CA in Critical Care Pharmacy

Application Timeline

For overseas applicants:

A full set of required documents to be submitted at least 4 months before the attachment start date.

For local applicants:

A full set of required documents to be submitted at least 3 months before the attachment start date.

Duration

2 - 4 weeks

Criteria

Only for organisation sponsored practising / registered Hospital Pharmacists

Note: Each request is subject to Department's review and approval

Objectives

• Build clinical experience in the management of critically ill patients as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Design evidence-based therapeutic regimens and monitoring plans for critically ill patients.
• Evaluate the progress of critically ill patients and redesign regimens and monitoring plans.
• Appreciate leadership and practice management skills in the area of critical care.
• Exposure to sub-specialty in intensive care unit.

Outline

• Participate in daily ward rounds with the ICU multidisciplinary team.
• Understand the management of critically ill patients through direct patient care observation at ward round, case based and topic discussions.
• Be familiar with critical care-related guidelines to design and recommend evidence-based pharmaceutical care plans for patients.
  
• Identify medication related problems and design evidence-based regimen and monitoring plans to achieve therapeutic goals on assigned patients.
• Conduct medication review daily and identify any medication related problems pertaining to treatment efficacy, adverse events and administration.
• Review and redesign monitoring and treatment plan based on new drug-related issues identified.
• Review and obtain primary literature, where evidence is lacking, to direct patient care.

Methodology

• Participation in ward rounds
• Case-based teaching
• Assigned readings and topic discussions
• Journal club presentation