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Annual Report 2025-2026

 

Institute of Medicine

The Institute of Medicine represents 19 clinical medicine specialties in Ireland and offers Basic Specialist Training (BST) in General Internal Medicine and Higher Specialist Training (HST) programmes across its medical specialties. The institute also provides international training opportunities through clinical fellowships and residency programmes including programmes for doctors from Pakistan (CPSP) and Sudan (SMSB).

Attendees at an Institute of Medicine ceremony held in No. 6 Kildare Street
 

Annual Report 2025-2026

The Institute of Medicine continued to advance postgraduate medical education, specialist training, examinations and professional development throughout the year. Highlights included progress towards the restructuring of Internal Medicine Training, growth in international training programmes, expansion of the Irish Clinician Educator Training Programme (ICET), delivery of successful educational events and workshops, and the development of the Inclusion Health Framework. The institute also supported increasing examination demand and strengthened initiatives in clinical education and point-of-care ultrasound. 

 

Highlights from the year