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We are pleased to share details of the upcoming 45th Western Anaesthesia Symposium (WAS) 2026. The symposium programme is now available to view online at🌐 http://www.anaesthesiawest.com This long-established and highly regarded meeting continues to provide an excellent platform for education, collaboration, and professional development within the anaesthesia community. Registration Now Open Registration for the 2026 symposium is open and can be completed via Eventbrite:🔗 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/45th-western-anaesthesia-symposium-2026-tickets-1979713709999 Early registration is encouraged to secure your place. Call for Abstracts Abstract submissions are warmly invited and encouraged across a…

St Vincent’s University Hospital and the National Ambulance Service Critical Care and Retrieval Services (NAS CCRS) are delighted to jointly facilitate a Fellowship in Critical Care Retrieval Medicine (FCCRM) commencing in July 2026. This fellowship is suitable for graduates of the specialist training programmes of the Irish Committee for Emergency Medicine Training (ICEMT), the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (COAI) and the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland (JFICMI). For more information on this fellowship, please follow this link.

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland is delighted to announce a meeting of the Airway Leads Network in Ireland, Friday 24th of April 2026. Open to all Consultants, Trainees, NCHDs, and Airway Leads. Please see the attached flyer for information This day will include lectures, case discussions & simulation scenarios. To register your interest, please email training@coa.ie  with your college ID and Current base hospital. The course fee €100 or 6 CPD-SS Points. If you wish to use your credits, please let us know. Airway Leads attend free. Please register early as places are…

The Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography 2-day Course will take place on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 April 2026 in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. See course flyer attached. The course is ideal for those: i) actively pursuing BSE Level 1 or EDEC; ii) at the latter stages of FUSIC Heart (≥20 scans completed at the time of the course; or iii) have completed an echo accreditation and would like to refresh and build skills!  The course is approved for 14 CPD points through the CAI, 6 EDEC points and 4…

This week, the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (CAI), the College of Anaesthesiologists (CoA) of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (AMM), and the Parallel Pathway Specialist Training Technical Committee for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care (Ministry of Health in Malaysia) conducted preparatory courses and examinations for the MCAI OSCE/SOE and FCAI SOE at the Academy of Medicine Building in Putrajaya, Malaysia. 27 candidates travelled from as far as Trinidad & Tobago, Syria, Egypt, Australia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and, of course, Malaysia to sit…

Hacking Global Surgery RCSI, in collaboration with the Global Anaesthesia, Surgery and Obstetrics Collaboration (GASOC), is delighted to announce the inaugural Hacking Global Surgery event, taking place on Saturday 28th March at RCSI, 118 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. This in-person event will bring together clinicians, engineers and designers to work in multidisciplinary teams to develop innovative solutions to improve post-operative monitoring in low-resource settings. The day will focus on collaboration, design thinking and knowledge exchange across disciplines. Applications are open to individuals with a background in medicine, design or engineering. No specific CV…

The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) 42nd International Conference will take place in Dublin from 27–30 September 2026, bringing together global leaders in healthcare quality, safety, and improvement. This international meeting is a great opportunity to share learning, showcase innovation, and connect with colleagues shaping safer health systems worldwide. Fellows of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland are particularly well placed to contribute. If you’re involved in quality improvement, patient safety, education, or systems redesign, consider submitting your work. Projects developed through Promise may be especially…