28
Jul
ICAT Application Call

Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT-2), an Integrated Pathway for Clinical Academic Training in Human Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry The Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) Programme is seeking to appoint a cohort of individuals who aspire to become the next generation of clinical academic leaders. ICAT would like to invite applications from trainees who have a passion for research and who are entering, or in the early stages of higher specialist training across all disciplines of human medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry. Applications open on…

8
Jul
Call for Aspire Post CSCST Fellowship Applications for July 2023

The College is pleased to advise of the opening for the call for applications for Aspire Post CSCST Fellowship posts starting in July 2023. The HSE NDTP Aspire (Post CSCST) Fellowship awards have resulted from the collaborative efforts of HSE’s Acute Hospitals’ Division, Mental Health Division, National Doctors Training and Planning (NDTP) and the Forum of Postgraduate Medical Training Bodies in Ireland. The Fellowships are funded by HSE NDTP and they are recognised and managed through the CAI. The CAI have approved two Aspire Fellowship posts…

30
Mar
ICAT fellowships

A pre-application call for ICAT fellowships is now open! Trainees in anaesthesiology are invited to apply.  Deadline for applications – 20th April. https://icatprogramme.org/fellowship-calls/ The ICAT-2 Programme is an all-Ireland partnership comprising six universities (NUIG, QUB, TCD, UCD, UCC, RCSI), the clinical training authorities North and South, including the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland. ICAT is founded on the principles of providing integrated, fellow-centric clinical academic training to excellent postgraduate clinical trainees through a programme which integrates PhD research training of the highest quality with higher…

12
Apr
CAT Careers Evening Webinar 12th April 2021

The college are delighted to announce the CAT Careers Evening Webinar that takes place on the 12th April at 18:30 – 20:00 The event will include speakers Dr Fidelma Kirby, Consultant in Anaesthesiology (Temple Street University Hospital), Dr Áine O’Gara (Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesiology St.James’s Hospital) & Professor Ger Curley (Professor of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Beaumont Hospital and RCSI)   You can view the programme here  CAT Careers Evening Poster V2 Click to see link to register and access webinar here

20
Nov
Changes to the Trainee Specialist Registration eligibility

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland welcomes the recent changes in the criteria for Trainee Specialist Registration eligibility with the Irish Medical Council (IMC) & the HSE English language competency requirements. On 6 November 2020, Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, enacted legislative changes that will help non-EEA doctors to access postgraduate specialist training in Ireland. The signing of commencement order for sections of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 allows any doctor eligible for registration on the Council’s general division to apply for specialist training. For the purpose…

8
Aug
#3 Physician Wellbeing Event on Friday 6th September

The College of Anaesthesiologists invites you to join Dr N.G Kostopoulos, Athens, Greece & Vaidya Asvin Barot, London UK as they deliver a lecture on the Holistic Approach to Wellbeing. For more information on the speakers please see: Website For those unable to attend on the night the event will be live-streamed. The link will be available here closer to the date. Please reserve your free ticket on Eventbrite Live Stream Click here to view the live stream Event Title: #3 Physician Wellbeing Event Date and…

3
Jul
College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland responds to publication of Medical Council survey ‘Your Training Counts’

3rdJuly 2019   Dr Brian Kinirons, President of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, has the following message for Trainees and Fellows following the publication of the Medical Council survey ‘Your Training Counts’. Today, the Medical Council published some of the findings of its survey of trainee doctors in Ireland, Your Training Counts (YTC) which sought the experiences of doctors in all training bodies in Ireland in 2017. The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland actively encouraged doctors enrolled on our SAT training programme to participate…

3
May
Inaugural Cross-specialty Postgraduate Medical Trainee Convention

Free event – Friday 7th June 2019 No 6, Kildare Street, RCPI 10.00 am – 3.00 pm The Forum of Irish Postgraduate Medical Training Bodies and the HSE-NDTP invite all Postgraduate Medical Trainees in Ireland to attend the first cross-speciality Postgraduate Medical Trainee Convention: Specialist Medical Training – “An Insider Guide”. It is a great opportunity to meet with Trainees from other Specialist Training Programmes in Ireland and to hear from experienced senior colleagues and leaders in medicine through storytelling, music and humour. Some of…

1
Feb
Are you interested in becoming a Lead Anaesthesiology Trainee (LAT)?

The Lead Anaesthesiology Trainee (LAT) role is one which is seen by the CAI as a professional development role. It is an opportunity for the trainee to develop leadership skills and experience, as well as being a vital aspect of the communication link between the trainees and the CAI, and vice versa.  LATs are also expected to encourage open and honest feedback from Trainees on their training experiences and it is an ideal opportunity to take up a formal role in the College and put…

6
Aug
Mentoring
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Welcome to the mentoring section. This is an area being developed by the Committee of Anaethetists in Training   The mentoring scheme is a new initiative to CAI, though mentoring is not a new concept. It has been widely used in industry, and has been shown to promote employee wellbeing, enthusiasm and productivity. Lets get rid of a few misconceptions right away. Mentoring is an umbrella term and means a host of different things to different people. Mentoring IS NOT career advice Mentoring IS NOT…

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