Northern Ireland

Regional Training Information

Training Programme

• Northern Ireland is one of the smaller deaneries and serves a population of around 1.9 million. The region is known for its hospitality and sense of community and this is reflected within the NI ICM community and training programme. 
• The training programme in Intensive Care Medicine in Northern Ireland caters for those wishing to train solely in ICM and also offers the opportunity to dual train with anaesthesia, emergency medicine, acute and respiratory medicine. 
• An individualised approach ensures maximum training benefit from the available opportunities and individual needs. During the training programme you can expect to rotate through several ICUs, gaining experience in a large tertiary centre, specialist intensive care units as well as several District General Hospitals situated around Northern Ireland.
• There are six training units in total, each with an appointed Faculty Tutor who oversees training on ICU and in other specialty blocks within their hospital. 
• There is an active teaching programme for ICM trainees with six study days per year hosted by each training unit, a local FFICM OSCE-SOE course is provided for all NI candidates sitting the exam and there are other courses such as a transfer course and a difficult airway course available to ICM trainees. 
• Strong educational and research links exist within Northern Ireland units, co-ordinated by the Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network, links with Queen’s University Belfast and having the Critical Care Reviews conference based in NI. 

Trainees considering application to the ICM training programme are encouraged to discuss this with the Regional Advisor. And if considering dual training with a partner specialty, to also discuss with the relevant training programme director or specialty advisor.