DrNoreen O'Leary

Lecturer

Health Professions Education Centre

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Noreen O'Leary qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) from University College Cork in 2010 and worked as a paediatric SLT in children’s disability services until 2020.

 

Between 2015 and 2017, she completed a Master’s in Clinical Education at the University of Galway, followed by a PhD in Interprofessional Education at the School of Allied Health, University of Limerick (2017–2021).

 

Subsequently, Noreen joined the School of Population Health at RCSI, where she served as Assistant Director of Academic Affairs for the SPHeRE PhD training programme and lectured on the Cameron Scholars Programme.

 

Her research interests include interprofessional education and collaborative practice, disability service provision, maternal wellbeing, pedagogical theories, and qualitative research methodologies.

 

 

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-2186

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Health Professions Education Centre, Dublin, Ireland29 Sep 2025
  • Lecturer
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Population Health, Dublin, Ireland2 Oct 2023 - 28 Sep 2025
  • Lecturer
    University of Limerick, School of Allied Health, Limerick, Ireland1 Jan 2021 - 31 Jul 2022

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Director Academic Affairs
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, SPHeRE, Dublin, Ireland21 Jun 2021 - 1 Oct 2023
  • Speech & Language Therapist
    Health Service Executive6 Jan 2014 - 3 Jan 2021
  • Speech & Language Therapist
    Brothers of Charity Southern Services, Ireland4 Oct 2013 - 5 Jan 2014

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Science, Speech & Language Therapy
    University College Cork, Ireland1 Sep 2006 - 30 Jun 2010

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Structured PhD, Interprofessional Education
    University of Limerick, Ireland1 Sep 2017 - 30 Aug 2021
  • Masters Clinical Education
    National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland1 Sep 2016 - 30 Aug 2017
    Other
  • Postgraduate Diploma Clinical Education
    National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland1 Sep 2015 - 30 Jun 2016
    Other

LANGUAGES

  • Irish
    Can read, write, speak and understand

RESEARCH SUB-AREAS

  • Interprofessional Education
  • Health Services
  • Health Service Staffing
  • Qualitative Methodology

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 4 Quality Education

RESEARCH CLUSTERS