World Patient Safety Day
17th September 2022
The College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland
College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland Celebrate WHO World Patient Safety Day 2022.The theme this Year is Medication Safety with a particular emphasis on high risk environments (including operating theatres and critical care)
Pictured Left to Right
Dr Sophia Angelov, CAT Chair, Dr Siobhan Clarke, Quality & Safety Trainee Representative, Prof George Shorten, President CAI, Dr Brian McCloskey, Director of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement, Mr Martin McCormack, CEO, CAI.
Green Anaesthesia Day
Registration open now!
On behalf of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, we are pleased to announce that the registration is now open for the Green Anaesthesia Day. The Green Anaesthesia Day is a follow up of the very first and successful Green Anaesthesia Week last year.
The Green Anaesthesia Day will be delivered virtually as a live Zoom webinar on the 29th September 2022 from 6.30pm – 8.30pm.
Please note:
Five euro from every ticket sold will be donated to BirdWatch Ireland, an organisation that is committed to supporting Ireland’s birds and their habitats.
If you wish to register for the event and you are a College Member, please click below.
If you are a non-College member, please send us an email to sustainability@coa.ie.
Wellness Breakfast Morning
The wellness committee of the College of Anaesthesiology held a wellness breakfast webinar on Thursday 8th September from 7.30 to 8.30 am.
The speaker was Dr Rachel Morris who is a former GP who now works as an executive coach and trainer. She specialises in resilience in the workplace for doctors and professional’s in high stress jobs and created the Shapes Toolkit Resilience Training Programme. She also hosts the popular ‘You are not a Frog’ podcast. Rachel’s online communities include the Permission to Thrive CPD membership for doctors and the Resilient Team Academy membership for Busy Leaders in healthcare and other high stress organisations.
Dr Norris gave an excellent talk on how to beat burnout with lots of useful tips. It was extremely well attended.
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