Peter hayes

I graduated from UCD in 2003. I then went to Australia for a year and worked in Emergency Medicine in Melbourne. I graduated from the Mid-West training Scheme in G.P. in 2009. I currently work as lecturer within ’The Clinical Methods Programme’ in NUI Galway.  This teaches clinical skills and core professional values to undergraduate year 1 and 2 students. I combine this with 3 days in general practice.

Specialist interests include

• The development of user-friendly primary care protocols
• The primary-secondary care interface and its challenges. 
• The development of Medical education as a specific entity in undergraduate teaching.
• Drama and the links between Medicine and the Arts.

Research interests

Hereditary Hemochromatosis : a user-friendly working protocol was presented to the Limerick faculty of GPs 2009.

Current research

Educational

I am currently working on my Masters in Medical Education

Role outside the University

I work 6 sessions per week in general practice in Limerick I am involved with Postgraduate GP training within a training practice.

Selected publications

Forum July 2009: ’Cost/ benefit analysis of influenza vaccine post card reminder scheme’.

Forum (awaiting publication):’ Working protocol for GP’s in Hereditary Hemochromatosis’.