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RCSI, UNIVERSITY
OF MEDICINE AND
R CS I. CO M/ DU B LIN
HEALTH SCIENCES
RC001 MEDICINE
RC004 PHYSIOTHERAPY
RC005 PHARMACY
RC006 ADVANCED THERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGIES
RC101 GRADUATE ENTRY MEDICINE
RCSI EU PROSPECTUS 2022
R CSI, U NIV E RS ITY O F ME DI CINE AN D HE ALT H S CIE NCE S
EU-APPLICANTS
The RCSI mission is to
educate, nurture and
discover for the benefit
of human health. In
leading the world to
better health, our vision
is to create healthcare
leaders who make a
difference worldwide.
WHO WE ARE 04 YOUR EXPERIENCE 10 OUR PROGRAMMES 30
~ Life in Dublin ~ Medicine (Undergraduate)
WHY CHOOSE RCSI? 06
~ City Campus Living ~ Medicine (Graduate Entry)
~ A singular focus on healthcare ~ Student Events ~ Pharmacy
~ Reputation and independence ~ Clubs and Societies ~ Advanced Therapeutic Technologies
~ High-impact research ~ Facilities ~ Physiotherapy
~ Our city centre location ~ Student Opportunities
~ Experiential opportunities ~ Student Welfare APPLICATION ESSENTIALS 50
~ Our programmes and hands-on ~ Education and Clinical Network
teaching environment CONNECT WITH US 60
~ Living Space
~ Global impact
YOUR FUTURE 26
~ Career Development
~ Mentor Network
~ Global Graduates
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR to become one of the world’s leading University Rankings. This is an achievement
INTEREST IN STUDYING health sciences Universities. With 70 of which we are incredibly proud. Our
WITH RCSI. different nationalities represented in societal and global impact in health is also
our undergraduate student body and very important to us here at RCSI and in
I am very happy to present to you RCSI’s
more than 21,000 alumni working across 2021 we were ranked #2 in the world by
2022 Undergraduate Prospectus. Here
94 countries around the globe, we are THE on the basis of our contribution to the
you will find an overview of our University
also one of the most international in our WHO’s Sustainable Development Goal 3
and the programmes that we offer in
outlook. ‘Good Health and Well-being’.
the disciplines of Medicine, Pharmacy,
Advanced Therapeutic Technologies and I am delighted that you too are interested The COVID-19 pandemic has presented
Physiotherapy. in becoming a healthcare professional. RCSI with one of the most challenging
Should you choose to begin that journey times in the history of our institution.
We are really excited that 2022 will see
with RCSI, you will have the opportunity However, I am proud that by working
the launch of a new undergraduate
to learn from RCSI’s expert academics and together, adapting our campus, and
degree programme from RCSI’s School
innovative researchers, with a culturally investing significantly in extra public health
of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences.
diverse student body, at our campus in the measures, we have managed to keep our
The Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Advanced
very heart of Dublin. students safe, while also maximising in-
Therapeutic Technologies is an innovative,
We are continually investing in our Dublin person learning and social opportunities.
future-focused programme that fuses
campus and one of our most recent Students are now seeing increased onsite
digital technology with traditional science.
projects has been the redevelopment of activity, with academic schedules and social
Its development has been supported by
the RCSI 26 York St. building. This has activities increasingly returning to normal.
the Higher Education Authority and we
anticipate that graduates will go on to become Europe’s largest clinical simulation I hope you will find this prospectus
become leaders in healthcare innovation facility, which ensures that now, and into informative and I look forward to seeing
and medical technology. the future, RCSI will continue to graduate you on campus very soon.
healthcare professionals with superior
For almost 250 years, RCSI has a proud
clinical skills.
tradition of training doctors and other
healthcare professionals. Established in I am pleased to say that, for the last six
1784, RCSI was founded as the national years, RCSI has maintained its position
among the Top 250 Universities worldwide Professor Cathal Kelly
provider of surgical training in Ireland.
in the Times Higher Education (THE) World CEO, RCSI
In the years since, RCSI has evolved
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PROFESSIONAL STANDARD HEALTHCARE INSTITUTES
At RCSI University of Our university was created – through the We are an innovative, world-leading
Medicine and Health granting of a royal charter on 11 February international health sciences
Sciences, everything 1784 – to set and support professional education and research university with
standards for surgical training and undergraduate and postgraduate schools
we do is designed to practice in Ireland. This surgical heritage and faculties across the health sciences
serve patients. continues to shape our approach to spectrum. We are home to numerous
education, research and service today. healthcare institutes as well as leading
At its very essence, surgery is the most research centres that drive pioneering
exacting of disciplines, demanding breakthroughs in human health. Located
professionalism, precision, skill and in the heart of Dublin, with international
expertise at the highest level. campuses in Bahrain and Malaysia – and a
student community of over 60 nationalities
– we have an international perspective
on how we train tomorrow’s clinical
professionals today.
NURTURE AND SUPPORT
A deep, professional responsibility
WHO
to enhance human health through
endeavour, innovation and collaboration
in education, research and service informs
WE ARE
all that we do. We welcome students
and researchers into programmes of
academic excellence. They will establish
lifelong relationships with a community of
clinically led colleagues, who will nurture
and support them, enabling them to
realise their potential to serve our global
patient community.
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COMMITTED TO SERVICE
We are an independent, not-for-
profit body and remain committed to
institutional independence, service,
academic freedom, diversity and
humanitarian concern.
Our independence enables
us to chart our own course in
the service of excellence in
human health.
Placing the patient at the centre of all that
we do, our values of respect, collaboration,
scholarship and innovation continue to
unite and direct our purpose.
No. 2
UNIVERSITY GLOBALLY for
‘Good Health and Wellbeing’
TOP 250
RANKED Ranked in the world’s
Top 250 Universities
+4,000
STUDENTS, FROM OVER
60 COUNTRIES
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A SINGULAR FOCUS ON REPUTATION AND
RCSI is one of only HEALTHCARE INDEPENDENT PURSUIT
a few prestigious Healthcare is all we do. Every decision, OF EXCELLENCE
every lecture, each practical demonstration RCSI is one of the top 250 (top 2%)
universities worldwide and research study focuses on enhancing universities worldwide in the 2022 Times
to focus exclusively on human health. You will be part of Higher Education World University
the health sciences. our dynamic community of inspiring Rankings and ranks 2nd out of all
international educators, experienced universities in the Republic of Ireland. RCSI
clinicians and ground-breaking researchers ranks joint second in the world by THE on
– all working to improve health outcomes. the basis of our contribution to Sustainable
We are unique in offering the entire Development Goal (SDG) 3 ‘Good Health
medical education spectrum, from and Well-being.”
undergraduate and postgraduate to Unlike most medical schools, which are
continuous professional development. part of large multi-faculty, government-
This big-picture view helps us understand, funded universities, RCSI is an
more than most, what it takes to develop independent, not-for-profit institution. This
21st-century healthcare professionals, and independence allows us to pursue our own
we shape our offering accordingly. priorities in the pursuit of excellence in
medical education, training and research.
WHY
We set the pace that others follow. One
example of this is our investment in 2017 in
opening Europe’s largest clinical simulation
CHOOSE
centre, developed to ensure that we
continue to produce graduates with
excellent communication and clinical skills.
RCSI?
HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH
With our focus on clinical and patient-
centred research, we are continually
seeking out ground-breaking discoveries
to address the health challenges of our
time. Our research agenda drives scientific
breakthroughs, innovations and insights
that allow us to understand and respond
quickly to the world’s changing healthcare
needs.
We have the highest research citation rate
in Ireland and our field-weighted citation is
double the world average. As an institution,
RCSI has the highest success rate in the EU
Horizon 2020 of any Irish institution (28%).
That means we do not just teach at RCSI,
we are deeply committed to exploring and
RCSI KEY RESEARCH THEMES solving healthcare’s greatest demands,
1. Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine as they exist today. Our insights enhance
2. Cancer patient treatment and care, while attracting
3. Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders the very best healthcare professionals
4. Population Health and Health Services in their fields to teach at RCSI. We
5. Surgical Science and Practice strategically invest in our researchers and
6. Vascular Biology research facilities to deliver on our mission
of leading the world to better health.
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EXPERIENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES Our leading clinicians
During your time at RCSI, you can are your leading tutors.
participate in our research summer school
and clinical electives.
Research Summer School
From year one, you can spend your
summer as part of a medical research team
conducting clinical or laboratory research
while receiving a financial stipend from RCSI.
OUR CITY CENTRE LOCATION
Clinical electives RCSI is located in the heart of Dublin’s
You can also participate in electives historic city centre, close to the city’s
involving direct patient clinical care in central shopping area and opposite the
some of the world’s leading hospitals or in beautiful St Stephen’s Green Park. Dublin
developing parts of the world. city centre is compact, making it easy to
Our dedicated team helps applicants source get just about anywhere you want to go
and manage these experiences through our on foot. It is a friendly, welcoming and
network of strategic partnerships, including culturally diverse city with a large Irish
the Johns Hopkins Hospital Group, and international student community,
Columbia University Medical Center and the ensuring no matter where you’re from,
Mayo Clinic in the United States of America. you’ll find it easy to settle in.
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OUR PROGRAMMES AND RCSI’s undergraduate and graduate
The largest clinical HANDS-ON TEACHING entry programmes are noted for their
simulation facility ENVIRONMENT contemporary curricula and immersive
We are home to Europe’s largest clinical teaching methods.
in Europe is located simulation facility. From the earliest Our faculty are award-winning academics,
in the RCSI campus stages, you will combine classroom clinicians and researchers who have been
at 26 York Street, here learning with hands-on experience in independently recognised by prestigious
you will master essential simulated and real clinical environments institutions including the Health Research
at RCSI teaching hospitals. You will learn Board (HRB), the Royal Irish Academy
skills before working anatomy through regional cadaveric (RIA) and the United Nations Educational,
with real patients. dissection and benefit from being taught Scientific and Cultural Organisation
by working surgeons and healthcare (UNESCO).
professionals.
Our approach to teaching recognises
Early patient contact is a vital element of the importance of balancing medical
our programmes at RCSI. From the start knowledge with experiential learning.
of your training, you will apply what you
learn in the lecture theatre to patients Internationally, RCSI has an
and clinical situations in RCSI teaching outstanding reputation for
hospitals. These early clinical experiences innovation in surgical training,
are a combination of patient case medical education and
studies, consultation labs, medical actors,
scientific research.
volunteer patients and high-fidelity
clinical simulator technologies.
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GLOBAL IMPACT
As a leading institution in healthcare, medicine and research, we advance health
and well-being worldwide. We continuously seek ways to further our humanitarian
goals and make an impact on a global scale. An example of this is our partnership
with the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa, COSECSA.
RCSI and COSECSA have been working together to increase the number of trained
surgeons and to improve the quality of surgical care in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim
of the programme is to create a sustainable training institution, which can rapidly
increase the number of surgical specialists and improve surgical care in the region.
In addition to our Dublin campus, RCSI also has universities in Bahrain and
Malaysia. The RCSI Medical University of Bahrain is a constituent university of RCSI
and is licensed by the Higher Education Council in the Kingdom of Bahrain as an
independent private university.
Like RCSI Dublin, COSECSA it is a not-for-profit health
sciences institution focused on nursing and medicine
programmes along with research to drive positive change in
all areas of human health worldwide.
The RCSI and UCD Malaysia Campus (RUMC) is Malaysia’s first accredited private
medical school, owned and established by the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland (RCSI) and University College Dublin (UCD). This campus offers a medicine
programme only. Students taking part in this programme spend the first two years
in Dublin and complete the remainder of the degree in Penang.
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Our 26 YORK STREET
building is home to EUROPE’S
LARGEST CLINICAL
SIMULATION FACILITY
+21,000
GLOBAL community of ALUMNI
WORKING WORLDWIDE
x2
Research impact is DOUBLE
THE WORLD AVERAGE
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LIFE IN DUBLIN
Dublin city centre is Dublin is the perfect city for student living.
compact, making it It is exciting, multicultural, safe and easy to
easy to get just about navigate. The RCSI main campus is right in
the heart of the action and very accessible
anywhere you want to by public transport. The city is packed
go, there are countless with attractions for local and international
options right on your students alike. Whether you are looking for
doorstep. cafés, restaurants, theatres, music, sports
fixtures, museums or any form of
entertainment, our cosmopolitan capital
caters for every taste.
Dublin is a coastal city with incredible
natural beauty, from the beaches and walks
along Dublin Bay to the forested Wicklow
Mountains. There are many interesting
places to visit and explore, most of which
are easily accessible through a convenient
public transport network.
YOUR
The capital has a population of 1.5 million,
including 75,000 third-level students. This
makes the city big enough to have a lively
EXPERIENCE
social life and small enough for students to
meet new people and feel they are part of
Dublin life.
CITY CAMPUS LIVING
Our city-centre campus is located in the
heart of Dublin and is built to meet the
needs of your present and future.
Perfectly situated to provide you with
a balanced life during your studies, the
campus is easily accessed by public
transport and surrounded by cultural
hotspots, shops, cafés and restaurants.
Two centuries of graduates committed
to improving patients’ lives launched
their careers in these exact spaces.
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Dublin, our capital
city, is bursting with a
variety of surprising
experiences – where
city living thrives
side by side with the
natural outdoors.
#19
RCSI TEACHING HOSPITALS
in Dublin including acute-
care, fertility, maternity,
mental health services and
rehabilitation.
TOP 5
DUBLIN is in the TOP 5
OF EUROPE’S MOST
CULTURAL CITIES
+1,000
LEADING MULTINATIONAL
COMPANIES have their
EUROPEAN HQ IN
DUBLIN (including Google,
Facebook, Microsoft, IBM and
GlaxoSmithKline)
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STUDENT EVENTS During your time at RCSI
While the academic University life needs to be a healthy you will develop personally
programmes are balance between study and recreation.
and professionally, and make
Your workload will be demanding, but
demanding, it is connections and friendships
we also want you to experience the full
essential that you take spectrum of life at RCSI. that will last a lifetime.
time away from the The events calendar is packed all year
Our numerous clubs and
books to find a suitable round. Popular events include the
societies are active throughout
study/life balance. College Ball, International Food Night,
the year and there are always the Chocolate Ball and the Teddy Bear
fantastic student events to Hospital. There is also a month-long series
allow you to unwind after a of events as part of RCSI Cultural Diversity
busy week of study. Month in March which showcases the
culture, traditions, food, music and dance
Some of the most memorable RCSI from RCSI students’ home countries.
moments happen outside the classroom.
Our rugby team travels to France every
During the year, you might raise vital
other year to compete against a Parisian
funds for charity, achieve your sports
medical school, and our runners have
goals and go to the best parties in town.
competed in the Boston Marathon for over
Meet people from every 20 years. If you like the great outdoors, the
corner of the globe and RCSI Climbing and Mountaineering Club
organise several members’ climbing trips
find the club or society that
to some of the highest peaks in Ireland.
suits you.
+50
STUDENT SOCIETIES
ranging from career-focused
to societies for art enthusiasts
to bookworms
+35
SPORTS CLUBS many of which
represent RCSI at intercollegiate
competitions and regional and
national tournaments
+1m
BOOKS IN 26 York Street,
Beaumont Hospital and Heritage
Collections in Mercer Building
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FITNESS CENTRE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
The sports and fitness centre spans two Our clubs and societies allow you to
floors and provides students with the very become immersed in a mixed community
best facilities to help balance academia of Irish and international students.
with a fit and healthy lifestyle. The extensive Extracurricular activities help you develop
opening hours mean that it is open when it strong interpersonal skills, values and
suits you, be it an early session to wake you attitudes. Our graduates often remind
up, a lunchtime workout to invigorate your us of the importance of participating in
afternoon’s study or a late-night routine to student life and how it gave them the
finish your day. The gym and all services edge in their postgraduate training and
are free and our team of experienced chosen careers.
personal trainers are available to assist you The student societies include art, choral,
in achieving your health goals. photography, pride, environmental and
The fitness centre caters for everyone, from music. Our careers societies include
complete beginners to regular exercisers, paediatrics, neuroscience, pathology
and is fitted out with premium gym and ophthalmology. Sports clubs include
equipment. We also have a full intervarsity cycling & mountain biking, equestrian,
regulation sports hall that can host many gymnastics and surfing while team
indoor sports and is freely accessible to all sports include soccer, rugby, hockey and
of our students. basketball.
At RCSI, we know
that busy students
need the very best
facilities to balance
their academic and
health and fitness
ambitions.
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SIMULATION CENTRE This results in hospitals that are often filled
The largest clinical simulation facility in with patients who are older, more unwell
Europe was opened in 2017 and is located and therefore less suitable for students to
in our St. Stephen’s Green Campus. It was practice their early patient skills.
built to ensure that RCSI can continue The Clinical Simulation Centre contains a
to graduate healthcare professionals virtual hospital, with wards, outpatients’
with superior clinical skills, the teaching clinics and a full operating theatre and
of which has become challenged by trauma facility. This facility allows us to
changes in how patients receive treatment train our students using safe, structured
in the hospital setting. Improvements in and repeatable teaching models where
healthcare delivery have ensured that students can develop confidence and
more and more patients receive medical competence in their patient management
procedures on a day-case basis. skills before engaging with real patients in
While these rapid procedures are the hospital setting.
beneficial for the patient, they present
This form of healthcare
a real challenge for medical schools,
particularly in training early clinical
teaching represents a giant
and communication skills in clinical leap forward for clinical
environments where an increasing number training not just in RCSI but
of patients are treated on a day-case basis. also internationally, cementing
RCSI’s place at the forefront of
healthcare education.
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OUTPATIENT CONSULTATION
ROOMS where simulated
patients assist in developing
students’ consultation skills
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HOSPITAL WARD ROOMS,
which use high-fidelity manikins
to develop students’ clinical
skills in dealing with emergencies
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FULLY-EQUIPPED AND
MULTI-PURPOSE ‘WET-LABS’
for up to 30 trainees
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LIBRARY SERVICES The library team supports development
RCSI’s Library Services team provides of these skills through curriculum
resources, services and facilities to support workshops, dedicated customer services
the learning, teaching, research and clinical teams at on-site and virtual information
activities of RCSI. desks, online guides and one-to-one
consultations throughout the year.
Focused on health sciences, our extensive
online collections include biomedical Library Services is also responsible
databases, online textbooks, clinical for managing RCSI’s extensive
summary tools and electronic journals. Heritage Collections, which reflect the
All e-resources and online services for history of RCSI and the advancement of
RCSI students and staff are described and teaching and practice of surgery and
accessible via the library website. medicine in Ireland.
On-site services and facilities at libraries You have the access and opportunity to
in the city-centre campus and Beaumont engage with, these collections through
Hospital include multiple spaces designed online and on-site exhibitions, visiting the
to support individual and group learning Heritage Collections Reading Room and
and small collections of print books and undertaking research projects as part of
textbooks. Throughout your programme, the Research Summer School.
library health information specialists can
assist you in finding, evaluating, using, and
managing information. This is an integral
part of your studies and the basis of
evidence-based practice.
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STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES Students can receive awards for
As part of our mission to create well- their research both at national and
rounded, clinically distinguished healthcare international meetings and sometimes
professionals, we challenge our students go on to have their research published in
to participate in academic opportunities medical and scientific journals.
and extracurricular activities. Student Medical Journal
There is a range of opportunities The RCSI Student Medical Journal (SMJ)
publishes student research, ranging from
open to you while studying
basic laboratory science and clinical ALICE TALBOT
at RCSI and participation can work to humanities analysis of medicine Clinical Elective,
provide clarity around the area in society. The goal of the RCSI SMJ is to Johns Hopkins Baltimore
of healthcare that you wish to encourage student research, writing and “The RCSI collaborative elective
pursue after graduation. submission for publication. programme is a unique opportunity for
These activities will not only help to Publication in the journal ensures your RCSI students to gain clinical experience
build your skillset, but will also give your research reaches a broad international in North America and Canada. As part
professional career the best possible start. readership through its print and of this initiative, I had the privilege of
electronic versions rcsismj.com completing an oncology clerkship at
RESEARCH ELECTIVES Funded research opportunities
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Research Summer School Each year, two Anatomy Summer This elective involved significant
RCSI provides you with opportunities to Studentships in an institutional responsibility with day-to-day patient
undertake clinical and laboratory research research laboratory are offered to RCSI care and clinical decision-making.
as part of a medical research team. undergraduates. They are designed to Although daunting at first, the team
Participation is strongly encouraged and allow students to investigate aspects of at Johns Hopkins provided me with
you can take part from year one of your anatomical research and its applications. continuous support and guidance
studies. You have the opportunity to work throughout the placement including
as part of a research team over an 8-week Overseas research electives daily one-to-one teaching sessions.
period while receiving a financial stipend Annually, a number of undergraduate
This programme is a fantastic
from RCSI for your contribution. On RCSI students are partially funded
opportunity to advance your clinical
completion of your project, you will have to take part in two-month research
acumen while also providing an
the opportunity to present your findings programmes in an Erasmus* country.
opportunity to travel and make
at the RCSI Annual Research Symposium, This offers you the perfect opportunity
connections for your future career.
which takes place in April each year. to enhance your international
experience of work and student life in The professional and clinical skills
another European country. embedded in RCSI students have an
international translatability that will
*The Erasmus Programme is a European
Union (EU) student exchange programme. allow you to excel and enjoy all your
international electives”.
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CLINICAL ELECTIVES Supported by the electives team, students
Participation in clinical electives is very also secure independent clinical electives
beneficial to students entering their final at some of the most prestigious institutions
years at RCSI. Electives are an enriching in North America.
experience for students who work with
These include the Mayo Clinic,
patients in some of the world’s leading
hospitals. It offers the potential to gain
Columbia University Medical
valuable contacts and crucial letters of Centre, Harvard Medical School,
reference for future career opportunities. University of California and the
Through a network of strategic University of British Columbia
partnerships, including with Johns Hopkins hospitals.
University, University of Toronto, University
Clinical electives are managed by a
of Massachusetts Medical School,
dedicated and highly experienced team
University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern
who will provide you with advice throughout
University and McMaster University,
the process and administrative support
RCSI offers a number of overseas clinical
during the application long-term window.
elective places for Final Year students
The electives team at RCSI assist students
each year. These clinical electives are
in maximising their efforts to achieve their
competitively applied for internally at the
long-term career goals.
start of Senior Cycle 1 or GEM 3.
Photo Courtesy of Dr. Ben LaBrot,
RCSI Class of 2006, Founder of The Floating Doctors
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VOLUNTEERING INTERNATIONAL
RCSI offers a number The REACH RCSI Programme is a unique CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME
of opportunities for community outreach and access programme RCSI is a uniquely international education
that promotes recreation, education and setting with an implicitly multicultural
students to engage with
community health. atmosphere. There are currently a number
the community through of activities where students work together
Students are encouraged to participate in
volunteering and other various initiatives throughout the year which on volunteering and citizenship activities,
activities. include a second-level education homework and on celebrating their multicultural
club, science workshops and sports and composition, one of which is the
health programmes. International Citizenship Programme.
These initiatives enhance the life The International Citizenship Programme
chances of young students from socially encourages you to reflect on and develop
disadvantaged areas who are traditionally the skills, values and attitudes you will
underrepresented at university level need to work effectively in a culturally
education. diverse healthcare environment. This
structured self-directed programme
Approximately 50 RCSI students, empowers you to avail of the rich multi-
from all programmes, volunteer cultural opportunities for self-development
each year. through enriching extracurricular activities,
interacting with others from diverse
You can help by leading teams, encouraging
backgrounds, and formally reflecting on
the children taking part and running a
your personal development through these
variety of events and sports activities.
activities, supported by staff mentors.
If you successfully demonstrate an
‘International Outlook’ in these areas,
the programme leads to an International
Citizenship Award.
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STUDENT WELFARE Student Assistance Programme
SERVICE The CoMPPAS Student Assistance Three full-time Student
The CoMPPAS (Centre for Mastery: Programme (CSAP) is a confidential and Welfare Officers at RCSI
Personal, Professional & Academic independent counselling and specialist
information service available to all RCSI
provide confidential
Success) Student Welfare team provide
confidential one-to-one support and students. It can be accessed 24 hours per guidance and support
advice for students at RCSI. The service is day, 365 days per year, from anywhere to our students for the
Social Worker led and aims to empower in the world. This service provides both duration of their studies.
students to reach their full potential and phone-based support and in-person
overcome the challenges they meet in the counslling sessions.
course of their studies.
Primary care
The Student Welfare team also facilitate All undergraduate students of RCSI
workshops and run events to promote (including Graduate Entry Medicine
positive health and wellbeing on campus. students) are entitled to free General
Counselling service Practice consultations at our on campus
RCSI offers a confidential and medical centre. Our student scheme also
independent counselling service which helps you source the most appropriate
is located off-campus. The Service has health insurance plan on a reduced annual
extensive experience over many years premium.
in providing counselling support to
RCSI undergraduate students (including
Graduate Entry Medicine students). On
behalf of RCSI, they manage a diverse
panel of professionally registered
counsellors with a broad range of
expertise, located across the city.
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EDUCATION & CLINICAL 1 Connolly Hospital is a major teaching
As an RCSI student, NETWORK and health-promoting hospital. Services
include a 24-hour Emergency Department,
you will attend a wide Affiliated, specialist and
variety of public, private private hospitals and clinical acute medical and surgical services, acute
sites. psychiatric services, long-stay residential
and specialist teaching care, day care, out-patient care plus
1 Beaumont Hospital is the largest
hospitals and clinical academic teaching hospital in the RCSI
diagnostic and therapeutic and support
sites where you will learn Hospitals Group. Emergency and acute
services.
to hone your clinical and care services are provided across 54 1 The Rotunda Hospital was founded
in 1745 and is the oldest continuously
professional skills. medical specialities and Beaumont
operating maternity hospital in the world.
Hospital is a designated Cancer Centre
and the Regional Treatment Centre The hospital delivers approximately 9,000
for Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and babies annually and provides pregnancy,
Gastroenterology. Beaumont Hospital neonatal and gynaecological care.
is also the National Referral Centre for
Neurosurgery and Neurology, Renal
Transplantation and Cochlear Implantation.
DERRY
DONEGAL ANTRIM
TYRONE
FERMANAGH
4 ARMAGH
DOWN
SLIGO MONAGHAN
LEITRIM CAVAN
MAYO
3 LOUTH
ROSCOMMON
LONGFORD
2
MEATH
WESTMEATH
5
7 6
GALWAY 1
DUBLIN
OFFALY KILDARE
LAOIS WICKLOW
CLARE
CARLOW
TIPPERARY
8
KILKENNY
LIMERICK
WEXFORD
WATERFORD
KERRY
9
CORK
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2 Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital 1 Children’s Health Ireland at
Students are exposed provides acute medical and surgical Crumlin is an acute paediatric hospital.
Major specialities at the hospital today
to a variety of specialities services as well as maternity services to
Louth, Meath and the surrounding areas include neonatal and paediatric surgery,
during their studies and including parts of north county Dublin. neurology, neurosurgery, nephrology,
encouraged to develop 2 Louth County Hospital provides orthopaedics, ENT and plastic surgery.
a balanced perspective acute and community care services to 1 The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear
of community and the population of Louth, Meath and Hospital is a public teaching hospital
hospital care in urban, Monaghan. in Dublin. It is the National Referral
3 Cavan & Monaghan Hospital provides Centre for both eye, ear, nose and throat
rural and international disorders and provides specialist care in
acute and community care services to the
settings. population of both counties and extends ophthalmology.
to counties Meath, Longford and Leitrim. 1 Cappagh National Orthopaedic
1 The National Maternity Hospital Hospital is Ireland’s major centre for
provides obstetrics, gynaecology and elective orthopaedic surgery and the
neonatal services and delivers more than largest dedicated orthopaedic hospital
8,000 babies each year. in the country.
1 The Coombe Women & Infants 1 The National Rehabilitation
University Hospital provides Hospital provides complex specialist
comprehensive care for women and rehabilitation services to patients who
infants at local, regional and national require specialist medical rehabilitation.
levels and delivers approximately 9,000
babies each year.
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1 St. Colmcille’s Hospital
Loughlinstown provides a range of
services to a diverse population covering
South County Dublin and County Wicklow.
Services include an injury unit, medical
assessment unit, acute medical in-patient
services, day surgery, outpatient care and
diagnostic services.
1 Blackrock Clinic is the leading and
longest-established private hospital and
clinic in Ireland. The clinic has consistently
built an unparalleled reputation in new
High-Tech surgical procedures, medical
treatments and ground-breaking
diagnostics.
1 Beacon Hospital is one of the most
advanced private hospitals in Europe,
with over 1,300 consultants, nurses and
healthcare professionals. It provides
24-hour world-class acute-care services,
including orthopaedics, physiotherapy,
cardiology, women’s health, urology,
cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery,
plastic and reconstructive surgery, ENT,
neurology, general surgery, comprehensive
cancer care and emergency medicine.
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1 The Bon Secours Private Hospital 4 Our Lady’s Hospital Navan is part
RCSI has also developed Dublin is an independent acute-care of the Louth/Meath Hospital Group and
provides general acute hospital services
important international hospital in Glasnevin, Dublin, providing
medical care to patients from Dublin and and orthopaedic services to the region.
collaborative links across Ireland since 1951. 1 Peamount Healthcare is an
which support global 1 Hermitage Medical Clinic is a 112- independent voluntary organisation that
elective opportunities in bed private hospital in Lucan providing provides rehabilitation, residential and
prestigious institutions, medical, surgical and advanced community services.
such as Johns Hopkins radiotherapy care to patients supported 1 St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services
by the very latest medical technology and
University in the US, and most advanced diagnostic equipment.
is Ireland’s largest, independent, not-for-
profit mental health service. It provides
McMaster University and 1 Cluain Mhuire Service is a community- both community and outpatient care
the University of Toronto based adult mental health service covering through its Dean Clinics and day-patient
in Canada. a population of over 175,000 in the Dublin services through the Wellness and
South East region. Recovery Centre.
7 Galway Clinic is a state-of-the-art, 1 ReproMed Ireland provides an IVF unit
146-bed hospital that provides 24-hour in Dublin as well as fertility clinics in Dublin,
healthcare services. Here, more than 140 Cork, Drogheda, Kilkenny and Limerick.
highly skilled physicians and surgeons 6 Regional Hospital Mullingar provides
cover a wide variety of specialities. a range of acute and specialist services to
1 Mater Misericordiae Hospital is a the population of Westmeath, Longford
teaching hospital offering acute and and the wider community.
emergency care services. With over 500 1 SIMS provides some of the most
beds, it is the national centre for a range of advanced and successful testing
specialties such as heart surgery, heart and technology and IVF treatments to patients.
lung transplants, ECLS, spinal injuries and The South West Acute Hospital,
pulmonary hypertension. Enniskillen, delivers a wide range of
1 Mental Health Services are provided services including general medicine,
through the HSE across all regions. surgery, maternity and paediatric medicine
and is part of the Western Trust.
1 St. John of Gods Hospital is an acute
psychiatric teaching hospital, with 182
in-patient beds, providing mental health
treatment and care.
8 St Luke’s General Hospital Carlow-
Kilkenny is a large hospital providing
acute healthcare services.
9 University Hospital Waterford
provides general medical, surgical and
maternity care. It also provides the
following speciality services: cardiology,
trauma orthopaedics, ophthalmology,
neurology, nephrology, rheumatology,
urology, vascular surgery, ENT and
neonatology, radiology, pathology and
microbiology.
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At RCSI, we welcome
students from every
corner of the world,
and aim to create a
‘home from home’ for
all our residents.
Scape
accommodation
24/7
SECURITY IN ALL OUR
ACCOMMODATION to
ensure safety and comfort
Scape
accommodation
100%
WIRED & WIRELESS internet
access in all accomodation
CENTRE
LOCATED WITHIN WALKING
DISTANCE of the University
and the RCSI Library
New Mill Street
accommodation
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LIVING SPACE
When it comes to accommodation, there
are options to live both on or off-campus.
Our on-campus accommodation at Mercer
Court and New Mill Street is popular with
students who are joining university for the
first time. On-campus accommodation
provides you with an easier transition into
life away from home and ensures you are
part of a community of students in the
same situation.
While taking on the practical
responsibilities of living
independently, you also have a
wonderful opportunity to forge
new friendships and networks.
Some of our Graduate Entry students
prefer to live off-campus and we have
a dedicated Student Services team
to ensure you will find suitable
accommodation in Dublin.
Mercer Court
accommodation
New Mill Street
accommodation
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT Our Careers Development Team partners
At RCSI, helping you We pride ourselves on producing with each RCSI School to develop a
to build your career graduates who are both knowledgeable in tailored programme to meet the specific
the science of their discipline and highly career needs of students as they progress
and to realise your through their studies. Programmes are
skilled practitioners. We offer significant
potential as a healthcare career supports during and after your divided into three stages: career discovery,
professional is our time with RCSI to help you achieve your career choice and career ready. Each stage
number one priority. ambitions. has its own activities and interventions to
ensure that you will have the confidence
Career support
and tools required to put your own career
As a specialised health sciences university,
strategy into practice.
we work closely with you to identify, map
and action your pathway into your future Our careers service includes
healthcare career. We focus on helping confidential 1:1 appointments
you to identify your career goals and with a qualified career
supporting you while you acquire the skills,
professional, themed workshops
knowledge and capabilities needed to
achieve them.
and clinics and presentations on
topical events throughout the
YOUR
academic year.
FUTURE
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Dedicated team MENTOR NETWORK
Our global network All of our career related activities and The RCSI Mentor Network is a unique
of alumni is active communications are supported by a interactive portal where senior clinical
dedicated CareerHub IT platform where
and generous in we encourage and empower students to
students can connect directly with alumni
working in careers that may be of interest
sharing their wealth of develop their own career plan and to build to them.
knowledge. a personal career e-portfolio. All of these
This initiative helps you to make informed
supports are available to students from the
career decisions as you move from
first year of their studies at RCSI right up to
undergraduate education to excellent
three years after they graduate.
postgraduate training opportunities in
You will also have the opportunity to apply healthcare settings throughout the world.
for CV-enhancing electives involving direct You can reach out to alumni to get advice
patient clinical care in some of the world’s and learn how best to succeed in your
leading hospitals and to develop your chosen career path. Our mentors are
clinical or laboratory research skills at the based in North America, Europe, Asia,
RCSI Summer Research School. Africa and beyond.
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GLOBAL GRADUATES
Alumni Network Your journey will follow
The RCSI Alumni Network comprises in the path of former
leading health practitioners and
students which include
researchers in over 94 countries. In
these countries, our alumni are often some of the most
directing national health policies, heading distinguished and
departments at top-tier hospitals, award-winning medical
breaking new scientific ground in disease
professionals in their DR SINEAD CRONIN
prevention, and bringing healthcare to
the regions where it is needed most.
fields. Medicine, Class of 2011
GP Partner, Drumcondra Medical.
When you graduate, you will join this Sinead graduated from RCSI in 2011
global network of leading healthcare and life has been very busy since. She
professionals actively working towards completed her internship in Beaumont
better patient outcomes across the world. Hospital and then went on to train as a
general practitioner. Having completed
her GP training, she now practises in a
busy Dublin GP practice and has returned
to RCSI to teach with the Department of
General Practice.
MR TOM GALLAGHER
Medicine, Class of 2003 Consultant
Hepatobiliary (HPB) and
Transplant Surgeon, St. Vincent’s
University Hospital, Dublin. Honorary
Consultant Surgeon, Our Lady’s
Children’s Hospital Crumlin, Dublin.
Mr. Gallagher graduated from RCSI in
2003 and subsequently undertook his
general surgical training in Dublin. He
quickly realised his passion for liver DR PHILIP O’HALLORAN
and pancreas surgery and, following Graduate Entry Medicine, Class of 2008
completion of his training and the Surgical Neurotrauma Fellow,
award of FRCSI, he travelled to Hong Royal London Hospital.
Kong and Edinburgh for fellowships in
HPB surgery. He then undertook further Phil is a science graduate from UCC and
training in abdominal transplant surgery he went on to graduate from Graduate
in Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Entry Medicine at RCSI in 2008. Following
Chicago, where he became a member his intern year in Beaumont Hospital,
of the American Society of Transplant Phil ranked first in the National Surgical
Surgeons. He was appointed to his Selection allowing him pursue a career
current post in 2015 and has overseen in Neurosurgery. He went on to do his
the re-establishment of the national neurosurgical training at Beaumont and
pancreas transplant programme as was awarded a PhD from RCSI, in the field
part of this role. He has also recently of translational Neuro-Oncology, which
performed Ireland’s first robotic included a research fellowship at the
pancreatic resections and is passionate European Institute of Molecular Imaging
about embracing technological in Germany. This represented a significant
advances in surgery wherever body of work and Phil became only the
feasible and safe. In addition to his 3rd Neurosurgeon in Ireland to graduate
clinical commitments, Mr. Gallagher with a PhD.
remains active academically. In 2012 Phil also founded the Brain
Tumour Biobank, to further enhance the
understanding of the molecular biology
of different types of brain tumours. Phil
is currently a surgical Neuro-Oncology
Fellow in the University of Toronto,
Toronto Western Hospital.
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RCSI is proud to have a
truly global alumni base,
which includes some of
the most distinguished
and award-winning
medical professionals in
their fields.
STEPHEN O’DONOGHUE AVRIL COPELAND MS SIUN WALSH
Pharmacy, Class of 2011 Physiotherapy, Class of 2010 Medicine, Class of 2005 Breast and
Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Changi Founder & CEO of Innerstrength Ltd. General Surgeon Mater Misercordiae,
General Hospital, Singapore. Avril is the CEO and co-founder of Dublin.
Stephen graduated in 2011 with a BSc eHealth company Innerstrength. It After two years of basic surgical training,
Pharmacy (Hons.) and successfully develops digital tools that facilitate Siun completed a lab-based MD through
completed his pre-registration training in health professionals and patients to work UCD, looking at novel therapeutic targets
the Coombe Women & Infants University together for the prevention and treatment for triple-negative breast cancer. Following
Hospital and graduated with a MPharm of chronic conditions. this, she was surgical tutor for RCSI in
from the RCSI. Born in Dublin, Avril has always been Beaumont Hospital for a year. Siun
He worked for a period of time in Ireland very involved in sport and exercise. She then entered the higher surgery training
in both community and hospital pharmacy. represented Ireland in both hockey scheme in general surgery as well as
In 2014, he got the opportunity to move and expedition adventure racing, most completing a fellowship in breast surgical
to Singapore and work in a government recently competing for Ireland at the oncology in Memorial Sloan Kettering
hospital. In 2016, after spending a few Adventure Racing Championships, a 700 Cancer Center, New York.
years working in internal medicine teams, Km race through the Andes and Amazon She was appointed as consultant
he turned his attention to antimicrobial Rainforest in Ecuador. breast and general surgeon in the Mater
stewardship. After graduating with a clinical distinction Misercordiae University Hospital, Dublin.
Stephen’s current role focuses on from RCSI, she went to work at Beaumont
appropriate antibiotic use at hospital Hospital. It was during her time in
and national level, writing guidelines and Beaumont that she saw the need for
driving policy change within the hospital more supports to be put in place to help
on correct antibiotic usage, training patients achieve their potential after
and teaching pre-registration pharmacy discharge. It was this realisation that
students and research. sowed the seed for the idea to start
Innerstrength.
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NFQ: Level 8 RCSI is committed to producing clinically FOUNDATION YEAR
skilled doctors with the most relevant Foundation Year (FY) consists of two
AWARD:MB, BCh, BAO and robust experience required to work semesters - delivered from September
(NUI & RCSI) LRCPI & LRCSI in today’s health systems. to May of the first year in the six-year
AWARDING BODY: Throughout your time at RCSI, you Medicine programme.
National University of Ireland have the opportunity to develop your
FY will provide you with a solid
clinical, communication and professional
DURATION: 5 or 6 years grounding in the biomedical
skills in a safe, simulated environment
in Europe’s largest and most modern sciences, communication and
clinical simulation facility and by training professionalism, as well as
in Ireland’s leading hospitals. the necessary IT skills to
We also provide you with many operate efficiently within the
opportunities to build your career University’s virtual learning
outside of the classroom through
environment (VLE).
research and clinical electives as well as
sub-internships. The course is delivered as a series of
stand-alone modules taught in a single
semester and integrated, systems-based
modules, delivered across the two
semesters.
MEDICINE
FIRST SEMESTER
Fundamentals of Medical Physics
Fundamentals of Medicinal and
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
UNDERGRADUATE
Fundamentals of Human Biology
SECOND SEMESTER
Disease Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
BOTH SEMESTERS
Musculoskeletal System, Nervous System,
Skin, Special Senses, Reproduction and
Endocrine Systems
Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Immune,
Gastrointestinal and Excretory Systems
Professionalism in the Health Sciences
Biomedical Laboratory Sciences
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YEAR 1 YEAR 2
In Year 1, you will learn the basic Through an integrated teaching and
anatomical, molecular and biochemical learning approach, Year 2 modules are
bases of human life, the principles of focused on ensuring that you will gain
pharmacology, and acquire a basic the necessary knowledge and skills to
understanding of the epidemiology and communicate effectively and to work
mechanisms of disease. You will also learn professionally and collaboratively
about musculoskeletal and skin systems, to diagnose and manage common
and how to diagnose and manage and important Gastrointestinal &
common and important cardiovascular and Hepatological, Central Nervous System,
respiratory disease. Endocrine & Breast, Renal and Male &
Female Genito-Urinary diseases.
The Student Choice module
You will use an evidence-based approach
will facilitate your exposure
that is grounded in best practice and safe
to various social and patient care. Student Choice will continue
environmental experiences that to be integrated and students will have
will enable personal growth continuing opportunities to explore areas
and the formation of your of interest such as innovation in research,
professional identity. education, global health, health systems
and translational medicine.
FIRST SEMESTER
Foundations for Practice 1
The Preparation for Clinical
The Body: Movement and Function
Placement module will teach
you how to navigate the
SECOND SEMESTER hospital environment prior to
Foundations for Practice 2: Global clinical placements in Year 3.
Epidemiology, and Pathogenesis and
Prevention of Disease FIRST SEMESTER
Cardiovascular System Gastrointestinal & Hepatology
Student choice Student Choice
Respiratory System Central Nervous System
SECOND SEMESTER
Endocrine & Breast
Renal System
Student Choice
Preparation for Clinical Placement
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YEAR 3 The New Horizons and
During this year, your class will be Simulation module will provide
divided and you will undertake
you with the framework to
prescribed modules at different times
throughout the year. You will participate
interact and engage with a
in hospital-based clinical placements variety of new technologies that
and be located in one of the RCSI- are being translated from the
affiliated teaching hospitals throughout research to the clinical domain,
Ireland. including genomics and novel EMER ROSE KEALY
You will build on the knowledge and imaging approaches. Medicine
understanding of normal biology and
You will also participate in a Student “Choosing RCSI as my first choice
diseases acquired during Years 1 and 2
Selected Component, where you complete to study Medicine is one of the best
and have the opportunity to apply this
an individual research or audit project. decisions I have ever made.
knowledge to real patients in multi-
When you’re on campus in RCSI it’s very
disciplinary clinical settings. FIRST & SECOND SEMESTER much like a family, compared to being
Clinical Medicine and Surgery Attachments in a big university. There is someone
New Horizons and Simulation who knows you by name and they know
what’s going on for you. There’s always
Student Selected Project
someone to check in with and make
sure you’re getting on in every aspect of
life - not just academics. Everyone is in
high-intensity courses from day one and
you could very easily slip under the radar
socially in a bigger college, but not in
RCSI where Student Service’s care for the
student body is second to none.
The most rewarding experience for
me at RCSI has been the Research
Summer School. It’s an opportunity
to learn outside of the classroom and
see our knowledge applied in the real
word. I did research with a team from
RCSI & the Rotunda Hospital and then
travelled to Las Vegas to present it at an
international conference. You won’t get
that opportunity at other colleges as an
undergraduate student.
Not everywhere is like RCSI. It has a
very patient-focused environment. You
get the opportunity to learn as part of
a multidisciplinary team and you don’t
get that anywhere else. RCSI wants
us to all to excel in our own area; the
goal for every student is to reach our
full potential and RCSI supports every
student to excel to the best of their
ability”.
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