Initiatives
Education
Events
The faculty currently holds a major educational event on the
first Friday in December each year. The event consists
of a lecture with the broad aim to have speakers from
outside Ireland and to dilute the insular view.
Events.
Social Events
In addition to our education programme, the faculty also has
social events to encourage members to get together. Convivial
social events are held after the AGM in May and the
educational meeting in December.
Events.
Courses and Workshops
Local courses and workshops are organised throughout the year.
For further details see
Events.
Support Services
We offer continued support to our members through:
- our mentoring scheme and
- orientation packs for GPs returning from
abroad.
Awards and
Prizes
The faculty organises the following local awards and
prizes:
Manne Berber Research Award (biennial)
for original research/completed audit. Open to GPs working in
general practice on the island of Ireland.
Sheppard Memorial Prize (biennial)
is awarded to one undergraduate and one postgraduate on any
subject pertinent to general practice in Ireland.
In 2009 the following awards were presented at our
Winter Meeting by the vice chairman of the College, Dr Has
Joshi:
Sheppard Memorial Prize
2009
Winners:
Ms Katie McElroy -
undergraduate section
Dr. Seamus Duffy -
postgraudate section
Our warmest congratulation to
both!
A particular initiative of the Republic of Ireland Faculty is
to encourage Irish GPs to submit for RCGP awards, e.g. the Boots
Research Award. Please check the RCGP awards page to see if
any category attracts your submission.
The members were surveyed in 2005 regarding their views on
what should be the main focus of faculty activities. They were also
enquired as to the desired content of the newsletter. The results
of the survey are available
here.