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Since 2014
Since 2014
Since 2014
The European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC) seeks to standardize education and training of quality intensive care across Europe and beyond. EDIC exams are meticulously developed and continuously updated to create standard exit exams which accurately reflect clearly-defined assessment goals and address the necessary skills, attitude, competencies and knowledge required for intensive care practice.
Who can appear:
Candidates who are fully registered Medical Doctors (i.e. internship completed). They should be enrolled in, or have completed, a national training programme in a primary specialty. These may include Anesthesiology, General/Internal Medicine (and other medical specialties), General Surgery (and other surgical specialties), Accident & Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics or Intensive Care Medicine (if it is a primary speciality).
EDIC Exam
To obtain the EDIC Diploma, candidates must pass the two components (EDIC part I and EDIC part II) of the exam. The EDIC examinations are set out in two parts: Part I – the written exam and Part II – the oral/clinical case exam.
EDIC Part I (Theory): The Part I exam is a multiple-choice questionnaire written examination with 100 questions. Candidates have 3 hours to answer all the questions.
• Entry criteria for EDIC I:
1) Fully-registered Medical Doctor (i.e. internship completed)
2) Entry into or completion of a national training programme in a primary specialty
3) Entry into a national training programme in Intensive Care Medicine or satisfactory completion of 18 months’ training in Intensive Care Medicine. (Criteria 2 and 3 are fulfilled if Intensive Care Medicine is recognized as a primary specialty).
EDIC Part II (Practical): The Part II exam is an Objectively Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) with 6 skill stations. These include 3 clinical scenario stations of 25 minutes each and 3 computer-based stations of 12 minutes each, which assess data interpretation, such as radiological images, ECGs, and biochemical scenarios.
• Entry criteria for EDIC II:
1) Successful completion of EDIC Part I
2) 24 months of training in Intensive Care Medicine.
