📝 Exam Dates 

Spring Session 2024

• EDIC Part I: Apr. 2, 2024
• EDIC Part II:  May 7-8, 2024

Autumn Session 2024

• EDIC Part I: Sept. 24, 2024
• EDIC Part II: Nov. 26-27, 2024

Critical Care Exam Preparatory Courses For EDIC And IDCCM Exams

Intensive care medicine is considered a multidisciplinary field where the interventions of several medical specialties are required. Improve your knowledge of Critical Care and get ready for the Exams with multiple choice exams you can take online with Farz Academy. Live sessions with eminent faculties, 1000+ questions with explanations, video lectures on the topic of interest is offered. With comprehensive course and preparation, appear in the examination with confidence.                

The European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC) medicine is an established field of medicine proposed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESCIM).  EDIC exam consists of two parts, EDIC Part I and EDIC Part II. The tests are designed to test the skills, proficiency, and conduct of a medical practitioner in an intensive care environment. To achieve the EDIC diploma, you have to pass both EDIC part I and part II.

Eligibility criteria for Part 1 and part 2 exam

You need to have graduated from a recognized medical college/university and you must have completed a twelve-month internship. At the same time, you must complete or be enrolled in any of the following national training programs:

• Emergency medicine
•  Internal medicines
• Intensive care medicine
• Anaesthesiology

Alternatively, if you have completed at least 18 months of training in intensive care medicine, you are eligible for the examination.

Once you pass the EDIC part 1 examination, you can apply for the part 2 examination.                                                                                                                                                              

Examination format for part 1 and part 2                                                                     

Your priority would be understanding the examination pattern and getting complete information on the latest syllabus. Part 1 examination is three hours and 100 marks examination. There will be 100 questions comprising of two categories:

• Type A questions that comprise MCQs with five options for every question.
• Type K questions where a statement will be given and you have to answer in true or false.

Part 2 examination is also called Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) when six different clinical situations are given to the examinees.

• The first three clinical stations remain equipped with surrogate patients and imitation charts. The examinees are asked to solve some problems instantly.
•  The second lot also contains three clinical stations are also called computer stations where the examinees are shown some diagnostic tools and exam reports like ECGs or scan reports. The examinees are then told to take some important decisions.

Both the edic part 1 preparatory course and edic part 2 preparatory course will help you practice these types of questions in huge numbers.

Preparation for the examinations

Your preparation for the EDIC and IDCCM exams are never complete in absence of proper guidance. With Farz Auxiliar Academy, you get state-of-the-art preparatory courses that will help you face the examination and any kind of challenging question with utmost confidence. The courses are designed keeping the focus on the official syllabus of this prestigious examination.

• You will get the opportunity to interact with highly experienced trainers online.
• Online teaching is interactive where you will get enough opportunity to clarify any doubt.
• The edic part 1 preparatory course includes thousands of multiple-choice types and true-false types of questions with clarifications.
• Interactive live sessions will help you understand the topics in detail.
• Mock tests are arranged to keep you abreast with the real examination system.

Farz Academy also keeps you updated on the part 2 examination with their part 2 preparatory course. Since the examination is a practical examination type and your skill of decision-making is tested, the edic course curriculum includes interactive sessions with expert trainers and several hours of in-station training.