Welcome to RCSI’s 2024-2025 prospectus for our Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme education and training programme.
We have a comprehensive array of courses available to you, designed with your training needs in mind. All these courses can be booked online, and they are a mix of interactive online classes, classroom-based or self-paced learning. This CPD programme has been built to support the needs of surgeons, emergency medicine physicians and other medical professionals. The programme consists of over 120 courses, which will all be accredited by RCSI and recognised for maintenance of professional competence. I am very pleased to highlight the following new courses which have been added to this year’s programme:
- Debriefing in Simulation Based Education
- Financial Wellbeing » Good Clinical Practice
- Cross-Cultural Competence
- Effective Communication Workshop.
We have a wide range of self-paced courses on offer, such as Communication Skills for Video and Telephone Consultation, Safe Clinical Handovers, Lean Healthcare Yellow Belt and Foundations in Robotic Surgery to name just a few. We have added a new course this year called ‘Adult Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Emergency Medicine’. Additional postgraduate courses are available such as ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient and Level 1 Point Of Care Ultrasound Sign Off.
To help you develop your CV, we have a range of short certificates in many areas including emergency scenarios, leadership and simulation-based training. The Basic Surgical Principals and Practice Certificate was introduced in 2023 and was designed specifically for those not on formal surgical training programmes. Consultant led teaching sessions focus on the Intercollegiate Core Surgical Curriculum and the MRCS examination syllabus. The Basic Surgical Principles and Practice Certificate is a one-year programme delivered between September 2024 and June 2025. To be eligible you must be registered on Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme (CPD-SS), work within the Public Health Service and work as a Surgical SHO. Enrolment begins every year in July and closes at the end of August.
We have three academic postgraduate degrees available, and the numbers enrolling in these popular courses continue to increase every year. These include a Masters of Science in Advanced Clinical Practice (MSc), Masters of Surgery (MCh), and the online Diploma or Masters in Human Factors in Patient Safety (PG Diploma/MSc). Don’t forget our fellows and members portal which has been recently updated. The Portal is available to all RCSI Fellows, Members and Affiliate Members worldwide. It provides access to a range of content, benefits and resources that differ depending on your category of membership. Payment of your annual subscription fee guarantees access to exclusive extras including online surgical journals (The Surgeon, Annals of Surgery etc), benefits (campus access, merchandise) and career supports. Through the Portal you are also able to control your personal information, pay your annual fees securely as well as to manage and submit applications for Fellowship, Membership and Affiliate Membership.
Professor Barry McGuire
Professor of Surgical Education and Academic Development
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