We write to advise you that we still have places available for the following CPD courses and meetings that will take place in January 2021. Places are very limited for all our courses, so early registration is advised to avoid disappointment.

If a course comes up as FULL – we would recommend you to proceed with an application for our waiting list. Often doctors withdrawn from courses closer to the date.

If you would like to book more than your 3 allocated courses, you will be required to pay a fee for each additional course. This fee may be claimed back via the HSE’s Training Support Scheme. Details can be found here.

We will be in touch to update you on places for January/ February 2021. Please do not hesitate to contact us in the meantime at cpdss@rcsi.ie

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Best Wishes,

RCSI CPD Team

The RCSI is keen to assess the educational needs of Doctors working in the Irish Healthcare service, especially  those who are not currently part of a specialist training programme, so it can better understand your educational needs  and career aspirations. 

Attached please find (a link to) a short (5 minute) survey. The results of which will be used to inform how the RCSI can best support its Doctors, enhance clinical skills, transfer knowledge, promote career development and professional needs.

This survey is anonymous and is not exclusive,  so please feel free to share it with any other doctors who are not currently on a training programme but would like to participate.

https://rcsiquality.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d4loiWbissC1cEZ

The inaugural virtual Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course will take place on Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd January.

The first EASC course was held in Letterkenny Donegal Ireland in May 2012 and has since expanded around the World and held in 12 countries. This course builds on previous success and is further enhanced by a large international faculty who are at the coal face of Emergency General Surgery (EGS). Covid-19 has necessitated a change to a virtual platform.

EASC curriculum focuses on the acute abdomen, in a multidisciplinary shared learning approach. It brings a level of discussion you may not have heard before and enhance your ability as an on-call resident/consultant surgeon, or radiologist. EASC is about decision making and surgical techniques in patients with common surgical emergencies

Course:                Online

Date:                    Thursday & Friday 21st & 22nd January 2021

Time:                    17.00-20.00 (2 x 3hr sessions)

6 CPD credits will be awarded.

Please click here to book a place

Doctors that have two courses booked and not attended or not canceled in due time will be excluded from the CPD 2020/2021 Programme.

(if eligible can re-enroll in CPD 2021/2022 intake)

Attendance to class will not be permitted if more than 30 minutes late. If late, please contact cpdss@rcsi.com or ph 402 8592 / 402 2105

We are organising every Wednesday evening webinars that keeps medical professionals up to date with COVID-19 in different topics.

The Institute of Leadership (IOL) are running a series of webinars incollaboration with The National Clinical Leadership Centre for Nursing and Midwifery (NCLC) and Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD).  

The series will consist of nine pre-recorded webinars that commenced in September 2020 and will continue until February 2021.  The aim of the series is to provide an opportunity for representatives from all nursing disciplines and midwifery services to present and share their clinical leadership experiences, during the pandemic. 

The webinars are pre-recorded and will be released on the website every second week, please click  here  to view them.

Handover Course:  https://msurgery.ie/course/handover-course/

This online course aims to support clinicians to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively prepare and participate in clinical handover. The course demonstrates how good communication skills can achieve continuity and safety of patient care during handover. The application of ISBAR3 is examined in a variety of clinical settings using video analysis of everyday handover situations.

CPD Points

The course is recognized for 3 CPD points.

Video Consultation Course:  https://msurgery.ie/course/video-consultation-course/

Many healthcare staff are now carrying out consultations using video calls. This is often a type of consultation that staff have not encountered prior to COVID-19 and can be an area of anxiety. Building on the previous course on telephone consultations, this course shows you how to apply the core skills of the Calgory-Cambridge Guide to video consultations provides a structured and patient-centered approach.

RCSI are pleased to announce that our annual Charter Meeting will take place online on Saturday, 6 February 2021.