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🆕Follow our brand-new RCSI Continuous Professional Development LinkedIn Channel 🏥💻

RCSI is delighted to announce our brand-new RCSI Continuous Professional Development LinkedIn Channel dedicated to NCHDs in Surgery and Emergency Medicine’s career development.

We strongly recommend that NCHDs follow our new LinkedIn account to keep up to date with:

🏥Upcoming synchronous/asynchronous courses in Surgery and Emergency Medicine throughout the year
🏥News on CPD Support Scheme Summer and Midpoint Intake
🏥Updates on our Basic and Intermediate Surgical Principles and Practice intakes
🏥Key updates in relation to RCSI CPD News and Events
🏥And More

📲Stay connected – Follow our new LinkedIn account to keep up to date on everything RCSI Continuous Professional Development.

For more information, visit: linkedin.com/company/rcsi-c…

Places still available – Fracture Fixation – Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Lead: Mr Martin Kelly, Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Tallaght University Hospital

Suitable for: SHOs and registrars in orthopaedics.

This bone fracture fixation course will start with classification systems and decision making on the type of fixation of fractures in different scenarios. The practical sessions will range from the application of simple screws and plates to complex fixation of fractures using k-wires, tension band wiring, intramedullary nailing.

We will discuss the principles of application of an external fixator. The bone models will be synthetic sawbones and animal legs with fractures for both the upper and lower limb.

To register, please visit: rcsi.com/dublin/profess…

Midpoint enrolment for the RCSI CPD Support Scheme will close this week, on 31 January 2026.

For more information, please visit rcsi.com/cpdss

Places still available – Masterclass in Basic and Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgical Techniques – Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Join RCSI on Wednesday, 15 April 2026 for our Masterclass in Basic and Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgical Techniques aimed at HPB Registrars, General Surgeons and Surgical NCHDs who have completed at least two years of surgical training.

This course is being led by Professor Tom Gallagher, Consultant HPB Surgeon in St Vincent's University Hospital. The course will include short didactic sessions in combination with

- Intra-operative video
- Laparoscopic surgical techniques
- Open HPB surgical techniques

The main focus of the masterclass will be on hands-on simulation which will be proctored by experienced HPB surgeons.

The hands-on sessions will give attendees an introduction to both advanced and basic HPB procedures including Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and Laparoscopic liver resection.

For more information, please visit: rcsi.com/dublin/profess…

Applications closing soon - MRCS Part A April 2026

Did you know? Candidates who confirm their place for MRCS Part A April 2026 before Wednesday, 28 January 2026 will get first access to TeachMe Surgery and Anatomy resources.

The Royal College of Surgeons has supported candidates from all over the world sit the MRCS examinations. We are committed to supporting the career development of surgeons in training worldwide and have supported doctors in more than 40+ countries sit the MRCS Part A with us.

To register, please visit: rcsi.com/dublin/profess…