DrCriona Walshe
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Anaesthetics and Critical Care
- Clinical Senior LecturerAnaesthetics and Critical Care
BIOGRAPHY
Having qualified in Medicine from University College Cork, Criona completed her Anaesthesia training in Ireland, travelled to Australia to undertake an international fellowship in the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and completed an MD through NUI Galway. She was appointed to the role of consultant anaesthetist in Beaumont Hospital in 2011 where she has led the undergraduate Anaesthesia and Critical care programme since 2012 and was appointed Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in 2024.
With a career-long interest in medical education, she has completed a Masters in Clinical Education, and more recently, a Masters in Healthcare leadership.
She joined the HPEC team in 2024 and holds the role of Clinical Partnership Lead, where her work focuses on building partnerships across the health professions, with clinical experts, patients and advocacy groups, using co-design to bring together educational scholarship, clinical expertise and lived experience in health professions education and education research.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Consultant AnaesthetistBeaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland2011
- Honorary Clinical Associate ProfessorRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Dublin, Ireland2024
- Clinical Partnership LeadRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, HPEC, Dublin, Ireland2024
- Honorary Senior LecturerRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland2016
- Acting Academic Head DepartmentRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Dublin, Ireland2012 - 2016
DEGREES
- Masters in Healthcare LeadershipUniversity College Cork, Ireland2024
- Masters of Health Sciences, Clinical EducationOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, Galway, Ireland2017
- Degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD)Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, Galway, Ireland2013
- Degree in Medicine (MB BCh BAO B.Med ScienceUniversity College Cork, Ireland2000
CERTIFICATIONS
- Certificate of Completion of Specialist TrainingCollege of Anaesthetists of Ireland
- Clinical Fellowship in Critical Care MedicineAlfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Fellowship Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland (FJFICMI)College of Anesthetists, Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Fellowship of the College of Anaesthetists (FCARCSI)College of Anesthetists of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Diploma in Healthcare ManagementInstitute of Leadership, RCSI, Dublin
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Clinical TutorUniversity College Hospital, Galway, Ireland2010 - 2011
- Research FellowOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Galway, Ireland2009 - 2011
- Clinical FellowAlfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia2005 - 2006
- National Higher Specialist Training Programme in AnaesthesiaCollege of Anaesthetists of Ireland, Ireland2001 - 2009
- InternCork University Hospital, Ireland2000 - 2001
LANGUAGES
- IrishCan speak and understand
RESEARCH SUB-AREAS
- Anaesthesia & Critical Care
- Healthcare Management & Leadership
- Medical Education
- Technology Enhanced Learning
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)
- 4 Quality Education