Ms Kassandra Gressmann, ST2 Trainee at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, gives us insight into the surgical training programme, what a day as an ST2 looks like, and how she balances training and mental health.
Join RCSI on Wednesday, 15 April 2026 for our Masterclass in Basic and Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgical Techniques aimed at HPB Registrars, General Surgeons and Surgical NCHDs who have completed at least two years of surgical training.
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 is proud to announce the ratification of the National Robotic Surgery Curriculum by the Irish Surgical Postgraduate Training Committee (ISPTC) — a major milestone for surgical education in Ireland, and possibly the first fully integrated national robotic training programme in the world.
RCSI is pleased to announce that we have now opened expressions of interest (September 2026 intake) for our inter-disciplinary and global online PG Diploma in Human Factors in Patient Safety.
Join the RCSI Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine for the upcoming webinar 'Pregnancy & Physical Activity' on Saturday, 8 November from 10.00am to 12.00pm, online. This webinar will be co-chaired by Prof Wilby Williamson, Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine, & Professor of Physiology, Trinity College Dublin & Dr Frank O’Leary, Consultant Sports & Exercise Medicine Physician, UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic (UPMC SSC), Santry, Dublin.
New research led by RCSI, published in JAMA Network Open, shows that a straightforward four-step handover system - SIPS (Sick patients; ISBAR; Prioritise; Summarise) - improves patient safety in surgical settings.
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