The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland is delighted to have come to an agreement with the Health Research Board to support doctors from our training programme secure Fellowships in the Irish Clinical and Academic Training Programme (ICAT).

The Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) Programme is seeking to appoint its next cohort of individuals who aspire to become the next generation of clinical academic leaders.

ICAT would like to invite applications from trainees who have a passion for research and who are entering, or in the early stages of higher specialist training across all disciplines of human medicine, veterinary medicine, and dentistry.

ICAT is opening for applications on 24^th August 2023; the deadline for receipt of applications is 28^th September 2023. There will be a webinar for applicants on 30^th August. The fellowship interviews will take place in December and successful candidates will take up their fellowships in July 2024.

The ICAT-2 Programme is an all-Ireland partnership comprising six universities (UoG, QUB, TCD, UCD, UCC, RCSI), the clinical training authorities North and South, the Health Research Board, HSE National Doctors Training and Planning, Health and Social Care R&D, Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency, College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Forum of Irish Postgraduate Training Bodies.

ICAT is founded on the principles of providing integrated, fellow-centric clinical academic training to excellent postgraduate clinical trainees across all disciplines of human medicine, veterinary medicine, and dentistry through a programme that integrates PhD research training of the highest quality with higher specialist training.

This year they are also encouraging applications from trainees in specialties currently underrepresented in ICAT and in clinical academia:

• General Practice
• All surgical specialties:
• General Surgery
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery
• Otolaryngology
• Paediatric Surgery
• Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery
• Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
• Urology
• Vascular Surgery
• Ophthalmology
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Pathology
• Anaesthesiology

Please refer to ICAT website for a detailed overview of the application call and eligibility criteria.

www.ICATprogramme.org    @ICATProgramme

The application call will open online on 24^th August 2023

The deadline for applications is 28^th September 2023