Education to save lives: C19SPACE, the COVID19 Skills PrepAration CoursE

The future of training in intensive care medicine: A European perspective

“…Although this educational initiative was not designed to train future specialists in intensive care, it can serve as a basis for building efficient collaboration between healthcare workers and regular ICU teams. [76] The COVID-19 Skills PrepAration CoursE (C19_SPACE) covered aspects concerning: (1) personal safety (donning and doffing of personal protective equipment), (2) introduction to the ICU and ICU patients, (3) team care, (4) basics of respiratory support, (5) basics of hemodynamic monitoring, (6) sepsis and infections, and (7) other aspects of ICU care. Two sets of lectures were provided by the program — one for nurses and the other for doctors.…”

“…The course consisted of an online component and on-site training, which were self-organized by local trainers. [76] The program was assessed using an evaluation questionnaire before and after the completion of training; and it was found to increase overall scientific knowledge. [76] Directed by the same vision, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) established an open-access COVID-19 Critical Care Training Forum (CCCTF) with a plan to deliver weekly virtual sessions.…”

“… [76] The program was assessed using an evaluation questionnaire before and after the completion of training; and it was found to increase overall scientific knowledge. [76] Directed by the same vision, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) established an open-access COVID-19 Critical Care Training Forum (CCCTF) with a plan to deliver weekly virtual sessions. The content related to all aspects of critically ill COVID-19 patient care, including inpatient and post-intensive care management.…”

We wish you a smooth takeoff! Launching “Intensive Care Fundamentals”: an ESICM educational initiative for newcomers to intensive care unit

“…2 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Charles University, The Third Faculty of Medicine and FNKV University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. 3 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy. 4 Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Units, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.…”

“…The knowledge-based learning goals have mostly been covered in a book, which is considered a prerequisite to the ICF course itself. The 2-day face-to-face course has been designed using the experience from C_19 SPACE programme, in which over 20 000 healthcare professionals were trained to deal with severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in expanded ICU capacities [3]. Similarly, ICF is supposed to be delivered in a local hospital in local languages and adopts the successful model of hybrid education with self-paced learning at home and an interactive face-to-face component.…”