Eligibility for appearing in Exam of IDCCM

• The candidate must have gained experience in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with serious medical and surgical disease including coronary artery disease and neurosurgical disease.

In-training assessment of candidates

• Candidates are assessed at monthly intervals by the teacher for progress towards appropriate goals

• The CoBaFolio competencies record book will be maintained by IDCC and IFCC candidates under the supervision of their teachers that will track the attainment of specified competencies in critical care.

Mandatory requirements to be completed prior to exam

• The IDCCM Trainee should submit a completion certificate after completion of the 1 year or 2 years training.

• The 4C course is mandatory for the IDCCM trainee.They should submit the 4C course certificate along with their exam form (4 C course may be done anytime within 2 years before filling the examination form) w.e.f. January 2019 Exam.

• ACLS & Airway workshop are mandatory for all exam going candidates from January 2019.( airway workshop is not mandatory for those who have a degree or diploma in Anaesthesiology w.e.f April 2019).The workshop should be done anytime within 2 years before filling the examination form. The workshop certificate should be submitted along with the exam form.

• Hemodynamic monitoring & mechanical ventilation, review courses etc. are recommended workshops for IDCCM trainees.

• Effective from 1st December 2020 attendance during the STEP programme for all students of IDCCM would be mandatory All students would need to have a minimum of 60% attendance for an academic year in order to be considered eligible to give the exams

Written exam

• The written exam for the IDCCM will be held every year in March and in August (Centre may vary)

• It consists of multiple choice questions.

Practical exam??

The oral exam is conducted by a panel of Six examiners over one day and includes

• Two typical ICU cases scenarios (each case scenario by two examiners) on which questions will be asked by the examiners.

• Table viva on ACLS proficiency and airway skills (Passing in ACLS & Airway is mandatory)

• Table viva on interpretation of ECG’s, lab reports, X’rays, CT scan’s.

• Table viva on setting up of a ventilator, setting up of hemodynamic monitoring like central line/arterial line/cardiac output monitoring skills and bedside monitoring of a critically ill patient.

• Table viva on commonly used drugs.

All exam results will be sent to the candidates & displayed on the website in about one month after the exam. Candidates who pass the exam will receive the certificate by post.