
Severn
Intensive Care Medicine
FFICM Study Days
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0900-0915 Welcome and Overview of Day
MORNING SESSION: PALLIATIVE CARE ON ICU
0915-1015 Palliative care on ICU - Introduction & Challenging cases — Dr. Hannah Richards (Cons ICU & Palliative Medicine, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
1015-1115 Practical Skills for Good ICU Palliative Care (covering symptom relief, subcutaneous drugs and syringe drivers) — Kathy Morris (Specialist Palliative Care Nurse, RUH)
1115-1125 Tea/Coffee
1125-1200 Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment — Dr. Hannah Sainsbury (previous RUH ICU Resident)
1200-1230 Update on the Diagnosis of Death by Neurological Criteria — Dr. Flo Caslake-Holding (current RUH ICU Resident)
1230-1315 LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION: ORGAN DONATION
1315-1400 Organ Donation overview - things you need to know — Dr. Ian Thomas (Regional Clinical Lead for Organ Donation & Cons ICU, NBT)
1400-1430 “Ringing the SNODs” to organ retrieval? The Practicalities & Logistics of Organ Donation — TBC (Specialist Nurse for Organ Donation)
1430-1440 Tea/Coffee
1440-1500 Tissue Donation — Betty Muyang (Sister, RUH ICU)
1500-1520 New Guidance: Transfer of Critically Ill Adults to their Preferred Place of Death — Dr. Sam Clark, (Cons ICU, Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
1520-1600 Case Discussion — Dr. Sophia Henderson, (Assoc Specialist ICM & CLOD, RUH)
1600 Close of Day
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6th May — Post FICM ‘How to think like a consultant’, NBT
6th June — Respiratory, NBT
9th July — Wellbeing day
28th Aug — Renal, NBT
17th Sept — Simulation day, RUH
22nd Oct — ICU outcomes & PICS, BRI
18th Nov — Toxicology, BRI
10th Dec — Christmas Wellbeing day
Events & Courses
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Annual meeting at St Pierre Hotel, Chepstow — Category 2
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Engineer's House, Bristol
FFICM SOE and OSCE practice course — Revision course (1/yr funded)
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St Pierre Hotel, Chepstow
FUSIC Heart — Category 2
FUSIC Lungs, Abdomen, Vascular — Category 2
fTOE — Category 3
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1 day course, to prepare junior doctors for an ICU rotation
Usually fully funded for ACCS trainees
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For ICM trainees ST5 and above (fully funded)
Often a long waiting list, to be added email: Professional.DevelopmentODT@nhsbt.nhs.uk
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Full PGME study leave guidance — August 2023
Reimbursement process
Step 1 — Apply for funding
Applications for reimbursement must be approved before the course/event.
Give costs for the event, travel, overnight accommodation, and meals (see below).
Each trust has a different application form or process, check with your PGME department.
For events that will occur after a change of trust (eg: working in GWH, but rotating to NBT by time of course/event), consider cc'ing in the TPD ± HoS if encountering difficulties.
Step 2 — Book, pay for, and attend the course/event
Await funding approval before booking.
Retain receipts for the course, travel and meals.
Step 3 — Submit receipts
Receipts must be submitted within 6-8 weeks (absolutely no later than 3 months) of having attended a course and paid for it. Any submissions after this deadline will not be reimbursed.
Funding covers:
Courses/Events
Cat 1 — ‘Required’
Fully funded
>£1000 must be approved by NHSE SW first
Includes ALS, ATLS, APLS for ICM trainees
Cat 2 — ‘Enhanced Knowledge’
Fully funded
>£1000 must be approved by NHSE SW first
Cat 3 — ‘Career Progression’
50% funded
<£1000 requires TPD approval
>£1000 requires NHSE SW approval
Exam revision course — 1 per year up to £600 will be fully funded.
Overnight accommodation
Reimbursed if it would be unreasonable to travel on the day of the event.
Max £120/night outside of London, and £150/night in London, including breakfast.
Max £20/night if staying with friends or family.
Limited to the duration of the event.
If travel is >100 miles round trip, one additional night, either before or on the night of the last day of the event, can be funded (e.g. a course runs from February 3rd to 6th, you can either claim for nights of Feb 2nd–5th or 3rd–6th).
Travel
Public transport is reimbursed at the most economical rate of travel (not first or business class).
Car mileage is reimbursed at £0.30/mile, calculated from your work base to the event.
Meals
Lunch allowance £5.00 (if >5hrs away from base, including the lunchtime period between 12:00 pm to 2:00pm).
Evening meal allowance £15.00 (if >10hrs away from base and returning after 7:00 pm).
No reimbursement for alcohol.
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Fellowships
There are many opportunities for fellowships within the Severn ICM programme, including 3-6 month placements and shorter 1-2 week micro-fellowships.
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