Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme

RCSI provides a Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme (CPD-SS) to assist doctors who are not engaged in training to satisfy the requirements of the Irish Medical Council.

Once enrolled in the scheme, eligible non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs) can avail of a  comprehensive suite of programmes, including full and half-day courses in technical and non-technical skills.

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About the CPDSS scheme
About the scheme

Our programme includes an array of courses in technical and non-technical skills for the surgical specialties, emergency medicine and others.

CPDSS enrolment
Enrolment

Our Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme enables those enrolled to meet the requirements required.

CPDSS fees
Fees

Find out all you need to know about fees for attending Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme classes.

CPDSS FAQ
FAQs

Explore our database of frequently asked questions to find more information about our suite of programmes.

Programmes

Browse our list of available programmes for 2021/22. This year we are offering both classroom and interactive learning courses for those enrolled in the CPD-SS. 

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Medical staff in professional setting

New online courses

Medical emergency

Our online Medical Emergencies course is presented as a series of recorded one-hour modules, with access released on a rolling monthly basis. Each module will involve case based discussions with a variety of guest speakers.

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Professionalism in 21st Century Medical Practice

The Professionalism in 21st Century Medical Practice course is fully-online and aimed at all registered medical doctors in all specialties – delivered in digital format and built to suit the busy schedules of medical doctors.

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