Irish Clinician Educator Training

The Irish Clinician Educator Training (ICET) programme is an innovative pathway designed to support the training and professional development of future leaders in postgraduate clinical education in Ireland.

About the ICET programme

The Irish Clinician Educator Training (ICET) programme is a two-year national programme developed to provide training in postgraduate clinical education and it is open to Specialist Registrars who can undertake it as Out of Clinical Programme Experience (OCPE) in alignment with RCPI regulation for OCPE. For more information on rules and regulations, please consult the RCPI Training Handbooks.

The aim of the programme is to support the training and professional development of future leaders in Postgraduate Clinical Education in Ireland.

ICET Trainees are involved in supervised teaching at postgraduate and undergraduate levels and are expected to conduct research to a level of Medical Doctorate. Selected candidates avail of funding over the course of the two years of their ICET programme.

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Programme Leadership and Coordination

The ICET programme is delivered by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) and led by the Programme Directors, Professor Edward McKone and Professor Margaret O’Connor.

The ICET Committee oversees the application and selection processes, monitors trainee progress, and provides career guidance and mentorship throughout and beyond the duration of the programme.

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