Please follow the link below to read the latest edition of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland Quality and Safety newsletter: Quality and Safety Newsletter
The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland welcomes the recent changes in the criteria for Trainee Specialist Registration eligibility with the Irish Medical Council (IMC) & the HSE English language competency requirements. On 6 November 2020, Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, enacted legislative changes that will help non-EEA doctors to access postgraduate specialist training in Ireland. The signing of commencement order for sections of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 allows any doctor eligible for registration on the Council’s general division to apply for specialist training. For the purpose…
The college are deilighted to support the ‘HSE NDTP: Virtual National Intern Gathering – Saturday 28th November 2020’ For full details on the event and registration details please click The Gathering Nov 28th 2020
University Hospital Galway is delighted to announce the Sustainability Day that they will take place coming Tuesday 17th November. Morning lecture starts at 08:00-08:45 and will follow up with all-day recycling event for UHG staff. Evening lectures/ talks will take place from 17:30 until 21:00 The webinar will be hosted by Dr Kevin Clarkson. It has been approved for 4 CPD points. Programme: UHG Sustainability Day 2020 [pdf] To register for the webinar please click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHuaSrY6niIAHh3z27jtJxULdccA7eFgnfROBSKob5UoXeWw/viewform
Please click here for full details on the application process and link to the online application. Applications will close on Monday 7th December 2020 at 16.00 pm sharp. If you have any queries on the applications please contact the Training Department by email on Training@coa.ie
The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland is delighted to announce that the forthcoming Gilmartin Lecture 2020 will be delivered by Dr Miriam Colleran, Consultant in Palliative Medicine. The Lecture will take place on Thursday 10th December 2020 at 6pm. The meeting will be held as a virtual meeting. Date: Thursday 10th December, 6pm – 8pm Venue: Zoom Conference Programme: 6pm Medal Ceremony 7pm Gilmartin Lecture titled ”Palliative Care in ICU in a time of change” will be delivered by Miriam Colleran, Consultant in Palliative Medicine Please…
Dear colleague, After a very successful webinar in September which was attended by over 250 people worldwide, UKMCS are now taking registrations for their 3rd webinar on Vascular disease in pregnancy. The event is on Thursday 19th November 2020, 18:30 – 20.00 (UK, GMT). Its free. For more information please see the attached flyer[pdf] To register please email ukmcs@bcs.com with your name and details including your GMC or NMC number. Please indicate in your email if you wish to bring a case for discussion.
We are pleased to announce that this year’s winner of the CAI Medical Essay Competition is Kaumal Mirza (Trinity College Dublin, Year 4). The runners up are Alexandr Sacha Lefebvre Magder (RCSI Final Year) and John Taaffe (RCSI Year 4) scored the third. To access and read the winning essays please click below: Kaumal Mirza – Essay [pdf] Alexandr Magdre – Essay [pdf] John Taaffe – Essay [pdf] The standard of submissions this year was extremely high and incredibly there were over 39 excellent essay…
This year’s Global Health Symposium is being held on 23 October 2020. The theme of the meeting is ‘Learning from COVID-19 – Improving Health for all Through Global Health Education’ and the event will address key challenges facing workforce development and growth in low- and middle-income countries and how to incorporate sustainable solutions into medical training in Ireland. Programme [pdf] To register for the Webinar please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nBnxvd9PRpu2bdSZD-mm1A More information is available at https://www.rcsi.com/globalhealthsymposium
You are invited to the launch of the new e-Curriculum for the National Specialist Anaesthesiology Training Programme. The launch will take place virtually on Friday 9th October 2020 at 3.00pm. Information on the programme for the event is available here and further details regarding registration will be available shortly. Please see link for a preview of the new e-Curriculum here – https://www.anaesthesia.ie/curriculum/. We look forwarding to launching the new e-Curriculum and welcoming our speakers, especially our guest speakers Prof George Shorten from CUH and Dr…