SURGICAL TRAINING
 
Surgical Practice During Covid 19
 

The current pandemic poses challenges that no surgeon has experienced previously and as a community of dedicated professionals surgeons throughout the county have demonstrated selfless commitment to their patients by adapting to the new reality that now exists and continuing each day to devise new ways of working that will lead to improvements in patient care. Undoubtedly this dedication will be the surgical community’s legacy as we move forward.

 
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Recruitment for July 2020
Core Surgical Training Programme
 

Following an online application process interviews for the Core Surgical Training programme July 2020 intake took place on Tuesday 4th February in RCSI.

 
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July Rotation
 

The rotation of surgical trainees is due to take place this July as planned.

 
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Bootcamp
 

Over the past number of years annual Bootcamp has become an established first step on the surgical training path. This year, Bootcamp will go ahead but in a different format due to restrictions.

 
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Specialist Training Recruitment
 

In light of COV-19 Higher Specialist Training successfully moved the selection process for ST3, 3 weeks earlier than advertised. 

 
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Mandatory Training for Specialist Trainees
 

With the onset of Cov-19 and the inability to run the normal training days in the college and limited theatre work for our trainees, many of the specialties have now embraced the new norm “webinar” style lectures, ground rounds and case based discussions to ensure continued interaction and teaching at some level across the training years from Core Surgical Training to Specialist Training.

 
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National Trainer Survey
 

The College recognises that the role of a Surgical Trainer is a voluntary one and the skill and dedication of surgical trainers throughout the country continues to ensure surgical trainer standards are kept at a high level.

 
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OTHER NEWS
 
 
New Postgraduate Diploma
 

Our innovative part-time postgraduate programme in Human Factors in Patient Safety is now available to complete in one year as a Postgraduate Diploma or over two years as a Postgraduate Master’s Degree. The programme brochure can be viewed here.

 
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Mentoring
 

The College, in consultation with both trainers and trainees, has developed a mentoring programme which aims to ensure every surgical trainee has the opportunity and access to the benefits that structured mentoring by an experienced surgeon can offer. 

 
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Aspire scholarships
 

The NDTP Aspire (Post CSCST) Fellowships are fully funded supernumerary posts.

 
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ARCP
 

The College is acutely aware of how the ARCP process is impacted by the current situation.

 
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BMJ Access
 

The HSE National Health Library and Knowledge Service (NHLKS) have now made the BMJ’s decision support tool BMJ Best Practice available to healthcare professionals and patients across the Republic of Ireland.

 

 
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Intern Recruitment
 

In April the HSE has announced there will be an increase in the annual intake of medical interns this year, from 734 to approximately 1,100.

 
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International Medical Graduates Recruitment
 

The HSE International Medical Graduates (IMG) Recruitment programme which has been running for a number of years and is now an established part of the training landscape in Ireland.

 
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Spark Ignite
 

The Spark Innovation Programme is an initiative that encourages healthcare providers to develop and implement their ideas so that we can improve our health service.

 
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In this issue
Dear Trainer, welcome to our first Trainers eZine
 
 
Surgical Practice During Covid 19
 
 
Recruitment for July 2020
 
 
July Rotation
 
 
Bootcamp
 
 
Specialist Training Recruitment
 
 
Mandatory Training for Specialist Trainees
 
 
National Trainer Survey
 
 
New Postgraduate Diploma
 
 
Mentoring
 
 
Aspire scholarships
 
 
ARCP
 
 
BMJ Access
 
 
Intern Recruitment
 
 
International Medical Graduates Recruitment
 
 
Spark Ignite
 
 
Online training material - Trainers portal on mSurgery
If you would like to contact the Faculty of Surgical Trainers please do so at surgicaltrainers@rcsi.ie