Regular updates will be published here on our website, providing you with practical advice and helpful resources in these extremely challenging circumstances.

Here you will find the new 2020 examinations calendar and Frequently Asked Questions about the impact of the pandemic on our exams.

Here we will share a selection of COVID-19 resources aimed at a medical audience, including an ethical framework for decision-making in a pandemic.

Registrar of RCPI, Dr Diarmuid O'Shea writes, "I am sure, that like me, you find it difficult to put into words the experiences we have had over the past eight weeks. Life and work as we know it has changed, and changed utterly."

How to maintain quality and safety during a pandemic - These videos are free to watch and suitable for all healthcare professionals

Proudly curating over 350 years of Ireland's medical heritage

A free online course for healthcare professionals. Developed in partnership with UCD and designed to help you fully understand population cancer screening, interval cancers and the difference between diagnostic and screening tests

In its pre-Budget submission, the group is also calling for research funding to examine the role of e-cigarettes in tobacco cessation and to examine their health effects, particularly in young people

Significant changes are to be made to the membership, elections, roles and committees of Council

The Faculty of Paediatrics is delighted to announce that the Kathleen Lynn Medal, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to Child Health, has been awarded to Dr Patricia Scanlan

The Institute supports the recommendation of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution that Article 40.3.3 be removed from the Constitution

An opportunity for paediatric frontline teams to learn Quality Improvement and patient safety skills. Learn how to implement an innovative improvement bundle developed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK. Starts November 2019

The RCPI Faculty of Pathology says cervical screening remains the most reliable and effective way of preventing and detecting early cancers.

The fifth Irish Congress of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatal Medicine (ICOGPM) will take place on 28 and 29 November 2019 in the Galway Bay Hotel. Conference programme now available.

Vaccinating boys and girls is the best opportunity we have to eliminate HPV-related cancers in Ireland

Statement

Read the Institute's opening statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health as part of a discussion on clinical guidelines for abortion services in Ireland

The health system urgently needs to fill vacant posts and take actions to retain our highly-trained doctors. In our 2018 pre-Budget submission we are calling on the Government to prioritise the retention and recruitment of doctors.

The office was officially opened on 7 November by Prof Mary Horgan, RCPI President.

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland says that today’s news of a significant increase in uptake of the HPV vaccine is an important step towards cervical cancer elimination in Ireland.

RCPI is hosting a WHO National Quality and Strategy Programme special training workshop with the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) in Dublin this week.

Six Honorary Fellows have been admitted to RCPI and the Faculty of Paediatrics at Europaediatrics 2019

Prizes awarded for Best Oral Presentation, Best Three Minute Magic presentation, and Best Poster. Congratulations to all winners!

On 21 June 2019 we welcomed 22 new Fellows and three Honorary Fellows

527 doctors commenced postgraduate medical training programmes at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in July.

We have launched our Health and Wellbeing Department, an initiative created to aid Trainee and Trainer wellbeing within the College

A new paper by the Faculties of Paediatrics and Public Health Medicine highlights the health risks and harm to children caused by the housing crisis. They are calling for 20 immediate actions across the areas of policy, service provision, and data and research.

The Dun’s Librarian post has existed in RCPI since 1787 and has evolved in recent years to a role of oversight of the College’s Heritage Centre and historic collections.

6 - 7 February 2020 - Join us for the Faculty of Pathology's 38th Annual Symposium and Annual General Meeting. Programme now available.

A medical humanities conference exploring how literature can help when we experience pain, and foster understanding. Guest speakers include Emilie Pine, author of Notes to Self

View members of the RCPI Research Department