Postgraduate Training
College of Psychiatrists hosted its 2nd Induction Week for Psychiatry Trainees following a well-received and successful inaugural event last year Communication and Language, Ethics and Professionalism and Physical Health were some of the workshop sessions to form part of an intense induction week designed by the College Postgraduate Training Department for doctors embarking on their […]
The College hosted its Careers in Psychiatry events in Cork and Dublin 22 and 23 August for Medical Students and Interns. Careers days are aimed at medical students, interns or medical graduates who may be considering applying for specialist training in Psychiatry, or who would simply like to find out more about what a career […]
A recent FOI request by RTE shows that there are currently 29 vacant posts for Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists across the country. Drivetime’s Mary Wilson asks Consultant in Child and Adolescent psychiatry, Dr Maeve Doyle, why are these jobs not being filled, and what are the implications? Dr Doyle, who is a conultant in child and adolescent […]
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland is examining the prospect of developing a doctor support programme similar to the ‘Take Time’ initiative in the UK. Niamh Cahill of the Medical Independent tells us more. Prof Greg Swanick, Consultant Psychiatrist and Dean of Education with CPsychI, said the College was in the “initial, early stages” of […]
Mental health charity A Lust for Life has brought together some of the best and brightest minds in Ireland’s mental health sector to ask: why is our mental health system so dysfunctional? Who is responsible for fixing it? And what can we, collectively, do to create long-term, systemic change? The six part podcast series podcast […]
The College proposes a list of priorities detailing a ‘Fit for Purpose Mental Health Service for All’ for psychiatrists and allied health professionals, patients and their families/carers. Photo by Ibrahim Rifath on Unsplash Click here to read the full Pre Budget Submission. Recruitment and retention of mental health professionals is thwarted by services that are overall underfunded, pressured […]
The Medical Careers Day 2018 will take place on 29th September 2018, in The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2. The Medical Careers Day is a free event open to all interns and final year medical students. This one-day annual event will provide information at an important stage in their career. This programme focuses on […]
Last Friday Medical students and Interns from across the country were welcomed by the College to the Psychiatry Summer School, at the Maldron Hotel on Pearse Street, for an insight into the varied career opportunities that lie within the many psychiatric specialties and subspecialties – areas of interest which are often not covered in Undergraduate teaching. Organised by the […]
James Fogarty reports for the Medical Independent from the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Spring Conference 2018. Physician suicide is catastrophic for not only the individual doctor’s family and friends, but also for their patients, the Spring Meeting of the College of Psychiatrists was told. At the meeting, which was held in Athlone, Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Justin […]