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Educational Supervisors play a pivotal role in upholding best practice standards in psychiatry and mental health services as part of their responsibility to supervise and support trainees to achieve the required knowledge, skills, and professional practices across multifaceted aspects of the specialty. The Guide for Educational Supervisors, launched today, is underpinned by The Irish Medical […]
College members can view the photo gallery of the conference here. Note you must be logged in to view. The College Winter Conference 2023 featured oral presentations from 6 NCHDs and posters from 26 NCHDs and 15 medical students. The awards for these along with the 2022 John Dunne and Ada English awards for the […]
22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22qDS) is the commonest rare chromosomal disorder after Down Syndrome. On Saturday and Sunday (November 18th-19th), the fifth European Conference on 22qDS 22q11 European Conference in Dublin – 22Q11 Europe convenes in Dublin. George Winter writes for the Irish Times about the lived experience of those with 22qDS. Read the article in full […]
In his opening address at the Winter Conference 2023, College President and Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Lorcan Martin expressed disappointment at the drawbacks psychiatric services still endure in the face of a lacklustre Budget 2024. Despite these challenges, the address finished on a simple message – #ItsAboutPeople. Launched ahead of Budget 2024, this campaign strives to […]
Coverage from the Irish Times regarding the Tuesday, 14 November Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying to discuss concerns around coercion. The Committee meeting featured expert testimony from representatives of the College Associate Professor Siobhan MacHale, Dr Eric Kelleher and Dr Anita Ambikapathy alongside members of the National Suicide Research Foundation and doctor in Law […]
On Tuesday, College representatives Dr Siobhan MacHale, Dr Eric Kelleher and Dr Anita Ambikapathy spoke with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying to raise concerns around coercion and the unequal distribution of palliative care, psychological and psychiatric supports, and insufficient research around end-of-life care. Read the press statement in full on the College blog […]
The below press statement was issued to the media on Tuesday, 14 November ahead of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying. You read it in full below or via PDF here. Read the full College opening statement to the Oireachtas committee via PDF here. The College is against the introduction of assisted dying here […]
The College abhors all violence and conflict and is deeply concerned for all those tragically affected by violent attacks in Israel and Palestine and the humanitarian crisis that continues to escalate in Gaza and surrounding areas in the Middle East. The horrific and devastating deaths of civilians in the region – innocent human beings – […]
Maternal Deaths Enquiry (MDE) Ireland is pleased to announce the publication of a triennial report to coincide with release of the 2023 report incorporating Irish data in the long-established UK Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths. It covers the same timeframe as the latter, and provides an update on mortality data included in earlier MDE Ireland […]