best fit for you, please use our self assessment tool