Access Emergency is a comprehensive online emergency medicine resource, providing quick diagnosis and treatment answers.

Recommended resources:

• Videos - a large collection of short videos on procedures, exam techniques, communication and more.

BMJ Learning Courses are designed to help you learn at every stage of your career. It is free for Monash Health employees and includes hundreds of interactive, peer reviewed learning modules, written by experts from BMJ. BMJ Learning is accredited by the Australian College of Nursing and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Earn CME credit for completing courses. 

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Recommended resources:

• Introduction to mechanical ventilation - 1 hour
• Quick tips: Proning in critical care - 30 mins
• Confidentiality and disclosure: your guide to handling patient information - 30 mins
• Communication skills - A set of 13 modules that can be completed individually or as a course. Topics include:
  • Decision-making for individuals and groups (1 hour)
  • Managing difficult conversations and difficult people (1 hour)
  • Presenting skills (1 hour)

The Library has created Reading Lists for intensive care fellowship examinations. These reading lists are based off the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) recommended reading lists and include books, eBooks, journals, articles, and web resources. Access below. 

Recommended reading lists:

Intensive Care First Part Examination

ICU Primary Prepcast

This podcast is about intensive care pharmacology and physiology. This is created to prepare intensive care trainees for their primary CICM exams. However, it will be of benefit to anyone who works in intensive care and keen to acquire new knowledge or want to refresh their memory.

Intensive Care Society Podcast

These open access podcast episodes include educational events, interviews with the very best in critical care, and presentations from the UK's biggest multidisciplinary critical care meeting (State of the Art).

Mastering Intensive Care

A podcast aimed to inspire and empower intensive care clinicians to bring their best selves to the intensive care unit, through conversations with thought-provoking guests.

Pediatrica Intensiva

Bridging the gap between literature and practice in pediatric intensive care. Featuring guests from around the world and pediatric intensive care specialists.

SCCM Podcast

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Podcast features in-depth interviews with leaders in critical care. Experts discuss hot topics in intensive care with perspectives from all members of the critical care team.

Australian Associations:

• Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS)
• College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) of Australia and New Zealand
• The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN)

International Associations

• American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACCN)
• Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine (APACCM)
• British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN)
• Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses (CACCN)
• Canadian Critical Care Society (CCCS)
• European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
• Intensive Care Society (UK)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (U.S.)
• World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care (WFICC)

Monash Health Library provides educational resources, group training, webinars and individual consultations on evidence based practice including guidance on literature searching, appraising and managing search results.

Can’t attend our live webinars?

• The library has a selection of recorded webinars available in Latte.
• Consider requesting group training for your team at a time that suits you. 

Custom training sessions can be arranged to fit with a team meeting or existing professional development schedule. Email library@monashhealth.org for more information.

The College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) offers free access to recorded webinars on a range of topics, from clinical practice to wellbeing in the ICU. 

CICM Webinar Recordings

Selected CICM webinars:

• How Intensivists respond to and mitigate the stressors of ICU (1 hour 9 mins)
• Frailty in COVID-19 ICU patients (1 hour 12 mins)
• Trainee Education Day - Acute liver failure (multiple presentations)

• CICM & FICM Webinar - Indigenous Health and Intensive Care (1 hour 47 mins)