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ESBICM

Educational Society of Bedside Intensive Care Medicine

Reviving the essential bedside skills in intensive care.

An organisation dedicated to transforming the delivery of intensive care worldwide by providing freely accessible and affordable bedside intensive care education to all healthcare professionals involved in managing critically ill patients.

The Bedside in ESBICM symbolises the art of clinical examination, data interpretation and diagnosis at the patient’s bedside.

Join ESBICMOur journey

The Educational Society of Bedside Intensive Care Medicine (ESBICM®) is a registered society of working healthcare professionals, constituted on 11th October 2018 with the vision to strengthen bedside intensive care from the most advanced centres to even the smallest and most remote ICU of the world.

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From the office

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Important updates and official announcements from the ESBICM office.

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  • SOCIETY
    New
    A new home update for ESBICM
    The ESBICM website has been rebuilt from the ground up. Everything the society does now sits in one place — classes, courses, the Mentorship Forum, the Faculty Network, governance and the notice board you are reading. If something you relied on has moved, write to the ESBICM Office and we will point you to it.
  • SOCIETY
    New
    The ICU App is now available for download
    The ICU App is the official app of ESBICM. Members can carry their membership, the Community, notices and learning material with them. Anyone can create an account, upload documents and apply for membership from within the app. No payment is taken inside the app — all payments are made in the Member Panel on the website.
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  • ACADEMICS
    Open
    The Mentorship Forum is open to trainees

    The Mentorship Forum pairs critical care trainees with working faculty and with colleagues a few steps further along the same path. ESBICM membership is required, and you can apply from the Member Panel or The ICU App. Once approved, you are added to the Forum in The ICU App Community within 24 hours.

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  • FACULTY
    Open
    Applications are open for the Global Critical Care Faculty Network
    The Faculty Network is open to Life Members who want to teach, examine, mentor or take part in research with the society. There are three ways to contribute — Research, Educator and NextGen. Applications are made through the Faculty Network tab in the Member Panel or The ICU App.
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  • UPDATES
    Updated
    The ESBICM Newsletter moves to its new home
    From October 2026 the Newsletter is sent directly to members at their registered email address. The Google Group is being retired. Please check that the email address in your Member Panel is the one you actually read.
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  • GOVERNANCE
    Updated
    Governance documents are under review
    The Executive Committee is reviewing the Organisational Structure & Standard Operating Procedures and the related committee frameworks. Updated documents will be published in October 2026. The Founding Council and the Executive Committee continue to function as usual in the meantime.
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Dr. Ankur Gupta

From the President

ESBICM is more than an organisation; it is a movement built on a single, unwavering belief: bedside medicine is the foundation of compassionate and effective intensive care. When practised with clarity and commitment, it has the power to transform patient outcomes and empower entire ICU teams.

Since 2018, we have grown from grassroots beginnings—informal WhatsApp groups and café workshops—into a global community with members in 66+ countries and an educational reach extending across more than 150 countries. Yet, our core commitment remains unchanged: to make bedside-focused intensive care education freely accessible to every healthcare professional, regardless of geography or resources.

We would love to have you as a part of this community. Join the society, make the most of our resources, contribute your own expertise, and help us elevate patient care worldwide.

Dr. Ankur Gupta
Founder President, ESBICM® · Intensivist & Head of Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals IndoreNational Representative of India, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (2025–2027)

Beyond boundaries

The ESBICM method

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  1. 01
    ExtractFrom books, journals, trials and new technologies — distilled to what matters most at the bedside.
  2. 02
    SimplifyBasic concepts stay simple; advanced ones become teachable. Simplifying is scholarship, not dilution.
  3. 03
    Teach with clarityAt the bedside whenever possible—always clear enough to apply to the sickest patient.
  4. 04
    Apply at the bedsideThe ultimate test of all we teach: Does it work for the critically ill?—from advanced tertiary centres to the most remote ICUs.
  5. 05
    ListenWhat our community contends with guides what we extract next.

At its core, our teaching is meant to be applied, not admired.

The outcome

Empowered professionals. Uplifted careers. Compassionate care of the critically ill.

For the professional

Skill and confidence

A doctor, nurse, or paramedic who examines, decides, and treats the sickest patients with surer hands

For the career

A career uplifted

Structured learning, examinations, certification, and leadership development — plus a society to belong to — moving a critical care career forward.

For the patient

Compassionate care

The endpoint that matters: the unit where that professional serves — anywhere in the world — delivers care with more skill, empathy, and compassion

The society

What ESBICM does

One society, one method — bedside first — carried through everything we do.

ESBICM faculty and trainees on a teaching round at the bedside of a ventilated patient in the intensive care unit.
A bedside teaching round — where every ESBICM programme is designed to be used.

Teaching

Clarity you can carry to the bedside.

Conducted live at the bedside whenever possible — and always designed for immediate application. We offer classes, certificate courses, and workshops throughout the year.

  • Live bedside and online classes
  • Structured certificate courses
  • Workshops & teaching daysonline and in-person
  • Guideline discussions — evidence to practice

Academic Life

Reading, mentoring, examining — all year.

The habits of a working academic society. This is where the listening happens: the community's questions decide what we explore next.

  • Journal club & clinical paper reading
  • Mentorship forumfor students
  • Examinations & competency benchmarking
  • Research & policy representation

Publications & Resources

Books to bedside.

The method in print — extracted from the evidence, simplified without dilution, written to be used at the bedside.

  • Books & bookletsesbicm press
  • e-Library cases and journal club
  • Bedside templates & checklists
  • Guideline, RCT & systematic review summaries

Platforms & Community

Teaching that travels.

Education that crosses borders—freely accessible anywhere—built on an active dialogue with the global clinical community we serve.

  • The ICU ChannelYouTube & instagram
  • The ICU App — for members
  • ICU Tips — the reading scroll
  • ESBICM Newsletter — monthly clinical updates

Global reach. Bedside impact.

Delivering bedside education to the world.

“To strengthen bedside intensive care from the most advanced centres to even the smallest and most remote ICU of the world.”— ESBICM vision

Society founded
2018Society founded
Countries reached via lectures
150+Countries reached via lectures
The ICU Channel views
60 million+The ICU Channel views
Countries with active members
66+Countries with active members

Every ESBICM programme is taught, examined and mentored by the ESBICM Global Critical Care Faculty Network — a worldwide collective of practising intensivists, educators and other healthcare professionals who volunteer their teaching to the society.

ESBICM facultyAbout the Faculty Network

The society’s book

Recent and Landmark Trials in Critical Care

First edition · 2025 · Published by ESBICM

The landmark trials that shaped intensive care, summarised for the bedside: what was asked, what was found, and how it changes patient care. Written and reviewed by the society’s faculty for both trainees and practising clinicians.

About the bookBooks & booklets

The ICU Channel

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The society in your pocket

Bedside intensive care education, in your pocket.

Courses, live classes, ICUtips, e-Library, a global community and your certificates — everything ESBICM, in one app built for doctors, nurses and paramedics.

The ICU App is the official app of the Educational Society of Bedside Intensive Care Medicine (ESBICM).

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Membership is free. Granted after review.

Life and Associate Life memberships are provided at no cost for a lifetime to healthcare professionals worldwide. The executive committee reads every application.


Plus+ membership is an optional, paid annual upgrade available to Life and Associate Life members.