Examinations Report – JFICMI 2023

Examination Developments

An SBA study day was conducted on October 26th in the College of Anaesthesiologists. It was a hybrid meeting and allowed the review of >40 SBA questions by the group of examiners in attendance.

It is hoped that a standing group of examiners will be formed with approval from the board of the JFICMI. This will consist of examiners from the JFICMI accredited hospitals and those examiners who may have a particular interest in developing the various aspects of the exam into the future.

This group will be involved in the writing of future exams (SBA/SAQs/Viva content). In addition, they will act as resource to drive further refinement of the examination, to ensure its ongoing validity and relevance to the specialty.

The exam revision course will run in 2024 in the Mater, Beaumont, St James’s and St Vincent’s from Feb 26th to March 1st (with a day off on Wednesday).

We maintain an ongoing link with the EDIC examination and run a centre in Dublin each November. Examiners are encouraged to become involved with this examination. The current Dean of the JFICMI is the chair of the EDIC committee and the current chair of examinations of the JFICMI is a committee member (Irish representative). The incoming chair of EDIC, Dr Alex Nica, served as external examiner for the FJFICMI this year.

Examination Details for 2023

21 candidates sat the written examination (SBA/SAQ) in April 2023. This examination is online and is independently proctored and run under the auspices of the college of anaesthesiologists. The examination will remain online into the foreseeable future.

17 candidates passed the written at this sitting.

They progressed to the clinical exam on June 1st and were joined by three candidates who had previously failed the clinical/viva exam but had passed the written.

17 of these 20 candidates passed the clinical and viva examination components and will be admitted to Fellowship of the JFICMI in due course.

The Gold Medal was awarded to Dr Ciaran Costello.