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The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland are delighted that Professor George Shorten has been awarded a Lifetime Excellence award in Teaching from University College Cork. October 4th 2018 occupies an important night in the University College Cork calendar. It’’s the night when the University Staff Awards Ceremony takes place. The night celebrates the contributions and achievements of the staff of University College Cork within three categories: The Staff Recognition Awards Scheme, Teaching Excellence Awards and Research Awards. Photo shows UCC President, Professor Patrick O Shea…

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland are pleased to announce that their CEO, Mr Martin McCormack has been appointed as a Leadership Fellow by St. George’s House at Windsor Castle. St George’s House is an organisation committed to effecting change for the better by nurturing wisdom through dialogue. Founded in 1966 by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and the then Dean of Windsor, Robin Woods, St George’s House is “a place where people of influence and responsibility in every area of society can come together to explore…

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland has today, September 13th 2018, announced that the terms ‘anaesthesia’ and ‘anaesthetist’ will be replaced with ‘anaesthesiology’ and ‘anaesthesiologist’. To officially mark this terminology change, Minister for Health Simon Harris TD will unveil a plaque at the College in Merrion Square, renaming the College officially to the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland. This terminology change is in line with global best practice and acknowledges the wider role of the anaesthesiologist. The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesia (WFSA) defines…

Call for Abstracts:  KP Moore Medal Competition 2018 We are now accepting abstract submissions to be considered for presentation at the KP Moore Medal Competition in the College on Friday 16 November during the National Patient Safety in Anaesthesia Conference. The closing date for applications is Friday 26th October 2018. Submitted abstracts must be on a topic related to Patient Safety in Anaesthesia and could include research, audit, quality improvement or safety enhancement projects. Closing Date: Friday 26 October 2018 Contact: Orla Doran at odoran@coa.ie for further information. KP Moore Call for Abstracts (pdf.) KP…

The Royal College of Anaesthesiologists have announced their venue for Anaesthesia 2019 (20-22 May 2019) at etc Venues in St. Paul’s, London – https://www.etcvenues.co.uk/gallery/stpauls.   More details on event to follow soon. They are also starting plans for their 2020 meeting which will be a Tripartite meeting, to be held in Manchester in the 3rd week of May 2020.  It is likely to be a 3 day event.

The National Clinical Programme for Pathology is in the process of producing guidelines to add to the  National Laboratory Handbook. The following two guidelines are ready for external consultation: Laboratory testing for hereditary haemochromatosis Laboratory testing for  hyperprolactinaemia The Fellows of the College of Anaesthesiologists have been offered the opportunity to participate in the consultation process. Feedback can be given on each guideline through the link below. https://www.rcpi.ie/news/releases/opportunity-to-participate-in-the-external-consultation-process-of-the-national-pathology-handbook-aug-2018/ The deadline for receipt of submissions is 17:00hrs on Monday 24th September 2018. All feedback will be greatly appreciated…