We write to advise you that we have places available for the following CPD courses and meetings that will take place in the following weeks. Places are very limited for all our courses, so early registration is advised to avoid disappointment.
We write to advise you that we have places available for the following CPD courses and meetings that will take place in the following weeks. 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
5 October 2023
Active Bystander Intervention Training
3 places left
Interactive Learning
This training session aims to empower the RCSI community to challenge poor behaviors which have become normalised and bring change through the reinforcement of messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behavior.
This is a blended learning educational session for any doctors involved in providing procedural sedation. A 3 hour pre-course on line module prior to attending the course. The course will provide participants with the ability to provide safe and effective sedation to patients in the ED.
This interactive workshop will discuss the management of the unstable patient for both variceal and non-variceal bleeds. The course will concentrate on the management of a bleeding and perforated duodenal ulcer with both open and laparoscopic approaches.
This is a 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 programme covers instruction in technical skills to perform fashioning a stoma (ileostomy / colostomy), performing a bowel anastomosis and performing an open inguinal hernia management. This practical course will use both synthetic and animal simulation to aid learning and practicing skills.
This course will help you master your knot-tying and suturing skills from first principles. Experienced consultant surgeons will give you formative feedback on your instrument handling, tissue manipulation, and wound closure.
This multi-faceted course will address scrotal diseases as well as cystic and ureteric conditions. Both animal models, virtual reality simulators and bench models will allow the participant to repair a hydrocele, do a circumcision, remove stones from the ureter, insert J stents and perform a simulated TURP.
This training session aims to empower the RCSI community to challenge poor behaviors which have become normalised and bring change through the reinforcement of messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behavior.
RCSI Accredited Medical Leadership in Practice Certificate
10 places left
Interactive Learning
This three-day programme will be delivered in partnership with the RCSI Graduate School of Healthcare Management, Ireland's only third level institution dedicated exclusively to developing the leadership, management and educational capacity of doctors, surgeons, and health professionals
This course will focus on research methodology. The course will help to develop some of the skills required to plan, conduct, and disseminate individual research projects. Specific topics will include study design, levels of evidence, defining research questions and obtaining ethical approval.
This course will concentrate on knowledge in relation to correct cast application and removal for the upper and lower limb, caring for the limb in a cast and preventing associated complications. Correct selection of casts for specific fractures and ligament injuries will be demonstrated and performed.
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
If a course is FULL – it is recommendedto apply for the waiting list. Often doctors withdraw 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
We continually work to add more self-paced courses that you can complete easily at a time that suits you.
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:
Course Title
Course Overview
CPD Points
Registration
Safe Clinical Handovers
Quality healthcare requires clear and effective communication between healthcare professionals, teams, and patients. In this course, we will focus on one particular area of healthcare communication: clinical handovers. This online course aims to support clinicians to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively prepare and participate in clinical handover.
Communication Skills for Video and Telephone Consultation
Video and telephone consultations in healthcare are not new, but the COVID-19 crisis forced many clinicians to rapidly take up these kinds of consultations as a feasible alternative to face-to-face consultations. This is often a type of consultation that staff has not encountered before. Applying the Calgary-Cambridge guide to video and telephone calls provides a structured and safe approach to this virtual format.
The course is presented as a series of recorded one-hour modules. Each module, involving a separate specialty theme, will involve case-based discussions with a variety of guest speakers. Slides covering the content are provided, and a short series of MCQs based on the content covered is completed to complete the module.
This new online course uses a case discussion format to revise the basics of ECG Interpretation for Emergency Medicine physicians. This online platform allows candidates to access the recorded content on demand, with the facility to repeat more challenging modules as desired. Candidates are required to complete a quiz at the beginning and end of the course.
Medical Science for Surgery and Emergency Medicine
RCSI in partnership with the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine https://acslm.ie/have developed a CPD/CME programme to maintain and develop their competence in this critical area of clinical practice.
The comprehensive programme of short online courses will cover 25 areas of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Together we have brought to you the first seven courses in this series which cover the following areas: Cancer Diagnostics, Surgical Microbiology, Blood Transfusion, Coagulation, Surgical Immunology, Heart Failure Assessment in the Emergency Department, Near Patient Testing (NPT) basic and applied pathology.
The course covers material which we believe is fundamental to understanding the current state of surgical robotics in the market and the skills necessary to safe and effectively utilise this technology in your everyday surgical practice. This course is design for any healthcare professional wanting to develop their knowledge and understanding of surgical robotics, including surgeons, trainees, medical students, nurses, and technicians.
This is an advanced upper gastrointestinal (GI) emergency management course for experienced senior registrars. This interactive workshop will start with discussing the management of the unstable patient for both variceal and non-variceal bleeds.
This is an advanced upper gastrointestinal (GI) emergency management course for experienced senior registrars. This interactive workshop will start with discussing the management of the unstable patient for both variceal and non-variceal bleeds.
In this course, experts will focus on the management of a perforated duodenal ulcer with both open and laparoscopic approaches. Practicals will include laparoscopic omental patch for perforated duodenal ulcer, an antrectomy and gastrojejunostomy. Hands-on practice will be aided by virtual reality simulators and animal bench models in a wet lab facility.
Suitable for: Senior registrars in upper GI surgery and general surgery, who have experience in performing endoscopy and laparoscopy procedures
Learning outcomes
Improved insight into the use of endoscopic approaches in the treatment of upper GI bleeding
Understanding of decision-making around treatment of a perforated duodenal ulcer
Up-to-date knowledge of treatment methods for difficult upper GI ulcers
Hands-on simulated practice of principals and techniques used in bleeding ulcer disease
Applications for our CPD Support Scheme will close today, Friday 29 September 2023.
Applications for our CPD Support Scheme will close in 2 weeks, on Friday 29 September 2023.
RCSI Surgery launched a new Logbook for NCHD’s registered on the CPD Support Scheme to provide them with access to the same electronic logbook as surgical trainees in core surgical training and higher surgical training.
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. Applications will close soon, on Thursday, 5 October 2023.
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: Thursday, 5 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.
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.
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.
Operation Childlife and RCSI will consider applications and make awards based on the following criteria:
Complete application form and copy of CV (max 4 pages)
Evidence of altruism and how this will benefit OCL partners
Merits of proposed Fellowship in relation to the applicant's learning objectives
Likely value to the Irish health system
Please note
Applicants must be >2 years from completing Training or awarding of CSCST to be eligible to apply.
It may not always be possible for a recipient to join a trip within an intended year due to scheduling in this instance OCL would seek to accommodate the successful recipient on the next available trip on the following year.
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
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
Grade
Old
New (2023)
Intern
€750
€1250
SHOs and Registrars
€1250
€1750
SPRs/GP Registrars/Psychiatry SRs on a training scheme
€2000
€2500
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.
Register your interest today for our flexible and inter-professional postgraduate academic programmes in surgery and emergency medicine.
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)
The VTE Dublin – modern VTE care in focus conference returns to a full face to face meeting this year and will take place in the Radisson Golden Lane Hotel on Thursday October 4th in the afternoon and Friday October 5th.
The VTE Dublin – modern VTE care in focus conference returns to a full face to face meeting this year and will take place in the Radisson Golden Lane Hotel on Thursday October 4th in the afternoon and Friday October 5th. We will have the usual high quality international faculty with talks relevant to diagnosis and management of acute PE and reversal of anticoagulant related haemorrhage and VTE in trauma. It is worth noting that to mark our return to full face to face the conference is free to attend for trainees and students so please advertise to your medical and nursing teams and students.
Of particular interest are the preconference Ultrasound workshops in partnership with the UK based FUSIC (Intensive Care Society | FUSIC Heart (ics.ac.uk) )and FAMUS (FAMUS - Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound - Society for Acute Medicine) ultrasound societies and we will have the leads of both these organisations teaching on the workshops and speaking at the conference. These will be hands on probe only as all theory will be online in advance and we will be joined by experienced faculty and the courses are approved for accreditation as part of the modules.
Two back to back pre-conference ultrasound workshops (as part of the VTEDublin meeting will take place on Wednesday October 4th in the Pillar Centre for Transformative Healthcare, Mater Hospital Dublin as follows:
1 - Morning FUSIC Heart echo workshop - 4 hours of dedicated echocardiography suitable for all EM trainees, to register & for more information click here.
2 - Afternoon FAMUS ultrasound workshop - 4 hours of dedicated thorax, renal, DVT, PIV suitable for all EM trainees, to register & for more information, click here.
Local and international faculty, FUSIC and FAMUS accreditation available.
Please note applications for our MRCS Part A diet in January 2024 are now open and will close on Thursday, 19 October 2023.
Please note applications for our MRCS Part A diet in January 2024 are now open and will close on 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.
RCSI President Professor Laura Viani warmly invites our Fellows and Members in in Cork and Kerry to a meeting in Cork International Hotel, Lehenagh More, Cork Airport Business Park, Co Cork (T12 H516)
RCSI President Professor Laura Viani warmly invites our Fellows and Members in in Cork and Kerry to a meeting in Cork International Hotel, Lehenagh More, Cork Airport Business Park, Co Cork (T12 H516)
This is an opportunity for all the Fellows and Members in the South and South West to engage directly with the RCSI President and the team from Surgical Affairs, and learn about how the College can support you in your surgical practice and to listen to your concerns about local issues
Professor Viani would be delighted if you could join her and the team for dinner afterwards.
Date: Thursday, 5 October 2023 Time: 5-7pm GMT Venue:Cork International Hotel, Lehenagh More, Cork Airport Business Park, Co Cork (T12 H516) CPD: 2 CPD Credits
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.
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.
