Melbourne Clinical Exam Course

5 September – 6 September 2023

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Parkville, Victoria

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About The Melbourne Clinical Exam Course

Many candidates preparing for the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) clinical examinations find success difficult to achieve despite possessing adequate theoretical knowledge. Clinical exams require a very different skill set to that needed for written exams or indeed every day clinical practice. This two day course has been developed to teach the skills necessary to bridge the gap between knowledge and performance in the examinations.

The course is specifically aimed at trainees sitting the CICM fellowship clinical examination. Ideally you should do this course six to twelve months prior to your sitting, then go back to your unit, practice the skills learned and then sit the exam. Of course trainees who are about to undertake the final fellowship examinations will also find this course valuable.

MCEC is a unique course with a very strong focus on the teaching of exam skills (as opposed to knowledge delivery).

What You’ll Learn

Exam skills

Examination Skills

Systematic assessment of the ICU Hot Case patient using the MCEC 6-Step-Approach

Behind the Scenes Insights

CICM Examiners sharing their perspective on the exam

Hot cases

Simulated ICU Hot Cases

Practice the MCEC 6-Step-Approach in simulated ICU Hot Cases

Exam skills

ICU Hot Cases

Hot Cases in a quaternary ICU under exam conditions

Cross-Table Vivas

Structured approach to successfully tackling Cross-Table-Vivas

Radiology Vivas

Realistic Radiology Case Examinations

Communication skills

Communication Vivas

Challenging communication stations with experienced actors

Simulation

Simulation | Equipment Vivas

Systematic approach to common Simulation and Equipment Viva topics

Video-Assisted Debriefing

Self-review and guided debriefings of your viva and hot case technique

Schedule

DAY 1

08:45-09:00

Candidate Registration

09:00-09:30

Welcome and Introduction

09:30-10:00

The Exam Through the Eyes of the Examiner

10:00-10:15

Morning Tea

10:15-10:45

6-Step-Approach to Hotcase

10:45-12:45

Sim Hot Cases

12:45-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

ICU 6-Step Approach

14:30-17:00

ICU Hot Case

17:00

Questions and Feedback

DAY 2

09:00-09:30

Introduction to Vivas

09:30-10:00

Morning Tea

10:00-12:00

Cross Table Vivas

12:00-12:45

Lunch Break

12:45-14:45

Equipment / Simulation Vivas

14:45-15:15

Radiology Vivas

15:15-15:30

Afternoon Tea

15:30-15:45

Introduction to Communication

15:45-17:45

Communication Vivas

17:45

Closure, Questions, Feedback

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Our Partner

We would like to thank our exclusive, long term course sponsor Medtronic for their support of the Melbourne Clinical Exam Course.

Melbourne Clinical Exam Course Gallery

See The Faculty and previous MCEC participants in action.

Testimonials

"Small groups, individual feedback – much better than in the big courses."

- March 2017

"The systematic approach is a game-changer for me"

- September 2018

"Finally I know what I need to change in my exam preparation."

- March 2018

"Better than Tubb’s!!! "

- March 2018

"Enthusiastic faculty "

- September 2018

"Teaches technique, not content "

- March 2019