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6 Reasons Why Trainee Doctors Should Attend Wonca Europe 2024
Did you know the ICGP is hosting the Wonca Europe Conference in the Convention Centre, Dublin this September? The ICGP is thrilled to host the 29th Wonca Europe Conference. Among the many enthusiastic participants, Aoife O'Brien-Horgan, a 1st year Cork Scheme GP...
WONCA Family Doctor Day “Healthy Planet, Healthy People.”
WONCA Family Doctor Day “Healthy Planet, Healthy People”. a blog by Dr Sean Owens, Co. Louth GP and member of irish Doctors for the Environment. The theme of the 2024 World Family Doctor Day is “Healthy Planet, Healthy People”. This is a call for family doctors to...
Patient Information Videos
This Patient Information video series is a resource to support patients who need advice on women’s health issues and to empower them in advance of visiting their GP so they know what to expect in a consultation. After a consultation, a GP may also share a link to the...
A day in the life of the College President…Dr Eamonn Shanahan
President’s Blog 2023 – 2024 IMO Doolin Memorial Lecture 2023 On 2nd December, I attended two functions. Firstly, I met with colleagues from the IMO for their annual Doolin Memorial Lecture in RCSI. The President of the IMO, Dr John Cannon, who recently graduated...
Menopause Patient Information
This list of resources has been assembled by the ICGP's Director of Women's Health, Dr Nóirín O'Herlihy and the ICGP's GP Clinical Lead in Women's Health, Dr Ciara McCarthy. The 5 short videos below are here to give you some general information about Menopause, what...
What does the most recent IPCC Report on Climate Change mean for Irish General Practice?
by Dr Seán Owens, Chair, Sustainability Working Group of the Irish College of General Practitioners Every 5 years the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body for assessing the science relating to climate change, convene and report on the current...
ICGP welcomes the Earth Day 2021 theme #RestoreOurEarth
We recognise that we cannot have healthy patients, healthy doctors, healthy nurses or healthy GP Trainees when we have an unhealthy planet. In May 2019, Ireland became the second country on the planet to declare a climate emergency. That same month, the ICGP...
President’s Blog: The Joy of General Practice
Over the years it has often been said to me: “I don’t know how you do it - day in day out listening to tales of pain and suffering and complaining; I could not stick it even for one day”. Yes. as GPs there is no doubt we encounter stories of pain and suffering, both...
ICGP supports global effort to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for all
Today is World Health Day (April 7th) and this year’s theme is highly appropriate. In the midst of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s theme is “building a fairer, healthier world”. The theme reflects the #matchmyjab initiative - supported by the ICGP - a...
The President’s Blog
Memorial Service
On 24th January 2024, I attended the Memorial Ceremony in the Unitarian Church on St. Stephen’s Green which followed the Council meeting earlier that morning. The Memorial Ceremony has been running for many years. During Covid, it was virtual, and a legacy of that...
A day in the life of the College President…Dr Eamonn Shanahan
President’s Blog 2023 – 2024 IMO Doolin Memorial Lecture 2023 On 2nd December, I attended two functions. Firstly, I met with colleagues from the IMO for their annual Doolin Memorial Lecture in RCSI. The President of the IMO, Dr John Cannon, who recently graduated...
President’s Blog: The Joy of General Practice
Over the years it has often been said to me: “I don’t know how you do it - day in day out listening to tales of pain and suffering and complaining; I could not stick it even for one day”. Yes. as GPs there is no doubt we encounter stories of pain and suffering, both...
President’s Blog: Natural Leaders – Age 85+
She sat on the edge of the couch, legs not quite reaching the floor. I had just administered the first dose of her COVID-19 vaccine. “Is that it?” she said. “Is that what all the fuss is about?”. Having assured her that she had indeed received her injection, I then...
President’s Blog – Coping with COVID Anxiety and Stress
“But I suggest if you are having these feelings, then tell someone, especially if the pandemic has left you struggling with your head junk for the first time. Starting with a GP. More GPs have saved my life than paramedics, because thankfully the former has put me on...
President’s Blog – Standing Tall in Tough Times
I took this photograph of the Rock of Cashel on a recent walk near my home. The Round Tower on the Rock dates from the 12th Century and as I looked at on it on a beautiful winter’s day, I could not help but ponder on all the history it has seen play out in its time....
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