RICU Course: Resident Online ICU Course 

Welcome to the Resident ICU (RICU) education web site! The Resident ICU web site comprises two programs designed to help residents improve their knowledge base during their critical care rotation. The Adult ICU (AICU) program was developed for the adult critical care resident rotation and the Pediatric ICU (PICU) program was developed for the pediatric critical care rotation.

The site permits free worldwide access to educational presentations on core curriculum topics for medical students and residents in Critical Care Medicine but are also available to all interested healthcare professionals. Experts in the corresponding fields have authored these presentations.

The presentations are designed for self-study or can be used as a template for didactic sessions conducted by attending physicians or their designees. This permits the incorporation of examples from your current ICU patients, the unique demographics at your institution, and regional practice styles into your discussion or presentations. The RICU course contains both a pre-test and a post-test to assess the knowledge base of the trainee and objectively determine knowledge accrual during the course of the rotation.

RICU Course Registration

Registration is open to Resident Site Directors (typically Resident Program Directors) and individuals not affiliated with a residency program.

Program Directors

A Program/Site Director is a faculty member at an accredited residency program or may be a director in charge of a specific clinical field (e.g., pharmacy programs).  Click here to register for either the AICU or PICU courses and to learn specific information pertaining to the Program Director role. 

Individual Users

Individual users not associated with a residency program are welcome to register with RICU program. RICU serves as a valuable resource for the multiprofessional team, including fellows, nurses, emergency response students, etc. Those seeking to learn more about critical care click here to register as an Individual User.

If you are a resident/medical student at an accredited program, encourage your program director to register as a RICU Site Director before registering as an Individual User.

Disclaimer

The information posted within the RICU course is not to be considered medical advice and not intended as a replacement of consultation with a qualified medical professional or independent scientific research of current medical literature. SCCM does not endorse any medications, products, procedures, equipment, or treatments discussed herein.

The contents of the presentations have been peer-reviewed by members of the committees and are meant to be used solely for educational purposes. As always, the attending physician should make diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis decisions; these presentations should not be construed as advice regarding patient care.

CE credits are not offered at this time for this course.