A quality improvement comparative audit on theimpact of competency based basic intensive care medicine (ICM) training on the confidence levels of medical senior house officers registrars dealing with intensive care procedures in acutely ill patients

Introduction Medical training in the UK has now changed with the development of Foundation Programmes (which includes the pre-registration House Officer year plus one additional year) providing two years of experience in a range of disciplines that may include acute medicine and 3 months Basic training in ICM [1]. The ICM training programme, being competency based, can inter link well with these developments [2]. Intensive care has been described as a horizontal specialty cutting across the traditional vertical specialties of medicine, surgery, paediatrics etc [3]. Several studies have demonstrated the need for all medical postgraduates to undergo Intensive care Medicine training [4].