We write to advise you that we still have places available for the following CPD courses and meetings that will take place between February and April 2022. Places are very limited for all our courses, so early registration is advised to avoid disappointment.
Date
Course Title
Type
Course Overview
CPD Points
Registration
24 February 2022
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration Course
2 places left
Classroom
This course will concentrate on Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration as an effective treatment for choledocholithiasis. Both transcystic and transcholedochal laparoscopic common bile duct exploration will be practiced in the Simulation.
This new three-day course provides a practical hands-on overview for clinicians seeking to adapt their skills for managing patients in prehospital environments. It is a skills based practical course delivered over three days in the Royal College of Surgeons by Prehospital Emergency Medicine Physicians with national and international reputations Emergency Medicine, prehospital and retrieval medicine.
This hands-on course where you will get expert formative feedback while practicing laparoscope handling, object positioning and tissue manipulation. You will then progress to performing a cholecystectomy on a simulated animal model.
This one day course is a high fidelity simulation day facilitated by expert non-technical skills educators together with consultant trainers. A number of scenarios are used in the simulated Emergency Department to demonstrate the key principles of crisis resource management (CRM) in addition to the effective use of teamwork and communication, leadership and decision-making skills.
This training session aims to empowers the RCSI community to challenge poor behaviours which have become normalised and bring change through the reinforcement of messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behaviour.
This programme covers instruction in technical skills using a combination of synthetic bench models, animal cadaver tissue and various technical simulators. Topics covered include: Stomas; ileostomy / colostomy, Bowel anastomosis – end-end; hand sewn / side – side; stapled, incisional and open inguinal hernia management.
Medical and Trauma Adult resuscitation scenarios in a simulated setting. Participants will be able to understand and apply a systematic approach to the critically unwell patient in the resuscitation room. The day will include simulation scenarios in-group scenarios with effective feedback to enhance learning
Social media brings a new dimension to medicine with applications in medical education, patient education, health services research, clinical trials, and public health campaigns as well as fostering collegiality, professional development, and enhancing institutional branding and promotion. This course for anyone who would like to explore the opportunities and challenges of using social media in healthcare, including as a mass communication tool during infectious disease epidemics.
Communication with Patients and Colleagues to Promote Safety in Healthcare
3 places left
Classroom
This workshop supports participants to learn an develop communication skills to deal with challenging patient-clinician communication: responding to strong emotion, delivering bad news, disclosing errors and many other difficult clinical conversations.
This training session aims to empowers the RCSI community to challenge poor behaviours which have become normalised and bring change through the reinforcement of messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behaviour.
The training session aims to introduce participants to the concepts of positive emotions, optimism, meaning and purpose and growth mind-set in a professional and personal environment. It will also introduce the concept of burnout in the medical profession and mechanisms to avoid burnout
This course is ideal for both new and basic user of MS PowerPoint. It is designed to bring participants through some of the good practice methods of creating and delivering effective presentations.
If a course is FULL – it is recommended applying for the waiting list. Often doctors withdrawn from courses closer to the date.
If you would like to book and attend more than your FREE 3 full-day courses allowance, you will be required to pay an enrolment fee for the additional courses. However, this fee can be reimbursed via HSE’s Training Support Scheme. Further details can be found here.
Please do not hesitate to contact us in the meantime at cpdss@rcsi.ie