Crit Care Resusc
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To describe the awareness of intensive care unit patients and their next of kin (NoK) about invasive procedures and their expectations of informed consent for procedures in the ICU. ⋯ Our results suggest there is a limited degree of support for routine procedural consent from ICU patients and their NoK.
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The College of Intensive Care Medicine provides the standards for training and certification of intensive care medicine specialists in Australia and New Zealand. After reviewing and revising its training program, the College recently launched a new training curriculum for all trainees registering from 2014, aimed at maintaining quality. In this article, we aim to outline the context, changes and future directions for intensive care medicine training in Australia and New Zealand.