title: The Training/Examination Programme in Intensive Care, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: 2. Examination.
abstract: The structure of the Final Examination in Intensive Care for the award of Diploma of Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists is based on a model explicated in the College's Objectives of Training in Intensive Care. There are five sections in the examination: short answer questions, essay questions, investigations, orals and a clinical. The first examination was held in October 1979. Up to and including the examination of October 1992, 94 of the 136 attempts by 107 candidates had been successful. Eighty-three per cent of the candidates passed at the first attempt. The failure rate has been highest in the clinical section. The examination is regarded as a hard examination but one which is helpful in training and subsequent practice.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, N.S.W.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002568:Certification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003422:Critical Care; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data