Nepean Institute of Critical Care Education & Research

Our RACEplus team members joined forces with international experts in running a basic echocardiography (RACEplus) and an advanced echocardiography courses in the 42nd International Symposium of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (2023) in Brussels. The course director was Professor Anthony McLean (left, front row in the picture), and was supported by a real world class faculty team. 2023 marks the 19th Anniversary of the ISICEM echocardiography courses and most, if not all, of the original faculty members are still enthusiastically taking part in the teaching. The team welcomed a new young trainer Dr Emma Bowcock from Nepean Hospital since…

On 13-14 July 2023, NICCER ran the first ever 2-day Practical intermediate echocardiography (PIE) in Jakarta. PIE is a next level up workshop from our RACEplus (basic TTE course). The focus of PIE is understanding Doppler and how to perform measurements (with hands-on practice), and is especially suited for those who want to take a step forward and do standard measurements such as cardiac output, pulmonary pressures and tissue Doppler. Feedbacks received from Jakarta PIE have been extremely good. Nearly all participants find the workshop very useful. Those who already have Doppler experience found the workshop useful in improving…

“I am incredible grateful for the experience that NICCER and the hospital has given me, as I have been able to expand not only my professional knowledge but my educating skills.” Beth Wiggins, RN, ICU Nepean Hospital (March 2023) I was fortunate enough to be sponsored by NICCER to travel with a team of Intensivists, Doctors, and Nurses to teach a Ventilation and Sedation workshop in Vietnam. This workshop took place at The Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City. I applied with an expression of interest advertised within my intensive care unit, to share current knowledge…