Supporting the next generation of surgeons should be a priority for the surgical community in Ireland, according to RCSI President Deborah McNamara, who spoke at the annual Millin Meeting hosted by RCSI.
This year’s meeting saw the launch of a new pan-specialty peer support community for surgeons completing training, on fellowship or who have recently started practice as a consultant surgeons.
The RCSI Early Career Surgical Network will offer support, advice and networking opportunities to surgeons who are completing training, on international fellowship and in the early years of consultant practice in surgery.
Professor Deborah McNamara, President, RCSI, welcomed the establishment of this new network:
“The training and support of surgeons is central to our mission at RCSI. It is also fundamental to ensure that Irish patients have access to surgery of the highest standard. The transition to independent practice is a signigicant milestone in a surgeon’s career and the practical, and often non-clinical, changes that come with independent consultant practice require navigation.”
The RCSI Early Career Surgical Network will create a peer network of early career surgeons to share successes and challenges, and to help us target additional support at this vital career stage,”
For further information, please e-mail ecsn@rcsi.ie