Application for admission to the examination must be accompanied by the full amount of the fee payable. Candidates who pass the examination are required to pay a further Diploma fee before their Diploma is granted. No refund will be made in respect of withdrawals after the closing date or absence from the examination. Any representation which a candidate may wish to make with regard to the conduct of the examination must be addressed to the Secretary and under no circumstances to any of the Examiners. The number of entries is limited.
Early application is advised.
The maximum number of opportunities offered to each candidate is four. These aims define the attributes of a doctor training in intensive care, a member of a health care team and as an individual involved in self education and the education of others. They outline those qualities of a doctor training in intensive care which are important in relation to personal qualities, the management of patients and relationships with other practitioners of medicine, members of the health care team and the community as a whole. Become safe, competent, practical intensive care doctors such that they are able, as appropriate, to conduct the overall management of a patient, to act as a consultant or co- ordinate the efforts of a number of consultants. Develop the ability to respond rapidly and appropriately to life threatening problems and become effective judges of the priorities of resuscitation versus specific diagnosis and management.