Minimum Standards for Training Accreditation

CICM accredits units on a five-year cycle for the type and duration of training that may occur in a given unit. CICM expects units to demonstrate:

General Requirements

The ICU must:

Fulfill minimum standards for an ICU
Offer a broad experience and acceptable case load, including within ICU (as distinct from HDU)
Offer participation in out-of-hours rosters and outreach roles
Maintain safe working hours
Advertise available positions and appoint them following an approved process
Allow access to ANZICS CORE data
Provide a directed education program for general intensive care, and both exams
Adequate access to educational resources
Allow CICM to assess the unit for training suitability
Notify CICM about changes in director, SoT, workload, case-mix, acuity, or ↓ in FTE

Units are divided into:

General Training/C24/Unrestricted Core training
- For Level III ICU and PICU
- Major intensive care unit
- Diverse case-mix; >1000 patients/year with >400 ventilated patients
- >12 months must be spent in one of these units
- Entire core training may occur in one of these units
General Training/C12/Limited 12 months core training
- For Level III ICU, PICU< and occasionally level II ICU
- Adequate case mix; >750 patients/year with >300 ventilated patients
- Considered unsuitable for entirety of training time
Limited General Training/C6/Limited to 6 months core
- More limited case mix that indicates lack of suitability for >6 months of training
  No more than 6 months of core training can occur in any C6 unit.

In addition to the above, other requirements include:

Training time in an ICU outside of Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, or Hong Kong must:

Be in an ICU that meets the CICM standards
Be for up to 12 months of core training
- The 12 months contiguous core training must occur in a CICM unit