Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care (BASIC) Course

Course Description

Originally developed by Prof Charles Gomersall and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), this international course conducted by intensivists, anaesthesiologists and respiratory physicians has been adopted by ICUs in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Europe, United Kingdom and India to equip doctors starting out in ICU and doctors who care for critically ill patients with the requisite skills and knowledge. It is endorsed and promoted in Europe by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).

Click here to view BASIC course in CUHK website

Course Convenors

A/Prof CHIA Yew Woon
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) & Senior Consultant
Department of Cardiology
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Dr LIM Jia Yan
Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NICU) & Consultant ,
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Dr LIEW Wei Ting Clarabella
Consultant
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Course Instructors (45th Run on 31 July and 1 August 2024)

A/Prof SEE Jee Jian

Lead for Anaesthesia, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Senior Consultant
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine

Dr Hope ANG Xian'En

Consultant
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine

Dr WEE Jia Yan

Consultant
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine

Dr Cuttilan Ravi Amran

Consultant
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine

A/Prof PUAH Ser Hon

Head of Department and Senior Consultant
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Dr SIM Wenyuan

Consultant
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Dr WONG Shiun Woei

Consultant,
Department of Cardiology

Dr TEO Han Jie

Consultant,
Department of Emergency Medicine

Dr LEE Eng Kiang

Senior Consultant,
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Woodlands Health

Course Fees

S$600 (before GST) and prevailing GST

Course Dates

6 November - 7 November 2024

Course Venue

SIMTAC@ED, level 4, TTSH​

Registration

Click here to register

How to Make Payment

Course Policy

Registration is only confirmed after course payment.

Participants are expected to have read the eManual, watched the online eLecture videos and completed the online MCQ test prior to attending the course. Successful completion of the course is dependent on completion of the pre-course MCQ test and eLecture videos, attendance at all lectures and workstations, passing the post-course MCQ test and completion of course evaluation forms.

Any cancellation must be notified to the organiser in writing. 10% administrative levy will apply to any course refunds. A 50% partial refund will be issued if the enrolment is cancelled between 3 and 6 weeks prior to the scheduled course date. No refund will be given if a course enrolment is cancelled within 3 weeks of the scheduled course date.

Course is subject to a minimum participant number before course commencement. The organiser reserves the right to cancel the course should unforeseen circumstances necessitate it. Course organiser accepts no responsibilities for covering airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by the registrant.

Pre-and Post-Course MCQ

Please click here to do your pre- or post- course MCQ test.