The members of the Education and Training Committee are:

Lennie Derde, The Netherlands

Chair of the Education and Training Committee

• Chairperson of the Congress Committee: Salvatore M Maggiore, Italy
• Chairperson of the Academy Sub-Committee: TBA
• Chairperson of the EDIC Sub-Committee: Andrew Westbrook, Ireland
• Chairperson of the EDEC Sub-Committee: Martin Balik, Czech Republic
• Chairperson of the CoBaTrICE & Curriculum Development Sub-Committee: Anne Le Roy, Czech Republic
• Chairperson of the N&AHP Committee: Katerina Iliopoulou, Greece
• Chairperson of the NEXT Committee: Laura Galarza, Spain

The Education and Training Committee is responsible for the development, organisation, implementation and delivery of the educational and training strategy of the Society. It elaborates and updates the business plan for the ESICM educational activities in collaboration with the below sub-committees and in agreement with the Executive Committee.

Academy Sub-Committee (ASC)

Mission: To assess the Society’s educational needs and develop, implement, maintain and continuously evaluate the ESICM educational activities, within the e-learning platform that powers the ESICM educational activities (the Academy), according to the educational strategy developed by the ETC and validated by the Executive Committee.

• A Chairperson, elected by the Council members and approved by the Executive Committee
• The Chairperson of the CoBaTrICE & Curriculum Development Sub-Committee
• Twelve nominated members
• Thirteen Section Educational Representatives
• Up to thirteen NEXT Section Educational Representatives
• Four representatives of the N&AHP Committee (including the Clinical Pharmacist representative)

EDIC Examinations Sub-Committee

Mission: To maintain, deliver and further develop the EDIC Part I and II examinations in collaboration with the Academy Sub-Committee and the CoBaTrICE & Curriculum Development Committee (CCDC), as well as to ensure the proper organisation, delivery, quality and proceedings of the EDIC Part I and II exams.

Composition :

• A Chairperson
• Twelve nominated members
• One representative of the NEXT Committee

EDEC Curriculum Sub-Committee

Mission: To maintain and further develop the EDEC curriculum in collaboration with the CCDC, the Office, and the Units of the Academy Sub-Committee, as well as to ensure the proper quality and proceedings of the EDEC examinations

Composition :

• A Chairperson
• Up to ten nominated members
• One representative of the CoBaTrICE & Curriculum Development Sub-Committee
• One representative from each unit of the Academy Sub-Committee

CoBaTrICE & Curriculum Development Sub-Committee

Mission: To develop, maintain and align the various parts of the Curriculum of the Society and to map them against the curriculum. This includes the CoBaTrICE curriculum, the curriculum for advanced echocardiography (in liaison with the EDEC Sub-Committee), and the General Intensive Care Ultrasound (GENIUS) curriculum.

Composition:

• A Chairperson
• Up to six nominated members
• A Representative of the NEXT Committee