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Countdown to Congress in Belfast Preparations are underway for the Association of Anaesthetists’ first fully in-person conference in over two years. Annual Congress 2022 will take place on 14-16 September at the ICC in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s vibrant capital and birthplace of RMS Titanic. Celebrating 90 years of the Association  Annual Congress 2022 will deliver three packed days of world-class anaesthesia education and more CPD than ever before (up to 15 hours available). To mark our 90th anniversary, we’ve lined up an exciting and diverse…

The Forum of Irish Postgraduate Medical Training bodies is hosting a Finance webinar on Tuesday the 14th of June at 7.00 pm. Please click here for the programme. To register please click on the link below. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KIo231GcRhiIV0XXZFQKrw

We wish to advise that there is a new opportunity for one or two doctors to undertake an ASPIRE Fellowship from July 2022. The Faculty of Pain Medicine, College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland seeks to appoint a Fellow in Leadership, Education and Project Management on either a full time, or part time basis, commencing July 2022.   This role will include providing leadership in the management of change in postgraduate training in pain medicine by: supporting the implementation of the Faculty’s new Curriculum supporting the…

Welcome to the March-April 2022 edition of your Newsletter. Please access the newsletter here.

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland condemns the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people at this most difficult time. We are deeply worried about the consequences of the war for Ukrainian people and the doctors, health and social care professionals providing care to them. Many of us are considering how best we can offer support. We suggest that it is important that we are follow the advice of the experts to ensure that our efforts are…

Today March 8th  is International Women’s Day. Our College is proud to mark it by publishing messages from some remarkable women who are leaders in our community. Although we, as a College, claim trust and partnership as core values, we do not live in a gender equal world. In medicine, gender inequity takes many forms; but perhaps implicit gender bias is the most pervasive and influential. Although it operates in an invisible sphere, it produces remarkable discriminatory effects. A classic Swedish study demonstrated that women…