ProfTom Fahey
Professor
General Practice
Orcid identifier0000-0002-5896-5783 (opens in a new tab)
- ProfessorGeneral Practice
- 01 4022305 (Work)
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, General Practice, Mercer Building, Mercer Street Lower,, Dublin, D2, Ireland
TEACHING AND SUPERVISION OVERVIEW
The Department of General Practice has a large undergraduate teaching portfolio:
Introduction to Clinical Practice- Two programmes Early Patient Contact (Junior Cycle 1) and Clinical Competencies (Junior Cycle 3)- introduce students to patients in clinical settings and provide introduction to clinical history taking and examination skills. Assessment by means of portfolio and OSCE.
Selected Student Component- Six week rotation in evidence based medicine and biostatatistics.
General Practice/Family Medicine- Part of the Senior Cycle 1 clinical rotation. Student spend three weeks in a general practice. They also receive content-specific teaching in communication skills and palliative care alongside modules on evidence-based medicine, prescribing practice, dermatology, ethics and chronic disease management. Formative and Summative Assessment by means of portfolio; single best answer (SBA) and GP tutor assessment.
Undergraduate student research- We sponsor undergraduate student research through RCSI and the HRB initiatives.
Undergraduate student exchange- We have a successful Erasmus exchange programme with Radboud Medical School, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Postgraduate teaching- Professor Fahey established the Short Course in Research methods in 2010. This programme has supported over 400 clinical academics including MCh candidates in RCSI.
Introduction to Clinical Practice- Two programmes Early Patient Contact (Junior Cycle 1) and Clinical Competencies (Junior Cycle 3)- introduce students to patients in clinical settings and provide introduction to clinical history taking and examination skills. Assessment by means of portfolio and OSCE.
Selected Student Component- Six week rotation in evidence based medicine and biostatatistics.
General Practice/Family Medicine- Part of the Senior Cycle 1 clinical rotation. Student spend three weeks in a general practice. They also receive content-specific teaching in communication skills and palliative care alongside modules on evidence-based medicine, prescribing practice, dermatology, ethics and chronic disease management. Formative and Summative Assessment by means of portfolio; single best answer (SBA) and GP tutor assessment.
Undergraduate student research- We sponsor undergraduate student research through RCSI and the HRB initiatives.
Undergraduate student exchange- We have a successful Erasmus exchange programme with Radboud Medical School, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Postgraduate teaching- Professor Fahey established the Short Course in Research methods in 2010. This programme has supported over 400 clinical academics including MCh candidates in RCSI.