Post Graduate Training

MRCPI teaching

Beaumont Hospital has a long tradition of supporting MRCPI candidates through each stage of this examination. We provide speciality-by-speciality tutorials for Part 1 MRCPI MCQ’s with our SpR, consultant and clinical lecturer staff providing first hand advice about how to avoid common pitfalls in this exam. Tactical advice that will allow you to strategically manage this exam is provided with detailed discussion of commonly occurring topics being used to illustrate. Consultant input is especially important for the clinical Part III of the exam. We provide the examiners perspective into what examination techniques mark out a well prepared candidate from a weaker one and go through the importance of presentation in the exam setting.

MRCPI Part II Clinical

See the Royal College of Physicians website for more information on exam dates and locations. Beaumont Hospital MRCPI Clinical Tutorials (open to all in-house Medical NCHDs)

These are Consultant / SPR led teaching each evening six weeks prior to clinical examinations. They are co-ordinated by Prof Peter Branagan, Dean of Post Grad Education (Medical). Please email postgradeducation@beaumont.ie for further details

Clinical teaching

The consultant trainers on our rotation believe in inculcating teaching to everyday clinical practice and this is done not only in the formal settings outlined below but also at the bedside.

Our wide range of regional and national specialities allows trainees on our rotations to gain a rich blend of experience in not only common general medical presentations but also in complex tertiary referral specialities.

Our Clinical teaching is outlined below and you can get more information on all our teaching modules from the PostGrad Office 

Medical Grand Rounds
A weekly session during the academic year where Beaumont Hospital Consultants, staff from various Multi-disciplinary Teams and external speakers give case presentations.  Three teams present each week, two 20 minute case presentations and a 10 minute MCQ “Hot Topic” session with audience participation via VEVOX polling. Grand Rounds take place in the Robert Adams Lecture Theatre each Tuesday from 8am to 9am (breakfast from 7:45am) from September to December and January to May. The Professor David Foley NCHD Presenter of the Year medal is awarded on the final session of the academic term.  Those wishing to join remotely can do so via MS teams, please email postgradeducation@beaumont.ie for further details.

Surgical Grand Rounds
A weekly session during the academic year where Beaumont Hospital Consultants and external speakers give case presentations. Five teams present each week; three case presentations, one picture of the week and one paper of the week. Grand Rounds take place in the Robert Adams Lecture Theatre each Thursday morning from 8am to 9am from September to December and January to May. Those wishing to join remotely can do so via Blackboard Collaborate, please email postgradeducation@beaumont.ie for further details.

Department Teaching
Each department holds its individual departmental teaching meetings and multidisciplinary meetings. Please email postgradeducation@beaumont.ie for more details

Intern Teaching Programmes
Consultant led Intern teaching takes place every Thursday from July to June from 1pm to 2pm – these specifically focus on Anaesthetics, Radiology and Pathology.

SHO Protected Teaching
The Medical Clinical Directorate hold weekly consultant led teaching sessions in the Robert Adams Lecture Theatre every Tuesday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm.  Lunch is provided at these sessions and attendance is recorded.

RCSI Hospital Group General Surgery Journal Club and Surgical Lecture series
The journal club sessions run throughout the academic year from September to December and January to May, every Tuesday morning at 8am. These sessions are hosted via MS Teams. The format for the journal club is two presentations on a weekly rotating basis from each clinical site.  The journal club also incorporates a monthly postgrad surgical lecture series under the direction of Professor Peter Naughton, Dean of Postgraduate Education (Surgery). 

GP Meetings/Study Days

Corrigan Faculty (ICGP)
Organised by the Corrigan Faculty of the Irish College of GPs, consultants from Beaumont Hospital and speakers from other organisations give talks of interest to GPs in the catchment area of Beaumont Hospital. These meetings take place in the Robert Adams Lecture Theatre from 7:30 pm on the last Wednesday of the month from Sept to April.  GPs welcome to attend in person or virtually via Teams (accredited for external CME points).

Annual General Practitioner Study Day
Beaumont Hospital hosts an Annual GP Study Day on the last Saturday of January each year.  The format of the day consists of Plenary and Round Table Interactive Sessions with Medical and Surgical Consultants contributing to both. Registration is open to all General Practitioners in our catchment area.   Attendance qualifies for external CPD credits as approved by ICGP.