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Health Practitioners has announced that the Dr Aiden Meade Award 2024 is now open for applications. The competition is open to medical doctors, dentists and pharmacists registered in the Republic of Ireland; candidates are invited to submit an essay on the subject of practitioner health and wellbeing. Deadline is May 17th. Further details available HERE 

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland is delighted to announce a meeting of the Airway Leads Network in Ireland, Friday 05th April 2024. Open to all Consultants, Trainees, NCHDs, and Airway Leads. Please see the below flyer for information. Programme to follow. To register your interest, please email training@coa.ie . The course fee is €100, or 5.5 CPD points. Please register early as places are limited. For any queries, please contact training@coa.ie  

The Tree of Empowerment Friday the 8th of March is International Women’s Day and to show support for all the women in the CAI & the world, we have set up a Tree of Empowerment outside Reception. We have invited everyone to come and read the empowering words and write some of their own to share and empower others! “ Be Kind, Be Brave, Be Honest, Be Creative, Be Humble, Be Thankful, Be Happy, Be You! ”

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland is dedicated to educating and training current and future generations of doctors to have the skills to provide patients with the best possible care. We are expanding our team and are now recruiting for a Senior Administrator in our Training Department. We drive change, we improve patient safety and standards of care. SEE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION HERE  If you are the right person or you know someone perfect for the role we would love to hear from you! Please send your application with a cover letter to jshiels@coa.ie 

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland invites medical students on the Island of Ireland to submit an essay on the topic of Patient Safety: "Can AI improve Patient Safety? Advantages and Pitfalls" 1st Place: The winner will be awarded a €500 prize and must be available to give a short presentation about their essay at the National Patient Safety Conference in November 2024. 2nd Place: €300 3rd place: €150 The competition is open to all students in Medical Schools on the Island of Ireland. The essay is limited to 1000 words and 5 references. References,

Join us for our 1st Oxford Health BRC Pain Conference: from Theory to Practice on 21-22 March at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford! Both in-person and online registration for this exciting two-day hybrid conference is free! To secure your spot, please register here. Speakers include the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, Prof Irene Tracey, who will deliver a keynote lecture, “Taking on pain: the future is bright”, where she will share her exciting vision for the future of pain research. The second keynote speaker, Douglas Nelson, will speak about an emerging topic at the intersection of pain and mental health: “Patients’ experience of invalidation

The Regional Anaesthesia for Trauma (RAFT) course will be run at the Pillar Centre in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital on the 15th of May 2024. The course will feature a mixture of hands-on scanning and dedicated lectures regarding regional anaesthesia in trauma by a team of national and international experts. Faculty from Ireland will be joined by some of the Trauma Anaesthesia Group from the Royal London Major Trauma Centre.   All enquiries can be directed to raft@mater.ie