Information session on Applying for Specialist Registration 

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Interactive Learning  

This information session is designed to provide guidance on applying for entry to the Irish Medical Council Specialist Division

of the Register (SDR). There are various routes available to doctors who wish to be included on the Specialist Register, as outlined on the IMC website. https://www.medicalcouncil.ie/ 

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Active Bystander Intervention Training 

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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.   

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Basic Laparoscopy Skills 

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Classroom  

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.  

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Master Class in Endourology 

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Interactive Learning 

This online Masterclass in Stone Disease will present the latest in the field of surgical and medical treatment of renal stone disease. Participants will observe semi-live surgeries by expert national and international surgeons. 

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Financial Wellness: Financial Wellbeing, Spending, Borrowing and Your Credit Profile 

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Classroom  

This session introduces financial wellbeing & why it is so

important.

It will also go through how to create a spending plan using the 50/30/20 budgeting rule, how to save successfully and borrow using the right resources. Also discussed will be the various types of credit and your credit profile. 

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Suturing Skills and Wound Closure  

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Classroom  

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.  

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Accredited Certificate in Simulation-based Training in Human Factors in Patient Safety 

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Classroom  

This three-day certificate introduces human factors in healthcare. Each day has a separate overall theme, and begins with an overall introductory lecture, followed by a series of practical and interactive workshops developing on the key theme.  

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Basic Skills in Urology 

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Classroom  

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.  

7.5  

Active Bystander Intervention Training 

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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.   

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Clinical Audit 

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Interactive Learning  

The objectives of the clinical audit skills days is to provide you

with the knowledge and skills to carry out a clinical audit. The training days comprise of slide presentations, discussions and use of examples and workshops. 

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Emergency Toxicology 

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Classroom  

This course involves a combination of short lectures, simulation scenarios, as well as interactive workshops to review the basics of toxicological emergencies and their challenging presentations in acute care.  

7.5  

How to Conduct Clinical Research 

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Classroom  

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.  

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Intermediate General Surgery  

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Classroom  

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.   

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Casting Workshop  

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Classroom   

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.   

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