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Postgraduate education:

Research degrees:

The Department of Paediatrics offers Ph.D and M. D. degrees, completed on the basis of a research dissertation.

AREAS IN WHICH APPLICATIONS MAY BE WELCOMED

Clinical Trainees:
All of the Senior House Officers are engaged in general professional training for either General Practice, Paediatrics, or other specialties such as Accident & Emergency medicine. Learning objectives are stipulated for each 6 month residency and SHOs are seen formally at initiation, after 3 months and on completion of the term for formative and summative assessments. A one-week orientation programme is provided when residencies commence. A neonatal resuscitation programme is run annually. The success record of our trainees in Diploma of Child Health, and Membership examination has been extremely good. The unit enjoys a very good reputation for general professional training.

Registrar posts are eligible for higher specialist training. One to two of these posts are allocated to specialist registrars who are in a nationally structured training scheme. The teaching contract for specialist registrars entails frequent meetings for mentoring, formative and summative assessments. There are 3 formal postgraduate teaching sessions held each week. Undergraduate attend some of these where space permits.

National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (091) 493627 , Fax: +353 (091) 495557,
E-mail: debbie.monroe

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This page was last updated Saturday, December 01, 2007