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Learn and Develop

We are proud to offer a wide range of training programmes, from prestigious Membership Examinations to Basic and Higher Specialist Training programmes accredited by the Irish Medical Council.

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An Internationally Recognised Benchmark of Excellence

RCPI Examinations and Training Programmes are recognised and valued by healthcare providers throughout the world.

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Membership Examinations Postgraduate Training Programmes Lifelong Learning Recognition of Prior Learning
 

Help and Advice

We support our Trainees and Graduates during their time with us and throughout their professional medical career.

Trainee Wellbeing

Mentoring

Fellowship

Professional Competence Schemes
 

Postgraduate Training Programmes

Training doctors to become world-class specialists is at the heart of what we do in RCPI.

Dr Bernadette Lynch, Consultant Rheumatologist at University Hospital Galway, guiding a Medical Trainee through a simulated knee aspiration. Patient on stretcher in background. All wearing medical masks.

Basic Specialist Training
Female histopathology Trainee using microscope during one to one consultation with male trainer

Higher Specialist Training
Male International Trainee at an RCPI on-site training hospital

International Training
 

Post CSCST Fellowships

Post CSCST Fellowships are designed for doctors who need to acquire additional training or experience that was not available on their Higher Specialist Training programme, and that may be required for a consultant post (for example, stroke medicine).

Post CSCST Fellowships
RCPI female trainee laughing while speaking to colleagues outside at Sligo University Hospital
 

Lifelong Learning

A team of three cardiologists in scrubs perform a Cath Scan in a theatre room. Patient is gowned and masked lying on table.
Professional Competence
CPD Support Scheme
Female physician on steps outside hospital building
Pathway to Specialist Register
Hands operating a medical device
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Lifelong Learning