Table 2.

Technical content of Critical Care Training Short Course: draft and final versions

Unit number	Original draft materials, December 2009	Final materials, April 2011
1	Influenza basics	Introduction to critical care management of severe influenza infection
2	Clinical basics	Diagnose severe forms of influenza infection
3	Diagnostics and specimen collection	Deliver oxygen therapy
4	Antimicrobial therapy	Differential diagnosis and diagnostic tests
5	Hospital infection control	Deliver targeted resuscitation to patients with sepsis
6	Clinical management on the hospital wards	Monitor the patient
7	Approach to patient in septic shock	Antimicrobial therapy and its modification after influenza test interpretation
8	Approach to ARDS	Deliver lung protective mechanical ventilation to patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
9	Best practice for ICU management of severely ill patient	Deliver targeted sedation and prevent delirium
10	Paediatric Influenza	Formulate a treatment plan to prevent complications
11	Influenza in pregnancy	Liberate patients from mechanical ventilation using spontaneous breathing trial
12	Case exercise #1	Deliver quality critical care services
13	Case exercise #2	Implement measures to prevent and control infection when caring for patients with acute respiratory infection
14	‐	Apply ethical principles in decision‐making