2022 IACA Annual Update
You can find here a PDF version of the 2022 IACA annual update. IACA annual update 2022
The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland is dedicated to educating and training current and future generations of doctors in Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, to have the skills to provide patients with the best care possible.
The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland’s Training Department is responsible for the organisation and implementation of educational programmes/workshops and on-going educational events.
As Anaesthesiologists, our commitment to patient safety is paramount. We bear a profound responsibility to ensure that every patient receives the highest standard of safe care. By fostering a culture of safety through continuous learning, communication and teamwork, we can improve patient outcomes and inspire confidence for those whom we serve.
The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland offer College examinations to doctors from all over the world, who are training to become anaesthetists. We deliver Membership and Fellowship examinations in anaesthesia. In addition we offer doctors exams in Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine.
The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland through its Wellbeing Health and Resilience Committee is committed to supporting the wellbeing, health and resilience of all trainees and anaesthesiologists throughout their working lives. The College advises all anaesthesiologists including trainees to monitor their physical and emotional wellbeing and to seek assistance early if they have any concerns or feel they are experiencing significant stress or mental health issues.
You can find here a PDF version of the 2022 IACA annual update. IACA annual update 2022
Please click here for full details on the application process and link to the online application form. Applications will close on Monday 5th December 2022 at 16.00 pm sharp. If you have any queries on the applications please contact the Training Department by email on Training@coa.ie
Examiner Training Day 2023 Thursday 26th January 2023 Email Orla at examiner@coa.ie to register your interest
The Western Anaesthesia Society is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 41st Western Anaesthesia Symposium 2022! WAS 2022 will take place on 25th-26th March 2022 in Glenlo Abbey Hotel, Galway in person! Check out the link for registration and symposium programme here ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE O’BEIRNE-COSTELLO MEDAL COMPETITION IS 7th MARCH 2022 ! Please find abstract submission guidelines [PDF] attached. Looking forward to seeing you in Galway! Best wishes, Western Anaesthesia Society
As the training of doctors becomes competency-based, the role of simulation and other forms of technology enhanced learning (TEL) have become even more important and widely adopted by Training Bodies. The College of Anaesthesiologists in Ireland plans to enhance its TEL capacity and use of simulation-based training in the coming years. This will enable the College to offer quantifiably effective training, valid and reliable assessment and individualised feedback to trainees and to doctors maintaining professional competence. Although TEL offers only one element of a first…
The College congratulates Professor Donal Buggy on yet another landmark research funding award. The 2021 CAI-BJA/RCoA grant for original research (€100,000 ) was awarded to a team led by Professor Buggy (Mater, Dublin, instigator and overall Principal Investigator) and Professor Simon Howell (Leeds, UK) for the Management and Outcomes of Perioperative Outcomes of European Diabetic Patients (MOPED) programme. This is the largest prospective, observational study of the perioperative journey of diabetic patients undergoing of surgery throughout Europe. Sponsored by ESA-IC, it will follow patients’…
The CAI and the Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard in Boston MA are offering a Fellowship to doctors who will complete the CAI SAT programme on or before July 2022 or who have done so since July 2019. This Fellowship will provide doctors with an opportunity to learn, train and practice in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Fellows will experience clinical, academic and cultural aspects of a world-leading Department of Anaesthesiology at the…
A message to all doctors this Christmas time Zoom Meeting 15th December 2021 @ 7pm https://rcpi-ie.zoom.us/j/91461225108?pwd=ODBiM1FYVFFuTTRjb2ZTWTFOUDBJQT09 This special event has been organised to recognise and support all doctors working in Ireland. This event is collectively organised by the Forum of Irish Postgraduate Medical Training Bodies, Practitioners Health Matters Programme, Irish Medical Council together with National Doctors Training and Planning (NDTP). A series of speakers will contribute to this event and all doctors are encouraged to join, what we hope will be an important moment in…
The CAI and the Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard in Boston MA are offering a Fellowship to doctors who will complete the CAI SAT programme on or before July 2022 or who have done so since July 2019. This Fellowship will provide doctors with an opportunity to learn, train and practice in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Fellows will experience clinical, academic and cultural aspects of a world-leading Department of Anaesthesiology at…