3
Jul
Resumption of hospital-based care in the context of COVID19
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On 24th June 2020 the College of Anesthesiologists of Ireland hosted a webinar focused on the “Delivery of Non Covid Services in a COVID environment”. Many thanks to Dr Brian Kinirons, President, CAI; Dr Niamh Hayes, Chair of Education Committee CAI, Prof Martin Cormican, HSE, Dr Vida Hamilton, HSE, Ms Debbie Mc Namara, RCSI/National Surgery Clinical Care Programme and Mr Paul Gallagher, Ireland East Hospital Group for their participation in this event. Here is a link to a recording of the webinar ( free access…

19
Jun
Delaney Medal Competition 2020

This year’s winner of the Delaney Medal Competition was Dr Dylan Finnerty for his project entitled  “a Prospective, Randomised, Double-Blind Clinical Trial comparing Erector Spinae Plane Block with Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Quality of Recovery and Morbidity after Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery” [ppt]. One of the panel of judges Professor Adam Sapirstein of Johns Hopkins Medical Centre, US described Dr Finerty’s work as “A tour de force project and presentation. A clinical trial that can change practice is a profound undertaking. The presenter demonstrated…

18
Jun
Research career opportunities for Anaesthesiologists

The Health Research Board (HRB), the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (CAI), and the Irish Clinical Academic Training programme (ICAT) come together to boost research careers amongst Ireland’s future academic clinicians. With this initiative, clinicians in anaesthesiology, intensive care and / or pain medicine will soon have further opportunities to pursue careers as academic clinicians and gain valuable skills in combining clinical research with their clinical practice. Dr Mairead O’Driscoll, Chief Executive Officer at the Health Research Board said, ‘We’re delighted to play our part…

16
Jun
Delivery of Non COVID services in a COVID environment Wednesday 24th June

The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland  are delighted to announce a webinar titled “Delivery of Non COVID services in a COVID environment” on Wednesday June 24th  from 18:00pm-19:30pm. A number of speakers will present education pieces relating to a return to non-Covid-19 work patterns and a restart of surgical services. This event will be free to register and is currently approved for 1.5 CPD points. We hope you will join us! Click for programme and registration details here Delivery of Non Covid Programme copy  …

15
Jun
CAT Virtual Career Progression Evening Monday June 22nd

With the kind support of CAI and our consultant colleagues we have a planned a CAT Career Progression Evening virtual session for Monday June 22nd at 18.30. We look forward to an evening of fantastic talks from an array of  Anaesthesiologists.  If you are interested in virtually attending this event please see the programme schedule here at CAT Virtual Career Progression Evening

20
May
2020 Virtual Conferring Ceremony

The recording of the 2020 Virtual Conferring Ceremony is available on this link: https://dv4.mediasite.com/mediasite/Play/aa62ace422cd4f4aa10e1d1230dff1941d   The brochure of the 2020 Virtual Conferring Ceremony is available on this link: https://cai.preview.foleon.com/brochures/conferring-2020/welcome/   

8
Apr
Modular Year in Simulation at St. Vincent’s University Hospital and the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland
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Modular Year in Simulation at St. Vincent’s University Hospital and the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland   Congratulations to Dr. Ruth Boylan for the publication of her article with title Modular Year In Simulation at St. Vincent’s University Hospital and the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland in Anaesthesia News, April 2020, Issue 393, Page 17. Ruth is writing on her experiences in her final special interest year. This is a must read for any other trainee interested in pursuing a simulation fellowship. The recent Irish Issue of…

23
Mar
CAI 7th Annual Medical Student Essay Competition 2020
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The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland invites medical students to submit an essay on the topic of “Anaesthesia Safety – What do our Patients expect?”. The winner will be awarded a €500 prize and must be available to give a short presentation about their essay at at the Annual Congress of Anaesthesiology on Thursday 20th or Friday 21st May 2021 (time to be confirmed). 2nd Place: €250 plus invitation to Annual Congress of Anaesthesiology 2021 3rd place: €100 plus invitation to Annual Congress of Anaesthesiology…

20
Mar
Update on Eposters & Deleney Medal Competition; Anaesthetic Research Fellowship and Medical Essay Competition
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Due to the Annual Congress being cancelled, please see the below update on all competitions that have been advertised in relation with our Annual Congress. 1.       Eposters/ Dr Mary Lehane Competiton Regrettably, we decided to cancel this competition. All abstracts that have been submitted until now won’t be taken into consideration.   2.       Anaesthetic Research Fellowship This competition will go ahead as planned, just virtually. A winner will be announced online. Extended Deadline for all applications is Monday 27th April 2020.   3.       Delaney Medal Competition This competition will go ahead virtually and we extended…

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