Prerequisites to undertaking the assessment:
Candidates must have completed FUSIC® Heart or BSE Level 1 or FEEL AND FUSIC® Lung or FAMUS prior to embarking upon FUSIC® HD. Candidates must either have completed the FUSIC® HD eLearning modules, or should have attended a face-to-face course (sending a copy of the course certificate as evidence to the learning team at learning@ics.ac.uk).
Candidates must have performed and logged the required number of scans and a registered FUSIC® HD Trainer must have signed-off the logbook and competency assessment and summary of training record forms.
The Candidate FUSIC® HD Logbook (including evidence of all individual case entries), must be submitted via the FUSIC® portal prior to being officially accepted onto the assessment day. Failure to do so will result in the inability to complete the accreditation.
Reasonable adjustments:
The Intensive Care Society is committed to ensuring that reasonable adjustments are made for those who require such support. It is therefore essential that this information is declared when registering for the assessment day. Please ensure that you communicate with the learning team on learning@ics.ac.uk to advise them of your needs.
Assessment components:
There are three parts of the assessment:
- a logbook check (assessed ahead of the day by FUSIC® HD examiners).
- a video pathology case assessment (MCQ Format).
- a practical assessment (hands-on scanning).
Note: As mentioned above, the complete logbook and competency documents must be submitted ahead of the assessment. This is marked against the criteria in your module training handbook. The logbook should consist of: -
- 50 case reporting forms (one for each scan), reflecting the breadth of pathology from the 10 FUSIC® HD clinical questions.
- 20/50 must be supervised scans.
- No more than 10/50 can be normal scans.
- No patient identifiable data present.