Workshops

Pre-Symposium Workshops
13 August 2025, Wednesday

Workshop Title Chronic Ventilation Workshop
Date 13 August 2025
Time 0900 – 1800hrs
Venue Singapore EXPO, Meeting Room (TBA)
Format Didactic with Hands-on practical sessions
Introduction This full–day workshop will highlight the differences between acute and chronic ventilation in paediatric and adult populations, the transdisciplinary coordination required to manage each unique ventilator–assisted individual (VAI), ventilator weaning in specific conditions, adjunct therapies and the social/ethical considerations considered in VAI.
The Chronic Ventilation Workshop, through a combination of didactic and practical sessions, aims to:

  • Explain the differences between acute and chronic ventilation, and multidisciplinary coordination of roles in managing a patient transitioning to chronic ventilation
  • Elaborate on how to assess suitability for ventilator rehabilitation at the Ventilator Rehabilitation Unit (VRU), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, with nursing and allied health input
  • Demonstrate proper early tracheostomy care, secretion clearance techniques, adjunct therapies such as cough assist, and communication techniques such as leak speech and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
  • Transitioning complex patients in paediatrics to adulthood
  • Discuss ventilator weaning and decannulation in specific conditions including Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Guillain – Barre syndrome, and Critical Illness myopathy
  • Financial, ethical and social considerations in paediatric ventilated patients and adult ventilated patients
Target Participants All doctors, nurses, and allied health therapists with a keen interest to get an in-depth look at initiation, management, and discharge planning of individuals requiring Chronic Ventilation.
Participants Number 30
Lead Faculty (Local) Dr Valerie Ng and Dr Debra Seow
Faculty (TBC) Dr Chan Yeow Dr Debra Seow Dr Cristelle Chow Dr Thong Wen Yi
Ms Cheryl Tan Ms Melinda Lim
Cost per pax SGD 50 – Physician
SGD 30 – Allied Health

Workshop Title ICU Mastery: Integrating New Insights into Intensive Care Practice
Date 13 August 2025
Time 0900 – 1800hrs
Venue Singapore EXPO, Meeting Room (TBA)
Format This advanced review course will combine didactic lectures, case-based discussions, and interactive simulations to ensure active learning and practical application of critical care concepts.
Introduction The ever-evolving field of Critical Care Medicine requires continuous updates and refinement of clinical skills. This full-day ICU Review Course has been meticulously designed to bridge the knowledge gap, prepare fellows for certification exams, and enhance day-to-day ICU management capabilities. We will explore key topics in mechanical ventilation, trauma management, hemodynamic, neurocritical care, sepsis management, and critical care organisation, among others, through a combination of expert-led lectures, case discussions, and interactive simulations.
Objectives Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  1. Master Key Ventilatory Strategies:
    • Optimise mechanical ventilation in patients with unique characteristics.
    • Identify and manage ventilator-associated complications and troubleshoot common issues, including patient ventilator asynchronies.
  2. Enhance Trauma Management Skills:
    • Develop a systematic approach to managing trauma-induced shock and head injuries.
    • Achieve a better understand on management of trauma related coagulopathy.
  3. Refine Hemodynamic Monitoring and Management:
    • Implement advanced techniques for hemodynamic monitoring, including the use of pulmonary artery catheters, echo-guided therapy, and dynamic parameters.
    • Optimise the use of mechanical circulatory devices in shock and managing common complications with these devices.
  4. Strengthen Neurocritical Care Knowledge:
    • Provide evidence-based management of patients with acute neurological emergencies (e.g., ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, and traumatic brain injury).
    • Understand advanced monitoring techniques in neurocritical care.
  5. Master Sepsis Management:
    • Apply the latest guidelines and best practices for sepsis bundle implementation, including antimicrobial stewardship.
  6. Critically Appraise ICU Organization and Workflow:
    • Optimise ICU team management, including communication and leadership.
    • Develop protocols for efficient ICU rounds and patient flow
Target Participants
  • Critical Care Fellows seeking certification or advancement in intensive care medicine
  • Senior Residents in Anesthesiology, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Internal Medicine
  • Advanced Practitioner Nurses or Critical Care Nurses looking for advanced insights into complex care scenarios
Participants Number 30
Lead Faculty (Local) Dr Sewa Duu Wen
Cost per pax SGD 100 – Physician

SGD 50 – Allied Health

Workshop Title APICS 2025 Pre-Congress Critical Care Ultrasound (CCUS) Workshop
Date 13 August 2025
Time 0830 – 1645hrs
Venue Singapore EXPO, Opal Rooms 101 and 102
Introduction This is an introductory course on Critical Care Ultrasound (CCUS) for novices with little or no prior training in CCUS. The course is open to junior physicians, nursing, allied professionals who want to begin their learning journey in CCUS. This workshop comprises modules in Lung/Diaphragm Ultrasound, Lower Extremity DVT/Arterial Point of Care Ultrasound, Abdominal / FAST Ultrasound, Venous Excess Score (VExUS) and Focused Cardiac Ultrasound which will be taught according to the FUSIC curriculum by enthusiastic intensive care specialists who have attained formal international certification in CCUS and have a passion for teaching CCUS. There is a strong emphasis on hands-on practice in small group sizes of 4-5 pax per instructor. Participants can register for individual modules or the entire programme.
Objectives To learn how to perform the following CCUS scans

  1. Lung and Diaphragm Ultrasound Module (1 hour)
  2. Lower extremity DVT and arterial point of care ultrasound Module (50 minutes)
  3. Abdominal Ultrasound Module 60 min (comprising FAST – focused ultrasonography in trauma, renal and abdominal aorta imaging)
  4. Venous Excess Score (VExUS) Module (55min)
  5. Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Module (1 hour 15min)
  6. Putting it all together – Applying CCUS in Shock, Respiratory Failure and Weaning from respiratory failure (Lecture) 30min

 
Target Participants Novices with little or no prior training in CCUS. The course is open to junior physicians, nursing, allied professionals
Participants Number 30
Lead Faculty (Local) Dr Chew Si Yuan
Faculty Dr Lau Yie Hui Dr Adrian Wong Dr Choo Wee Sen Dr Peh Wee Ming
Dr Suneel Ramesh Desai Dr Tan Rou An
Cost per pax SGD 25 per module
SGD100 for all modules

Post-Symposium Workshops
18-19 August 2025, Monday-Tuesday

Title Current Concepts in Critical Care
Date 18 – 19 August 2025
Venue Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
Introduction Current Concepts in Critical Care is a two day course designed for the advanced trainees and consultants in Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine or Anaesthesia. The course focuses on in-depth discussions about complex problems/situations that clinicians encounter in their daily practice in critical care. The discussions are facilitated in small groups with major emphasis on interactive learning. There will be a total of 8 modules each run by two experts in that particular field. The material learnt will provide an excellent primer for those doing fellowship examinations, or it could be an advanced refresher for the practising clinician.
Target Participants Advanced Trainees/Consultants in ICM, ED and Anaesthesia
Lead Faculty (Local) Dr Monika Gulati
Cost per pax TBA

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