Open Online Courses

Handover Course
This online course aims to support clinicians to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively prepare and participate in clinical handover. The course demonstrates how good communication skills can achieve continuity and safety of patient care during handover. The application of ISBAR3 is examined in a variety of clinical settings using video analysis of everyday handover situations.

Video Consultations
Many healthcare staff are now carrying out consultations using video calls. This is often a type of consultation that staff have not encountered prior to COVID-19 and can be an area of anxiety. Building on the previous course on telephone consultations, this course shows you how to apply the core skills of the Calgory-Cambridge Guide to video consultations provides a structured and patient-centered approach.

Communication Skills for Telephone Consultations
Many healthcare staff are now carrying out consultations on the telephone. This is often a type of consultation that staff have not encountered prior to COVID-19 and can be an area of anxiety. Applying the core skills of the Calgory-Cambridge Guide to telephone consultations provides a structured and patient-centered approach.

Assessment of Unwell Patient (CCrISP – Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient)
We are currently living in unprecedented times. As doctors, nurses and allied healthcare workers, we all want to help our patients while supporting each other to the best of our abilities. The emerging evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic is that, in the absence of any curative option....

Irish Otolaryngology Training Programme RCSI
A series of training videos developed by Ms Mona Thronton brought to you by the Irish Institute of Otorhinolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery in partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland....

Trauma & Orthopaedic Lectures – Mr Keith Synott
Mr Keith Synnot - Trauma & Orthopedic consultant hosts a series of lectures covering a variety of topics through presentation and use of slides....