Stage 2 equivalent training guidance

Published: 19/05/2021

Intensive Care

Stage learning outcome

  • Provides safe and effective care for critically ill patients with specialist help and guidance

Experience and learning requirements

  • three months training in Intensive Care Medicine equivalent to Higher ICM in 2010 curriculum (to demonstrate achievement of the capabilities required for stage 2)
  • if additional time has been spent in ICU because of COVID then this experience can be counted where appropriately evidenced.

Examples of evidence

Completion of three months ICM  (old higher)
Supervised Learning events (SLEs) from experience in ICU demonstrating achievement of FICM capability levels.
  • 2010 curriculum higher level competences, if signed off by the ICM faculty tutor, will be acceptable evidence.