RCSI-Ireland Funds of France-Servier Prize launched
The Ireland Fund of France in conjunction with French pharmaceutical group L’ Institut Servier and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), has today announced the Call for nominations for the...
View ArticleRCSI Open Day 2011 Gives Students a Taste for Medicine
Approximately 500 students from second-level schools throughout Ireland got a taste for life as a medical, pharmacy and physiotherapy student at the Royal College of Surgeons in Irelands (RCSI) annual...
View ArticleRCSI joins the European Vaccine Initiative
Professor Eilis McGovern, President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) signed an agreement signifying RCSIs joining of the European Vaccine Initiative (EVI) on 7th January 2011. EVI...
View ArticleRCSI participates in ground-breaking international schizophrenia study
Important new findings on the genetics of schizophrenia were recently published in the leading scientific journal PLoS Genetics by scientists and clinicians from Harvard University and the...
View ArticleRCSI study shows 87% increase in stroke-related admissions due to Irish Heart...
Almost 60% more stroke victims in time for life-saving treatment Stroke-related hospital admissions increased by a staggering 87% following the launch of the Irish Heart Foundations Act F.A.S.T....
View ArticleRCSI and RCPI Biological Society Welcomes Broadcaster and Journalist Marian...
Broadcaster and journalist Marian Finucane delivered a lecture on the topic of ‘Listening at the 78th Annual Biological Society Meeting, held at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) on...
View ArticleTransition Years Spend Week in RCSI as Medical Students
Approximately 160 Transition Year students from 80 schools began a week-long Mini Med training programme today at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and Beaumont Hospital. The interactive...
View ArticleRCSI Graduate Entry Programme Open Day
The RCSI Graduate Entry Programme (GEP) Open Day took place at Connolly Hospital on Saturday, 15th January. The format of the day was based around small group interactive sessions which provided the...
View ArticleRCSI breakthrough in understanding hereditary emphysema
Research may lead to new treatments for smokers emphysema Researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and Beaumont Hospital have made a breakthrough in understanding the...
View ArticleRCSI winner in 2010 Undergraduate Awards of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Catherine Sweeney, from the School of Pharmacy, RCSI, was named as one of ‘Irelands Top Undergraduates at the Undergraduate Awards of Ireland & Northern Ireland at a recent ceremony which took...
View ArticleCelebration of UAE Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Alumni
Ciarán Madden, Irish Ambassador to the UAE, hosted a reception in the ambassadors residence in Abu Dhabi welcoming a delegation from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) led by Professor...
View ArticleOnline resource developed by RCSI researchers to support end of life care
A public educational framework the ‘Ethical Framework for End of Life Care has been developed by researchers in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in collaboration with University College...
View ArticleRCSI hosts semi-final of Irish Times Debate competition
RCSI was proud host to the semi-final of the prestigious Irish Times Debate competition on Wednesday 2nd February, 2011. The resolution for the evening was "This House Would Invite Israel to join the...
View ArticleNational survey of day surgery in Ireland presented at research and education...
New research conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and presented at an Education and Research Day in conjunction with Beaumont and Connolly Hospitals has identified seven...
View ArticleRCSI Charter Day Meetings address new developments and issues in surgery
The annual Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Charter Day meetings took place in the College on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th February 2011. Over 50 leading national and international...
View ArticlePatient care in times of change examined at 30th Annual International Nursing...
Healthcare planners will need to consider radical changes and redesign of patient services to achieve cost efficiencies as pressure on healthcare funding increases according to Professor Paul Trueman,...
View ArticleTransition Year Students in Waterford Spend Week Training as Medical Students
120 Transition Year students from the South East took part in the Waterford RCSI Transition Year MiniMed training programme from Tuesday 22nd - Friday 25th February 2011 in Waterford Regional Hospital...
View ArticleRCSI team to compete in 115th Boston Marathon
On 15th April, eight students from RCSI will fly to Boston, USA to compete in the 115th Boston Marathon. This year the participating runners have decided to go the extra mile with plans to raise funds...
View ArticleWorld-renowned speakers address inaugural RCSI Neuroscience Symposium
The Society of Neuroscience of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) hosted its 1st Neuroscience Symposium in the College on Thursday, March 10th, 2011. The conference was organised by the...
View ArticleStaff and students transported around the globe at night of international...
Students and staff from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland took part in International Night in the Mansion House, Dublin on Thursday 10th March 2011 to celebrate the cultural diversity within...
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