Deadline for registration is Friday, 16th September
The 2016/2017 Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme (CPDSS) for non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs) working in the fields of surgery and emergency medicine, taking place at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), has been announced with this years programme offering a newly expanded choice of modules. Eligible NCHDs have until Friday, 16th September to enrol on the programme.
The programme, which is now in its sixth year, is commissioned and funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to facilitate NCHDs within the public health service, who are not on training schemes, to maintain their professional competence in line with Medical Council requirements and provides a structured means of achieving 20 external CPD credits.
For 2016/17 RCSI will offer participants an expanded range of classes in surgical skills; emergency medicine; human factors in patient safety; clinical audit; quality improvement processes; research and ethics; computers for doctors; and a range of e-learning activities.
Professor Oscar Traynor, Director, National Surgical Training Centre, RCSI, said: "The RCSI Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme assists NCHDs to satisfy their professional competence requirement. The programme provides highly relevant courses for emergency medicine and surgery NCHDs at both SHO and Registrar level, to equip them with invaluable skills and technical expertise needed in order to excel in their speciality."
The Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme is open to NCHDs who are registered on the General Division or Supervised Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council. NCHDs must hold the 2010 NCHD contract and be working within the public health service. To successfully enrol on the Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme applicants must have paid the annual Professional Competence Scheme Fee for 2016/2017.
Since 1st of May 2011, it has been mandatory for all doctors to register with a Professional Competence Scheme (PCS) run by one of the postgraduate training bodies. RCSI has been designated by the Irish Medical Council to run PCS for Surgery and Emergency Medicine.
For further information on the scheme delivered by RCSI visit rcsi.ie/cpd-support-scheme The CPD Scheme runs until May 2017 and details of classes are available on schoolforsurgeons.com
RCSI is ranked in the top two per cent of institutions worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2015-2016) and is in the top 50 in the world for ‘International Outlook. It is an international not-for-profit health sciences institution, with its headquarters in Dublin, focused on education and research to drive improvements in human health worldwide.