We continually work to add more self-paced courses that you can complete easily at a time that suits you. Please see our list of these courses below:

* Not covered by the CPD voucher

For further queries please do not hesitate to contact us at cpdss@rcsi.ie  

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This is a gastrointestinal skills course that concentrates on the operative management of open inguinal hernias, bowel anastomosis and bowel diversion surgery.

During the course, you will learn procedures using low and high-fidelity models in our wet lab facility with the constructive feedback of experienced consultants in General and colorectal surgery.

Learning outcomes

• Improved decision making in bowel closure methods or diversion.
• Practice in the principles of bowel tissue handling and suturing.
• Understanding and practice of the creation of an end ileostomy.
• Practice the creation of a loop ileostomy.
• Practice the creation of a colostomy.
• Knowledge of the up-to-date principles in hernia repair.
• Confidence in performing an open inguinal hernia repair.

Suitable for

SHOs and early registrars in general surgery and colorectal surgery.

Register here.

Date: 5 December 2023

Location: RCSI, Dublin

Duration: 7 hours

Credits: As this is an assessment, there are no CPD credits available. 

Price: €600 (€150 non-refundable application fee)

Suitable for: Senior EM physicians who have completed a Level 1 Point Of Care ultrasound course and want supervised, hands-on practice or a chance to refresh the skills and to be assessed in all Level 1 (Core) competence areas (FAST, AAA, vascular access and ECHO in life support). 

Applications closing: Wednesday, 18 October 2023

‘Point of care ultrasound’ has become a key skill and component of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s curriculum over the last 15 years. 

In order to attain a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training and to be eligible to apply for specialist registration with both the IMC and GMC, an emergency medicine physician has to complete an ultrasound course and a portfolio, as well as an ultrasound competency assessment. 

This training day has been designed to facilitate an opportunity for doctors not engaged in a formal training scheme to be able to undertake an accredited ultrasound competency assessment.

Register here.

Our Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme brochure for 2023/24 is now available to view and download.

This years programme consists of over 115 full-day and half-day courses delivered online, face-to-face and in regional centres.

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For more information, please visit www.rcsi.com/cpdss 

Learn and develop ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia skills in this one day workshop. Minimal lectures and maximal hands on practical scanning and supervision from our expert faculty. Top tips and tricks from the ICEMT ultrasound and regional anaesthesia faculty.

The programme includes an introduction to ultrasound guided nerve blocks, monitoring, consent and documentation of procedures, setting up a nerve block trolley, needle tracking techniques, lower limb blocks (fascia iliaca superior and inferior approach, femoral, popliteal and PENG), upper limb (axillary nerve block) and chest wall (fascial plane blocks, serratus anterior superficial and deep and erector spinae).

Suitable for: Interns, SHOs, Registrars and Consultants in Emergency Medicine

No pre-requisite level of ultrasound experience required; beginners are welcome!

High trainee to trainer ratio with a maximum of 25 spaces available. 

Cost: €400 IAEM members/€500 non-members

Registration: Choose the workshop/gala dinner option at the end of the list of registration options at https://iaem2023.exordo.com/

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Programme: 

09.30   Registration

09.45   Welcome & Introductions

10.15   Introduction to Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks:

            – Monitoring, consent and observation

            – Nerve Block Trolleys

            – Local Anaesthetic Systemic Toxicity

            – Nerve Appearance and Needle Tracking Techniques

10.45   Needle Tracking Techniques Practical

11.15   Coffee

11.30   Lower Limb Blocks Videos

12.00   Lower Limb Blocks Practicals:

            – Fascia Iliaca – superior and inferior approach

            – Femoral

            – PENG

            – Popliteal

13.30   Lunch

14.15   Upper Limb Blocks Videos

14.30   Upper Limb Blocks Practical:

            – Axillary Nerve

14.45   Chest Wall Block Videos

15.15   Chest Wall Block Practicals:

            – Serratus Anterior

            – Erector Spinae

16.15   Summary

16.30   Close

Approved by RCSI for 7.0 EXTERNAL Credits.

As part of the implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Irelandthe HSE National Genetics and Genomics Office (NGGO), in partnership with the RCSI, and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital are developing a series of online modules on the Fundamentals of Genetic Testing  These will be complimented by a number of Masterclasses organised by the RCPI.

This online series of modules is primarily focused towards the upskilling of non-specialist healthcare professionals around the practice of genetic testing.

Our genes hold powerful information that can be used to help diagnose conditions, guide more effective treatments, and predict our risk for disease, helping to improve patient outcomes and overall population health and wellbeing.

Genomic medicine harnesses this power and is enabling a paradigm shift from a disease-oriented ‘one-size-fits-all’ healthcare approach to one that is more personalised, predictive, preventative, data-driven, and cost-effective.

Module 1: From bases to genomes – what I need to know – Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 17:30pm to 18:30pm

• Prof (Assoc) James O’Byrne is a Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Metabolic Physician and the Clinical Lead of the Adult National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH).
• Prof Gianpiero Cavalleri is Professor of Human Genetics, Deputy Director of the SFI FutureNeuro Research Centre and Director of the Human Genetic Variation Research Group at RCSI

To register, please click here. 

CPD credits for this event are awarded by RCSI

Accreditation for CPD/ CME is also being sourced through the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).

Please be aware that the Training Support Scheme, managed by HSE, has increased the funding for non-consultant health doctors working full-time by €500 increasing from €1,250 to €1,750

CPD Support Scheme courses are accredited for TSS reimbursement (subject to approval). For more information, please click here to download the guidance document recently released by the HSE.

*TSS funding is provided on a “training year” basis. The definition of a “training year” is the second Monday in July until the second Monday in July of the following year.

Please note applications for the Operation Childlife Clinical Travel Fellowship open to surgical and medical healthcare professionals has been extended to Friday, 20 October 2023.

Through the Operation Childlife Clinical Travel Fellowship, RCSI and Operation ChildLife are working together to support surgical trainees or medical professionals gain additional expertise by participating in paediatric healthcare missions, led by Irish hospital consultants, doctors and nurses who plan and deliver two-week programmes of care, with Operation Childlife in Vietnam, Tanzania, Mongolia and Jordan.

The Operation Childlife Clinical Travel Fellowship is open to the following disciplines: RCSI Surgical Trainees, RCSI Medical, Nursing and Physician Associate Graduates and other Irish-based practicing healthcare professionals in the area of care of the child.

To apply, please click here. 

Register your interest today for our flexible and inter-professional postgraduate academic programmes in surgery and emergency medicine. Our postgraduate programmes include: 

• Online PG Diploma/MSc in Human Factors in Patient Safety
• MSc. in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Master of Surgery (MCh) by Module (part-time and full-time)

To register your interest, please click here. 

Please note applications for our MRCS Part A diet in January 2024 are now open and will close next Thursday, 19 October 2023.

Candidates sitting the MRCS examinations with RCSI will receive a complimentary 20% discount on PasTest MRCS Part A resources and free access to our brand-new Affiliate Membership.

For more information, please click here. 

The Millin Meeting 2023 will take place in RCSI on Friday, 10 November. This one-day event will focus on topics such as surgical research and surgical training, as well as hosting the 46th annual Millin Lecture, which recognises excellence in original surgical research.   

This year’s Millin Lecture is entitled Marginal Gain Theory and The Power of Collaborative Research in Advanced Colorectal Cancer and will be delivered by Mr Michael Eamon Kelly.  

Michael Kelly is a medical graduate of Trinity College Dublin, class of 2010. Following basic surgical training, he obtained his MCh from the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) in 2015, and completed the Specialist Training in General Surgery Program with a specialist interest in Colorectal Surgery (CCST) in 2021. He obtained his PhD in Medicine from the University College Dublin in 2022.  

Michael has a strong research portfolio with >200 peer-reviewed publications centering around research in colorectal surgery. In 2015, Professor Des Winter and Michael co-founded the PelvEx Collaborative, which is an international consortium involving over 170 centers across 46 countries with the aim to improve patient care and survivorship through evidence-based research. Michael is the national representative for the European Society of Surgical Oncology, and is on the research and cohort committee for the European Society of Coloproctology. He is also on the editorial board of Colorectal Disease, BJS Open, and Cancers.  

Michael is an active member of the faculty of trainers for core and higher surgical training schemes at RCSI. He has supervised over 13 MCh/MD/PhD candidates, and was recently awarded the inaugural Joly Leadership Fellowship from the Trinity St James Cancer Institute.   

His experience in collaborative research has shown that Ireland can develop, lead, and deliver major research initiatives, and this is the focus of this year’s Millin Lecture.  

To find out more about this lecture and to register to attend the 2023 RCSI Millin please click here.

Please note, online registration for this event is essential.  

Simulation-based education often serves as a gateway to clinical practice by providing learners with key opportunities to gain new competencies without risk to patients. Challenges remain in promoting the transfer of learning from simulation to workplace contexts.

This conference will focus on educational and research strategies that build the bridges necessary to promote transfer from simulation to practice.

In this SIMposium, entitled 'Bridging the Gap – Co-creating Educational Excellence', we will bring together international simulation educators and researchers from a variety of educational settings. By exchanging evidence-based approaches, we will discuss current strategies in simulation-based education and identify opportunities to build bridges from simulation to real-world practice.

For more information, please click here.

The RCSI-GSM is hosting the HSE 2nd National Clinical Directors Conference on 1st November in Croke Park. The Conference is open to all clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals – medical, nursing and midwifery, health and social care professionals and managers and administrators. 

This conference provides opportunities to network with colleagues across Health and Social Care; to explore leadership and collaborative/compassionate approaches; and learn how to enhance new ways of working with a focus on the new Health Regions and Sláintecare.Gain insights for self-care and wellbeing.

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Registration for this event is free. To register, please click here.