Call for Applications for the
13th Scandinavian Training Program in Intensive Care Medicine
The Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) co-ordinates an advanced training program in Intensive Care Medicine. The training program is limited to 30 trainees. The training period is 2 years, starting January 2011. During the training period the SSAI organises 6 courses. These courses will circulate in all the Scandinavian countries and the common language will be English. To achieve the goal of creating a close networking atmosphere the participants are expected to participate in the scheduled sessions and social functions at the course sites. The training period includes an exchange program with an intensive care unit in another country. The candidate will also have to complete a minor “project” during their two-year training. This project could be part of an on-going or recently passed PhD research programme or a review of agreed subject within the field of intensive care medicine.
During the 2-year period the trainee will be appointed a host clinic. The host clinic will employ the trainee in an appropriate position (i.e in an intensive care unit) during the training program. A minimum of one year of clinical training should be done at a university intensive care unit.
The trainee is expected to attend the examination for the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine and acquire the European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC) awarded by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
Trainees completing the 2-year training program and the EDIC will receive a Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine from the SSAI. All expenses for this program (including travelling, accommodation and a fee for each course) have to be covered by the host clinic. Other arrangement concerning finances has to be approved by the steering group. The total cost for all 6 courses are estimated to about 9000 Euros, not including travel expenses. Applicants must be young specialists with relevant training in anaesthesiology. They are selected according to their affiliation, academic merits, clinical skills and motivation by the discretion of the committee of the training program. Specialists from other disciplines may apply, but a minimum of 12 consecutive months of anaesthesia training before being accepted to the program is required. Membership in SSAI is mandatory and proof of membership has to be attached with the application. If this is not done before deadline of application, the application will not be handled.
For further information please contact chairman of the SSAI training program in intensive care medicine, Sten Rubertsson, phone +46 18 6114894, +46 18 6110000, e-mail: sten.rubertsson@akademiska.se
1) The application form, 2) a letter by the applicant informing about the applicant’s motivation and expectations regarding the program, 3) a recommendation letter from a superior documenting the applicant’s interest in, and commitment to intensive care medicine, 4) a curriculum vitae and 5) proof of membership within the SSAI (2 of each), should be sent by ordinary mail service to the Secretary of the SSAI Steering Committee of the training program before September 1, 2010:
Katja Andersson,
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Uppsala University Hospital
751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Telephone +46 18 6114894
Fax +46 18 514621
E-mail: katja.andersson@akademiska.se
