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RCSI Debuts ‘Promising’ New Sepsis Drug Treatment

by Eva Short for siliconrepublic Researchers at RCSI have carried out the pre-clinical trial into sepsis drug InnovoSep, which could potentially stop the progression of the condition in its early stages. Today (7 March), researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have debuted the pre-clinical trial of a new drug therapy for […]

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RCSI Bahrain Celebrates White Coat Ceremony

More than 160 students at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) celebrated their transition to clinical training during the annual White Coat Ceremony at the Busaiteen campus. Regarded as a seminal moment in the course of medical training and future careers, the ceremony is a symbolic event […]

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Nine UCC Medical Students awarded HRB Summer Student Scholarships 2016

  The Health Research Board have announced this year’s recipients of the HRB Summer Student Scholarships.  Nine UCC medical students were awarded Summer scholarships. To put this achievement in context, this year the HRB received 141 applications and 42 awards were made, giving a success rate of just under 30%.  UCC received 12 of those […]

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UCD Graduate, Dr. Jenny Whelan, featured in cover story of Canadian Family Physician

My common-sense approach and laid-back Irish attitude are among my greatest medical strengths,” Dr Jennifer Whelan says in her soft brogue. “At least, everybody seems to like it. No matter what the problem, have a cuppa tea. Don’t worry. Everything will be fine.” Dr Whelan always thought she was destined to be an emergency department […]

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Graduate entry may be the best medicine for doctors

Students who take a post- graduate approach to studying medicine have the edge over those who enter straight from school, according to new research from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). The findings emerge as a debate rages about the pressure on Leaving Cert students to score high points in order to be […]

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250 doctors celebrate making the cut at College of Surgeons

SCALING the lofty heights of medicine is a given for the 250 future doctors who donned caps and gowns to graduate from the Royal College of Surgeons – but for one, the aim is even higher. Neil Naik (24) from Toronto, Canada, hopes to be the doctor on board Elon Musk’s planned flight to Mars […]

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