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ACC-701: Critical Care Basics

This module, ACC-701: Critical Care Basics, is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of complex pathophysiology, which forms the basis for the assessment and management of critically ill patients. It covers key areas such as tissue oxygenation, organ perfusion, ventilation and oxygenation, circulation, metabolic status and homeostasis regulation, and regulated and dysregulated immune responses. Importantly, this module serves as a solid foundation for further clinical studies in critical care.

The College of Offshore and Remote Medicine has made ACC701 a requirement for the MSc in Austere Critical Care training.

After the compulsory Entry Exam, students must complete the five mandatory topics before completing the final assessment. The evaluation has a formal MCQ test and an essay assignment.

 the final exam.

ACC-703: Core Critical Care Skills

This module provides the foundational knowledge and skills needed to conduct a structured clinical assessment for critically ill patients, practical skills to apply and interpret critical care monitoring, manage ongoing organ support,  and provide basic critical care interventions specifically for the casualty located in remote, austere and resource-limited environments. The module includes skill stations for structured patient assessment, clinical scenarios with organ support and complex monitoring, emergencies during mechanical ventilation, recognition, evaluation and management of circulatory collapse and complex metabolic deterioration. Delegates will practice the management of simulated clinical scenarios in teams, learning technical and non-technical skills.

This module has compulsory classroom education in Malta offered over seven days several times each year. You can find the dates on offer from the website below. You will be required to attend both the APUS and ICARE modules. 

ACC-705: Advanced Critical Care Skills for Austere Environments

This module provides the advanced knowledge and skills needed to conduct a structured clinical assessment for critically ill patient specifically for the casualty located in remote, austere and resource-limited environments. Practical hands on skills will be taught that apply and interpret critical care assessment and advanced monitoring, manage ongoing organ support,  and provide critical care interventions specifically for the casualty located in remote, austere and resource-limited environments. The module includes advanced skill practice during structured patient assessments, clinical scenarios with organ support and complex monitoring, procedural ultrasound, emergencies during mechanical ventilation, recognition, evaluation and management of circulatory collapse and complex metabolic deterioration. Delegates will practice the management of simulated clinical scenarios in teams, learning technical and non-technical skills.

This module has compulsory classroom education in Malta offered over seven days several times each year. You can find the dates on offer from the website below. You will be required to attend both the APUS and ICARE modules. 

ACC-707: Leadership and Management in Critical Care Practice

This module reviews the challenges of leading a critical care delivery team, from the strategic planning, to team building and management, resource management and allocation and decision making. We discuss human factors and their considerations in avoiding incidents and reducing errors. 

ACC-709: Research Methods

This module is designed to engage the student in MQF level 7 research in Healthcare, specifically Critical Care. To provide participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to get started in level 7 research. It will focus on the following:

1. Developing an understanding of the theories of science. methodological views and paradigms
2. Understanding the process of research and knowledge production in a selected healthcare topic (including identifying a suitable problem statement and research questions, relevant academic and professional literature, and appropriate methods
3. Appraising the ontological and epistemological basis of research in healthcare practice

DHS-801 Leadership in Global Health

In this module, candidates will begin by developing a detailed understanding of traditional and contemporary theories of leadership and management, these theories are critically examined by the candidates who will critically review their assumptions about leadership within healthcare both separately through their own thinking and collectively in group discussions. This will be achieved through exploring and analysing key leadership issues in health and social care practice, with the emphasis on challenging and debating contemporary theory and practice, focusing upon aspects of collective leadership and followership in the context of leading large-scale projects, implementing and managing change. Candidates will challenge traditional views and work to identify both barriers to change and strategies for successful project delivery and implementation to identify and implement quality improvements and organisational change; candidates will examine in detail and discuss project management, project implementation strategies tools and quality management methodologies such as lean and six sigma together with contemporary quality improvement tools. Throughout the module, candidates will reflect upon the skills, behaviours and techniques required to lead a team within a clinical environment, including the role of clinical supervision, governance frameworks and personal and professional development.

DHS-805 Introduction to Academic and Medical Writing

The overarching goal of the module is to help students develop the academic and technical writing; to gain an understanding of the differences between medical vs academic writing, undergraduate vs master's vs doctoral writing, and build an awareness of important resources to guide academic writing such as PRISMA.