Brain Death and Organ Donation


Course Access

Intensive care medical trainees are required to complete the College of Intensive Care Medicine’s (CICM) Brain Death and Organ Donation eLearning course before attending the cFDC workshop. For all Intensive care medical trainees please log into the College’s Members Portal or Online Learning login page to access the Brain Death and Organ Donation course.

For all other interested participants please register and follow the instructions provided by your organisation. 
The course will take ~ 85minutes to complete.



Burns and Inhalation Injury

The Burns in ICU course is suitable for the purposes of training and assessment for the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. The following course is intended as a basic introduction to the subject and does not replace wider reading and experiential learning. 

This online course will:

  • describe pathophysiology of a burn injury
  • outline differences between assessment of an adult burn and a paediatric burn
  • detail the tissue reactions after burn injury
  • outline considerations for fluid resuscitation of burns
  • describe management approaches for burn patients.

All trainees who registered after January 1st 2014 are required to complete this course.

Evidence Based Medicine

The Evidence Based Medicine course is suitable for the purposes of training and assessment for the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. The following course is intended as a basic introduction to the subject and does not replace wider reading and experiential learning. 

This online course will:

  • frame a question for which you are able to research an answer
  • understand the uses and issues with case reports and case series
  • explain the advantages and disadvantages of case control studies and cohort studies
  • appraise results of diagnostic tests
  • understand the positives and negatives of randomised clinical trials

All trainees who registered after January 1st 2014 are required to complete this course.

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in Intensive Care Quiz

This assessment can be taken at any time, but trainees are only encouraged to attempt the quiz after completing: 

  • Attend a College approved echocardiography course; and
  • Perform 30 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound cases, assessed as satisfactory by a College approved assessor.

All trainees who registered after January 1st 2014 are required to complete this course.

Indigenous Health & Cultural Safety

This online course provides you with an introduction to the concepts of Intercultural Competency.

Throughout the modules you will have the opportunity to reflect on how you interact with people of different cultures and how they interact with you. 

All trainees who registered after January 1st 2014 are required to complete this course.

Online Learning name change of this course occurred on 28/05/2021 from Intercultural Competency to Cultural Awareness

Neuro Intensive Care

The entire course will be made of up informative videos narrated by Dr Oliver Flower and Dr Matthew MacPartlin. The following educational course contains basic core knowledge only and is not intended to supersede sub-specialty knowledge.

This online course, there will be two distinct topics of discussion. These are:

  • Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (aSAH)
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

All trainees who registered after January 1st 2014 are required to complete this course.

Operating with Respect

This module has been developed to support the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ (RACS) ongoing commitment to promote appropriate behaviours in surgical practice and training.

A safe and positive work environment will result in higher-quality care for patients and better standards of surgical training.

Completion of this module meets the mandatory requirement for training in discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Surgical Education and Training (SET).

Safe Patient Transport

This course contains basic core knowledge only and is not intended to supersede sub-specialty knowledge. Specifically this online course will be covering the following topics: 

  • What is safe patient transport?
  • Interhospital Transfers
  • How to Transfer Patients
  • How can travel affect patients?
  • Communication
  • Intrahospital Transport

All trainees who registered after January 1st 2014 are required to complete this course.

To register as a guest user, as part of the Rural Health Continuing Education, click here to register, then return to this page and enter the enrolment key of: CICMRHSAFE1513

Spinal Cord Injury

The Spinal Cord Injury course is suitable for the purposes of training and assessment for the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand.
This online course will:

  • describe the pathophysiology of the spine and spinal cord
  • discuss the principles of spinal cord injury
  • detail the management of a conscious and an unconscious patient suspected of spinal cord injury
  • detail the radiographic investigations for spinal cord injury.

 All trainees who registered after January 1st 2014 are required to complete this course.

Tracheostomy

This course is currently under development. 

All trainees who registered after January 1st 2014 are required to complete this course.