THE ESICM COOPERATES WITH THE EU AUTHORITIES

The statutory purpose of the  UEMS or EUMS (European Union of Medical Specialists) is the harmonization and improvement of the quality of medical specialist practice in the European Union (EU).

The UEMS was created in 1958 and Specialist Sections for each of the main disciplines practised in the member States were created from 1962. These groups of experts, composed of representatives of the national associations of the specialty concerned, carry out a considerable amount of work with the idea of coordinating, then harmonizing the specialist trainings and the criteria for the recognition of medical specialists.

The UEMS and its Sections develop their action in constant cooperation with the Standing Committee of European Doctors, created in 1959 and bringing together the whole of the organized medical profession of the member States  

The Multidisciplinary Joint Committee Intensive Care Medicine (MJCICM)  

Chair: Prof Hugo Van Aken           Secretary General: Prof Marco Ranieri

ESICM and ESPNIC,  the community of intensive care medicine in Europe, are represented by Prof Julian Bion (ESICM past President), Prof Marco Ranieri (ESICM President), and Dr Rui Moreno (ESICM President elect), in an advisory position, and Dr Denis Devictor (ESPNIC President).

The mission of the MJCICM is to facilitate the recognition of intensive care medicine as a speciality and to coordinate actions and discussions to this effect. 

The European Board of Intensive Care Medicine (EBICM)

Chair: Prof Julian Bion              Secretary: Prof Hugo Van Aken

The establishment and operating procedures of the European Board were formally approved by the Multidisciplinary Joint Committee for Intensive Care Medicine in February 2006. The Board represents national models of training (supra-speciality, primary speciality and sub-speciality) as well as the various speciality backgrounds. All members have experience in intensive care practice. The role of the Board is to provide continuing medical education credits for international meetings and other educational activities, and to harmonise standards of training and accreditation.

The ESICM and the MJCICM sections are treated equally. The MJCICM consists of representatives of the nine sections:anaesthesiology, cardiac surgery, cardiology, internal medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, paediatrics, pneumonology and surgery. The ESICM has appointed 9 members to the Board: its President, Past-president, President-elect, Secretary, Chair of the Professional Development, the Chair of the scientific affairs, as well as 3 other members: Jacques-André Romand, Vladimir Cerny and Dermot Phelan.

The UEMS supports the ESICM educational research project CoBaTrICE.