ProfMuirne Spooner

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

  • Associate Professor
    Department of Medicine
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Medicine, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, N/A, D9, Ireland

BIOGRAPHY

Professor  Muirne Spooner is a clinical educator, medical doctor, and strategic leader in health professions education with a sustained commitment to inclusion, equity, and interprofessional learning. She earned her MBChBAO from University College Dublin where she attended on a full entrance scholarship.  She holds a postgraduate diploma and PhD in Health Professions Education, with a research focus on feedback literacy, student agency, and cultural transitions in learning. She is a Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians in Ireland  (RCPI) , the Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. Since joining RCSI, she has held multiple leadership roles influencing learning, assessment, access, and wellbeing across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Medicine, Dublin, Ireland2016
  • Academic Director of Admissions
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Medicine, Dublin, Ireland2024
  • Deputy Dean of Interprofessionalism and Community Engaged Learning
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Medicine, Dublin, Ireland2025

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Member of Exam Board , MRCPI GIM Clinical
    Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Examinations, Dublin, Ireland2010
  • Exam Convenor, Beaumont Hospital
    Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Examinations, Dublin, Ireland2012
  • Vhi Director of Clinical Education and Training
    Vhi Healthcare, Health and Wellbeing, Dublin, Ireland2023
  • UEMS General Surgery Board Member
    European Union of Medical Specialists, General Surgery, Brussels, Belgium2017
  • Educational Lead
    Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, European Board of Interventional radiology, Vienna, Austria2010

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
  • PG Dip HPE
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
  • MBBChBA0
    University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Fellow
    Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
  • FAMEE (Fellow of AMEE)
    The International Association for Health Professions Education
  • Senior Fellow
    Advance HE, York, United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • Irish
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • German
    Can read, write, speak and understand

RESEARCH SUB-AREAS

  • Medical Education
  • Population Health
  • Interprofessional Education

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)

  • 4 Quality Education
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

RESEARCH CLUSTERS