Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care (BASIC) Course

Course Description

Originally developed by Dr Charles Gomersall and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), this international course conducted by intensivists, anesthetists and respiratory specialists has been used by ICUs in Australia, Malaysia, Europe, UK and India to equip doctors starting out in ICU or doctors who care for the critically ill with relevant skills and knowledge. It is endorsed and promoted in Europe by the training committee of the European Society of the Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).

For more information, please click here to view BASIC course in CUHK website.

Course Convenors

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

Dr LIM Jiayan
Associate Consultant
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Course Instructors (30th Run – 30th & 31st Jan 2020)

• Dr Nelson CHUA
  Senior Consultant & Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
  TTSH
• Dr CHAN Yeow
  Senior Consultant,
  Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
  TTSH
• Dr WONG Yu Lin
  Senior Consultant & Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
  TTSH
• Dr Beatrice LIM Chin Ling
  Consultant & APD for Anaesthesiology Residency Program,
  Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
  TTSH
• Dr LEE Ruimin
  Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
  TTSH
• Dr Vicky NG Che Yee,
  Associate Consultant,
  Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine,
  TTSH
• Dr Sennen LEW Jin Wen
  Senior Consultant, Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU),
  Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,
  TTSH
• Dr XU Huiying
  Consultant,
  Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,
  TTSH
• Dr SIM Wenyuan
  Associate Consultant,
  Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,
  TTSH
• Dr Kumaresh VENKATESAN
  Senior Consultant & Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care,
  KTPH
• Dr PEH Wee Ming
  Associate Consultant,
  Department of General Medicine,
  Sengkang General Hospital
• Dr John TEY Boon Lim
  Senior Consultant & Chief,
  Department of Anaesthesia,
  Woodlands Health Campus

Target Audiences

ICU preparatory course for junior doctors and ICU nurses. Participants are expected to have read the textbook and have completed an on-line MCQ test prior to attending the course. Participant number limited.

Course Fees (Inclusive of Goods and Services Tax)

• NHG, NTFGH, NNI & NUH Doctors: $400

• Nurses: S$400

• Others: S$480

Course Dates

30 & 31 Jan 2020

Course Venue

Conference Rooms, TTSH

Registration

Click here to register

How to Make Payment

Course Policy

Registration is only confirmed by payment and availability of the seat. A textbook will be sent to you soon after the confirmation.

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

Any cancellation must be notified to organizer 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 or the cancellation is received after the BASIC course book has been sent out to participants.

Course is subject to a minimum participation before course commencement. The organizer reserves the right to cancel the course should unforeseen circumstances necessitate it. Course organizer 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.