Leading Medical Excellence

29 January 2020 - Our person-centred care conference is an opportunity to hear from Dr Victor Montori, the Mayo Clinic based author of Why We Revolt.

Starting 22 January 2020 - Aimed at new consultants and those interested in applying for consultant posts, this seven-month modular programme will help you manage the responsibilities you'll be expected to juggle in your new role.

Do you see patients with COPD? Multidisciplinary teams are invited to join this 12-month national improvement collaborative. Free of charge. Starts 5 March 2020, apply by 21 February 2020.

By Dr Gordon Haire, HST Occupational Medicine: "The Physician Health and Wellbeing group at RCPI is an active trainee-led initiative that aims to promote and encourage higher standards of health and wellbeing supports for all trainees on RCPI training programmes."

Proudly curating over 350 years of Ireland's medical heritage

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

Prof Shannon appeared today (Wednesday, 28 June) before the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs to discuss issues arising from the Audit of the exercise by An Garda Síochána of Section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991.

Our latest paper on Irish doctor migration to Australia has been published. Deteriorating job quality and the normalisation of extreme working is driving doctor emigration from Ireland and deterring return.

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.