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The Alfred Intensive Care
Academic Centre

Patient care, education and research

The Alfred ICU is one of Australia’s largest intensive care units, leading innovation in critical care treatment, education, and research, and caring for all Victorians with life-threatening conditions.

The Academic Centre is the focal point of The Alfred ICU education and research programs, which aim to improve clinical outcomes, by promoting active, integrated, and patient focused knowledge generation, dissemination, and translation in intensive care medicine.

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About the Alfred ICU

The Alfred's ICU is one of Australia's leading intensive care units, treating thousands of patients each year and providing care for patients with life threatening conditions.

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Education & Research

The Alfred Intensive Care Academic Centre is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in research. Since 2011, The Alfred ICU has produced more than 85 publications annually.

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International Programs

The Alfred Intensive Care Academic Centre now offers bespoke educational courses tailored to specific healthcare systems.  

International Education

Upcoming courses

Advanced Mechanical Ventilation Conference plus Waveforms and Physiotherapy Symposium  

23 July 2025 — 25 July 2025

The Alfred - Innovation & Education Hub and Park Hyatt, Melbourne

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Advanced Life Support (ALS2) - July 2025

29 July 2025 — 30 July 2025

The Alfred - Innovation & Education Hub

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Basic Assessment & Support in Intensive Care - August 2025

5 August 2025 — 6 August 2025

The Alfred - Innovation & Education Hub

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The Alfred ICU in Collaboration with VECMOS Adult ECMO Course - August

13 August 2025 — 14 August 2025

The Alfred - Innovation & Education Hub

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Advanced Life Support - August 2025

19 August 2025 — 20 August 2025

The Alfred - Innovation & Education Hub

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Alfred Bootcamp for CICM Second Part Clinical Exam Course (ABC2) - August 2025

28 August 2025 — 29 August 2025

The Alfred - Innovation & Education Hub

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Latest news

Paediatric Neurocritical Care Symposium

26 June 2025
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick welcomes you to register for the Paediatric Neurocritical Care Symposium. The program will feature presentations from experts in Neurology, Oncology, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Plastic Surgery, Radiology, Rehabilitation, Nursing, and Paediatric Intensive Care, sharing the latest advances shaping neurocritical care.

Global Emergency and Critical Care Conference

25 June 2025
This September, don’t miss the Global Emergency and Critical Care Conference hosted by the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre—an inspiring two-day event bringing together global voices committed to advancing integrated, patient-centred care.

Help shape the future of sepsis research in Australia

28 May 2025
The National Critical Care Research (NCCR) Collaboration is undertaking a new consultation – Shaping Sepsis Care, bringing together patients, carers and healthcare professionals to identify the most important unanswered research questions about sepsis. 

CCR Down Under 2025 - Registrations Now Open

27 May 2025
We are excited to announce that registrations for Critical Care Reviews Down Under 2025 is now officially open!