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AGM 2023
Epidemiological typing of MRSA recovered in Ireland: Thursday 31st August, 1pm
Research Workshop for HSCP’s: Saturday, 16th September 2023
CPD Open Forum Tuesday 15th August 2023 at 1pm. (ZOOM)
National HSCP Office – Programme of Funding Opportunities for HSCPs – NOW
Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine and inappropriate Laboratory Testing July 5th, 2023
The Clinical Innovation Award 2023: Closing date is 28th September 2023
“Artificial intelligence applied to the Clinical Laboratory” June 7, 2023: Free IFCC Webinar
Research Studies Involving Human Participants – What should a participant be informed of before consenting?: Thursday, 15 June, 10:00 – 13:30
ACSLM & PALMSoc present: The Interpretative series inaugural event: Blood gases Friday 23rd June 2023
Envetec Generations – Sustainable treatment of biohazardous laboratory waste: Tuesday 16th may, 1-2pm Webinar
Introduction to Data Analysis in MS Excel: Thursday, 25th May 2023 at 09:30 – 13:30
CPD TRAINING In-Person: Wednesday, 11th May, 09.30-12.00
Full time HSCP Clinical Lead on a Grade for Grade 3 yr. secondment.
ISIMD: Annual Spring Conference ‘Metabolic Networks’ Friday, 28th April 2023, Dublin VIRTUAL/WEBINAR, 14.00-16.30
BioMedica 2023 PUB QUIZ: Monday, 27th March 8pm – The Spencer Hotel
EOI: National Health and Social Care Professions Office Interprofessional Study Day
CPD Open Forum Thursday, 2nd March 2023 at 1pm.
Biomedica 2023: 27th & 28th March
Laboratory Managers and Chief Medical Scientists Event: Thursday, 9th February 2023
Transforming Placement Portfolios at ATU Wednesday, 25th January 2023
Scientific Writing Tuesday, 24th January, 6.30 – 8.30pm.
Introduction to Data Analysis in MS Excel: Friday, 20 January, 09:30 – 13:30
Transition in Progress to Professionalism (TIPToP): Thursday 12th January in MTU (7pm to 9.30pm
CPD Open Forum: Thursday, 2nd March 2023 at 1pm.
Sleep Deprivation: How It Impacts on YOU! – Wednesday, 14th December 2022
Statistics and Data Analysis – An Information Session
Statistics and Data Analysis Information Session: 8th December 2022, 1pm. Zoom
BSc Graduate Projects: Webinar Tuesday 29th November 2022 at 1pm
Nicola Blake – Wins Silver at the EPBS2022
MSc in Digital Health Transformation: Scholarship application ends on Monday 14th November 2022
Principles and applications of Next Generation Sequencing: Friday 11 November 2022 at 12.00 – 13.30 pm (GMT)
Masters of Science Atlantic Technological University, Galway
Clinical and Operational Aspects of Measuring Hemoglobin A1c by Capillary Electrophoresis: 9th November
EFLM: E-LEARNING a selection of interactive, web-based, educational resources
Recording of 2nd Genetics and Genomics National Strategy Information Seminar and Forum for Healthcare Professionals: September 2022
HAI: Annual Conference Friday 14th and Saturday 15th October 2022
ISCM Autumn Meeting: Friday 21st October 2022
Calendar of IFCC Congresses/Conferences and Regional Federation’s Congresses 2022
Ireland’s National Strategy for Genetics and Genomics: 6th September 2022
An introduction to Reflective Practice (3 part series): Part 1 starts on Tuesday, 20th September at 1pm.
HAI Update: Novartis Fellowship Awards 2022
Patient Centricity in Irish Healthcare: How to Make it Work? Thursday 15th September 2022
AGM – Saturday, 1st October 2022, 11:00 – 13:00.
44th Annual Conference of the ACBI: 14th & 15th October 2022
Calculated Risks – Increasing use of good organs for transplantation – Tuesday 23rd August 2022 @1pm
Genomic profiling from initial assessment to detection of measurable residual disease (MRD): how NGS can rapidly deliver key insights for myeloid neoplasms. July 27, 2022 08:00 AM US/Pacific
CPD Modules in Medical Science: Atlantic Technological University
Enterprise Ireland and Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI): Clinical Innovation Award 2022
Haematology Association of Ireland Annual conference: Abstract Submission by 31st August 2022
Seminar: Mindful Resilience during Challenging Times By Teresa O’Brien. Saturday, 11th June, 10 – 11.30am.
ACSLM – Haematology Advisory Body and the Blood Academy: Closing Date 14th June
Medical Scientists Receive Huge Support – Dáil Éireann Debate/Strike Action
Adaptive Learning for Laboratory Medicine
BlooDHIT Conference 2022: 10 – 11 November 2022
European Organisation for the Treatment of Trophoblastic Disease 2022: 13th – 14th May.
HSCP Day 2022 Web resources – 27th April
President’s Prize 2022
INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL STRESS MANAGEMENT FOR MEDICAL SCIENTISTS – Tuesday 17th May at 1pm.
HAI Nursing & AHP Spring Study Day on Friday 13th May 2022
Leadership in Laboratory Medicine – Tuesday 26th April 1pm.
BIOMEDICA 2022 – Programme and Registration
Haematology Diagnostics and Digital Morphology Course – 26th March
Inborn Metabolic Disorders and the Brain – Friday, 8th April 2022
Free Webinar: STUDENT WELL-BEING EVENT DEALING WITH PRESSURE 9TH MARCH 7-8PM
1st European Society of Human Genetics Course on: Precision Medicine: A Focus on Clinical Utility
SPEC2022 – 12th International Conference on Clinical Spectroscopy 19 – 23rd June 2022
Webinar: “Paediatric HSCT – What Blood Group?” Tuesday 8th March 1pm.
Free Webinar: Future Trends in Medical Laboratories – Friday, 11th March
Webinar: Introduction to Coaching and how it can help unlock potential. Tuesday, 22nd March, 1pm.
Mindfulness, Resilience and Emotional Mastery – By Teresa O’Brien: Saturday, 5th March, 10 – 11.30am. (Zoom Webinar)
HSE Spark Ignite 2022 competition on Monday, 14th February 2022.
8th Annual BONE STUDY DAY DRAFT PROGRAMME – Friday 11th March 2022
ACB Republic of Ireland Regional Scientific Meeting (Virtual) – Friday 4th March 2022
“Impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants and mutations on COVID-19 diagnostics” – IFCC complimentary Webinar. 16th Feb. 2022
Call for Abstracts for the Winter 2022 edition of the National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 Status update – Preparation for commencement ADM Implementation Steering Group January 2022
WEBINAR: “The Role of Advocacy Services: Supporting Open Disclosure” – Wednesday 9th February, 11am.
WEBINAR: Transforming Pathology through Innovation and Panel Discussion
Building the in-patient Major Trauma Services – Webinar Sat. 19th Feb. 2022
International Congress on Quality in Laboratory Medicine – Postponed to 20-21st. of April
“The Knowledge, Prevalence, and Perception of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among the Third-level Student Population in Cork, Ireland.” – Tuesday, 8th February 2022, 1pm.
Lessons Learned from the Pandemic – IFBLS
Spotlight on Long COVID – Thursday 20 January 2022
National Open Disclosure Programme Newsletter December 2021
The Spark Innovation Programme – Opens 14th December 2021
ACSLM: The President’s Prize 2021 – Thursday, 9th December 2021, 13:00 – 15:00.
Confirmed Circulation of SARS-COV-2 in Irish Blood Donors Prior to First National Notification of Infection. Tues 7th December 1pm.
Sláintecare: “Patient impact of the Sláintecare Integration Fund projects” Thursday, 9th December 3.30-5pm.
CPD Open Forum – Tuesday, 8th November 2022 at 1pm.
COVID-19 – Lessons Learned and Future Planning
CPD Modules in Medical Science Atlantic Technological University, ATU Galway City
Spotlight on antimicrobial resistance: A slow pandemic from the Royal Society of Medicine
WORLD COPD DAY 2021 – 17th November 2021
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (AMRIC) Webinar for Acute Hospitals 19th November 2021
LabCon 2021 – 9th and 10th November | Online
The Paperless Transfusion Laboratory
“Ethical dilemmas in laboratory medicine during pandemic” – 20th October 2021,
Scientific Writing Workshop Webinar – Parts 1 & 2
SNOMED CT Foundation Course (Online) and Webinar Series
Sláintecare: The 13th Right Care Right Place Right Time Webinar, on Thursday 21st October from 3.30pm to 5pm.
MSc. in Digital Health Transformation 2021
COVID-19 research completed by Early Career Medical Scientists – Webinar Tuesday, 15th February 2022 at 1pm.
“Making Difficult Conversations Easier” – Wednesday 13th October at 11.00am
Medical Scientist Skills Review Working Group Report – April 2021
“ Recent advances in understanding and managing SEPSIS”
HIQA’s report on Antigen Testing
Haematology Association of Ireland: Annual Conference on Thursday 30 September and Friday 1st October 2021
Pamela Uba – Miss Ireland & Medical Scientist
ACSLM – The Clot Thickens; cancer-coagulation crosstalk contributes to metastasis. Tues 21st September 1pm.
ACSLM – Graduate Project Webinar. Tues 14th September 1pm.
EFLM – Clinical Chemisrty and Laboratory Medicine – August 2021
ISCM Autumn Meeting – Friday 15th October 2021 -Online via Zoom and / or Radisson Hotel, Cork
Spark Innovation Programme Opens August 16th 2021
ACADEMY PILOT MENTORING PROGRAMME EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – Closes 27th August 2021
The 4 th Annual P.A.L.M. Study Day A multidisciplinary event in Pre/Post analytics in Laboratory Medicine 15 th October 2021
Guidelines for safe and effective near-patient testing (NPT) – 2021 Update
ACSLM – MENTORING
AGM – 18th September 2021
IEQAS – Annual Participants’ Conference 7th October 2021
Haematology Association of Ireland (HAI): Abstract Submission deadline: Extended until Monday 16 August 2021
A Strategic Guidance Framework for Health & Social Care Professions 2021-2026
CPD Open Forum – 4. Thursday 21st October 2021 at 1pm.
Microbiology – Narrative Reporting
Serious Hazards of Transfusion – Resources
Blood-Academy
LabCon 2021
ACSLM – Case Study Competition
Webinar: Integrated Care for Older People: Moving from Design to Scale up on 29th April 2021 at 1-2.30pm
Webinar: Case Studies – Tuberculosis. Wednesday, 28th April 2021 / 1-2pm
International Biomedical Laboratory Science Day – April 15th 2021
16th Annual Advances in Haematology Meeting – NOVARTIS
Strategic Management Workshop for Laboratory Managers and Chiefs (members only) – Friday, 16th April, 10.30-4pm.
European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) 9-12th July 2021
WEBINAR: ‘Does this range make me normal?’ – Verification of Reference Interval’s. Thursday 22nd April, 1pm.
UCC Biomedical Science Society – Covid Conference February 2021
Online events and training opportunities for HSE staff
Haematology Morphology Workshop (online) – Saturday, 17th April, 10-1pm.
International Diary of transfusion related events from ISBT
Join Prof Mary Horgan in conversation with Dr Anthony S Fauci – RCPI
ACSLM Events/Information – Where is it?
How to access the ACSLM webinar video repository
Sláintecare Webinar 25th March.
CPD Resources
PALM Study Day COVID Special
Biosafety Awareness Webinar
BIOMEDICA 2020
Medical Science: 2020 VISION WEBINAR VIDEOS 25/26th May
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News and general information
Wellbeing & Wellness – At Work / At Home
Infection Control
Useful Websites
COVID-19 Resource Pages
Laboratory
COVID-19 RESOURCES Content
Guidance
Covid-19 Documents and research articles
Covid-19 Resource Page for Medical Scientists
e-Learning Opportunity – European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
ANNOUNCING! LIVE EDUCATIONAL SERIES IN Cytopathology & Cytotechnology
Launch of critical ranges RCPI
European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and laboratory Medicine
Sepsis Management – National Clinical Guideline No. 6 (2020 update)
The Patient Safety Strategy 2019 -2024
National Clinical Effectiveness Committee – Declarations of Interest Form
your views on the draft National Clinical Guideline No. 1 National Early Warning System (NEWS) (2020)
CPD Christmas Challenge 2019
The Irish Healthcare Awards 2019
CPD of the month: October 2019
International Infection Prevention Week
Summary of Academy media for Cervical Screening Controversy
Sláintecare Report – Committee on the Future of Healthcare
Clinician Scientist Postdoctoral Fellowships (CSF) 2020
Review of Cervical Cytology Screening Service Developments 2000 – 2019
Calling 2019 Medical Science graduates
Academy Statement on the MacCraith Rapid Review Report
MedTech Europe submission to ECHA
HSCP Online Workshop
ACSLM – Calls for the repatriation of all laboratory services for CervicalCheck
Summary of Academy media for Cervical Screening Controversy
The Cross Judgement “Absolute Confidence”
Programme Managers are being sought
Programme Managers are being sought for a number of clinical programmes
HAI Online Abstract Submission Now Open
Call for Abstracts – NIHS Research Bulletin, Spring 2020.
Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Health & Social Care Professions Effective Representation Tool Kit
HSCP Leadership Education and Development Prospectus
Health Services Change Guide
Presentation on Coru – Presented by Ginny Hanrahan CEO
A Public Lecture on Malaria
CORU Registration for Medical Scientists
Academy AGM 2019
Correspondence received from CORU September 2018
Medical Scientists Registration Board Public Consultation on Draft Bye-Laws 2018
Converse Summer Crossword 2018
National Institute of Health Sciences Call for Abstracts
Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee
The Academy calls for immediate publication of cervical smear audit
Do Laboratory Investigations and Services Add Value?
Coru moving to Smithfield
BioMedica Programme 2018
Public Consultation on the Draft national Infection prevention…
WHO Newsletter
National Health Service Excellence Awards
Academy Updates
ISQua 2018 – Join us in Kuala Lumpur!
HSE Excellence Awards
Medical Science – What’s it all about?
National Laboratory Handbook Vol. 2 Consultation Process
HSE Open Access Research Awards 2017
Oireachtas Report on the Future of Health
National Laboratory Handbook Consultation – Updates
HPRA Step by step guide – when to report an incident
Academy Conference Bursary Awards Competition now open for applications
Labcon 2017 – Haematology/Transfusion/Transplantation Short Oral Sessions
Labcon 2017 – Immunology Short Oral Sessions
Labcon 2017 – Medical Microbiology Short Oral Sessions
Labcon 2017 – Virology Sessions
Labcon 2017 – President’s Prize Sessions
Labcon 2017 – Clinical Chemistry Sessions
Labcon 2017 – Haematology/Blood Transfusion/Transplantation Sessions
Labcon 2017 – Immunology Sessions
Labcon 2017 – Medical Microbiology Sessions
Labcon 2017 – Plenary Sessions
Labcon 2017 – Clinical Chemistry Short Oral Sessions
Haematology Advisory Body Annual Report 2016
Appointment of Medical Scientists Board for State Registration
CORU Launches Five Year Strategy to Deliver Sustainable Model of Regulation
Haematology Advisory Body News
Haematology Education Resources, Research and CPD
Congratulations PanCeltic Winners 2016
HSCP Research Conference 2016 – Submission by Dympna Looby
CPD Scientific Education Development
Coru: Council and Registration Boards Updates
National Laboratory Handbook: Vol 1; May 2016
Internal Quality Control Survey – Results and Recommendations
BCSH Guidelines – Blood Transfusion Updated
Haematology Advisory Body News Update
CLP Statement – 15th July 2016
Parasitology Workshop – Cork Institute of Technology
Journal Club Activities – How to gain points
BioMedica 2016 – Clinical Chemistry Presentation
BioMedica 2016 – Molecular Diagnostics and Expanding Medical Research Presentations
BioMedica 2016 – Molecular Diagnostics and Expanding Medical Research Presentations
BioMedica 2016 – President’s Prize Competition – Presentations
BioMedica 2016 – President’s Prize Competition – Presentations
BioMedica 2016 – Transfusion and Transplantation Presentations
CPD Journal Club Information – How to?
Joint CPD Event – Presentations
IFBLS NEWSLETTER 2016
Career in Medical Science
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
EPBS Conference – Dublin
Privacy Notice
Summary of Academy media for Cervical Screening Controversy