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REMINDER: Your views: Defensive Medical Practices among Irish surgeons

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is researching the existence and extent of defensive medical practices among Irish surgeons.    To this effect, we ask that you complete a 10-minute-long, anonymous survey about surgical practice in Ireland.


The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is researching the existence and extent of defensive medical practices among Irish surgeons.    To this effect, we ask that you complete a 10-minute-long, anonymous survey about surgical practice in Ireland.   The survey has five sections:

 

1.         Demographics. 

2.         Civil Litigation. 

3.         Medical Council Complaints. 

4          Criminal Proceedings and 

5.         Final comments.

 

Your input will help to gain an oversight into defensive medical practices among surgeons and attitudes to the current medico-legal climate in Ireland.

 

This survey is completely anonymous, meaning that your identity cannot be in any way connected to your survey answers, and it is voluntary, so you can opt out at any time.

 

To access the survey please click here. If the survey does not open automatically, please copy and paste the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/rcsidefensivemedicine  to your internet browser’s address bar.

 

This research study has been funded in collaboration with the Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, and has received Ethics approval from the UL Education and Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (2018_02_21_EHS). If you have any concerns about this study and wish to contact someone independent you may contact: Chairman, Education and Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee, EHS Faculty Office, University of Limerick Tel (061) 234101 or e-mail ehsresearchethics@ul.ie

 

Signed 

 

Dr. Mary Tumelty, LL.B, Ph.D, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick

Ms. Margaret O’Donnell MB FRCSI FRCS(Plast), Consultant Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon, Blackrock Clinic & St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Past President, Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons

Professor Sean Tierney FRCSI, Dean of Professional Development & Practice, RCSI

 
REMINDER: Renew Your PCS Enrolment 1st May 2018 - 30th April 2019

Many of you will already have renewed your enrolment for 2018 – 2019.   For those of you who have still to enrol, please be advised that you must be enrolled in a Professional Competence Scheme (PCS) and be able to confirm at retention of your registration with the Medical Council that you are enrolled and complying with the requirements of a PCS.


The Medical Council registration retention form advises doctors that they must pay their PCS enrolment fee for 2018- 2019 prior to retaining their registration with the Medical Council. Doctors will also be required to indicate on the retention form which Postgraduate Training Body they have enrolled on PCS with and declare that they have paid their enrolment fee for their PCS.  

This means that you must now pay your PCS enrolment fee for PCS year 2018 – 2019 prior to retaining your registration with the Medical Council in June 2018. 

If you are no longer on the Supervised, General, or Specialist section of the (Irish) Medical Council’s Register please notify this office by email pcs@rcsi.ie as this will allow us update our records and ensure that you do not receive unnecessary communication in relation to the PCS

 

Re-enrol by paying your fee online  -  click https://pcs.rcsi.ie

If you have any difficulty with this, please do not hesitate to contact the PCS office at pcs@rcsi.ie or 01 402 2743

 
Guidance for Registered Medical Practitioners on Relationships between Doctors and Industry

The Medical Council has recently launched an updated Guidance for Registered Medical Practitioners on relationships between doctors and industry.

 

This document aims to answer doctors’ questions about what is ethically acceptable when dealing with pharmaceutical and medical devices companies and is available HERE for your information.  

 

 


The Medical Council has recently launched an updated Guidance for Registered Medical Practitioners on relationships between doctors and industry.

 

This document aims to answer doctors’ questions about what is ethically acceptable when dealing with pharmaceutical and medical devices companies and is available HERE for your information.  

 

 

 
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