RCSI Safe and Sound Podcast

RCSI is delighted to announce that Episode 9 of our RCSI Safe and Sound Podcast featuring Professor Mike Fray, Professor of Ergonomics and Assisted Performance, Loughborough University is  OUT NOW .  RCSI's latest podcast episode was hosted by Mr Fardod O’Kelly, RCSI Safe & Sound Podcast Host and Senior Lecturer in Surgical Education.

Originally from Galway, Dr. Brian was a Maths and Chemistry teacher before returning to the University of Limerick to study Medicine. He graduated with honours in 2011 and went on to complete his General Medical training in University Hospital Galway. ​He completed his GP training on the Western GP training scheme and has a special interest medical education. Dr. Brian teaches undergraduate medica...

Episode 7 Out Now – RCSI Safe and Sound - Liam Chadwick PhD RCSI is delighted to announce that Episode 7 of our RCSI Safe and Sound Podcast featuring Liam Chadwick PhD, Senior Lecturer, RCSI & Chief Engineer/CTO, 1Unit is OUT NOW. RCSI's latest podcast episode was hosted by Mr Fardod O’Kelly, RCSI Safe & Sound Podcast Host and Senior Lecturer in Surgical Education. Available on Spotify...

Season 3, Episode 6 Out Now - Dr Jessica Ryan - Best Practice in Surgical Handover RCSI is delighted to announce that Episode 6 of our Safe and Sound podcast is  OUT NOW  featuring Dr Jessica Ryan PhD Candidate RCSI, General Surgery HST, SH-CORE Study Coordinator. With a high number of listeners from across different countries and specialties, Season 3 will again provide a spotlight on key pillars...

RCSI Charter Meeting Bonus Episode RCSI is delighted to announce that Episode 5, featuring Mr David Moore. RCSI Council Member, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Tallaght University Hospital and Blackrock Clinic Dublin, of our Safe and Sound podcast is  OUT NOW . With a high number of listeners from across different countries and specialties, Se...

Dr. Sudipto Das completed a Bachelor’s in Technology (B.Tech) - Biotechnology (honours) from Rai Foundation Colleges, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Mumbai, India in 2007, followed by a M.Res – Biomedical Sciences, University of Glasgow, U.K in 2008. Subsequently, Dr. Das obtained his PhD in cancer genetics under the supervision of Prof. Raymond Stallings in 2012. He has also spen...

Dr. Suzanne Crowe studied in TCD and graduated in Medicine in 1995. She spent the summer of 1994 as a medical student working as a researcher with the Department of Surgery in the Meath Hospital, and following entry into postgraduate training with the College of Anaesthetists in Ireland, she continued her research and writing interests. After completion of specialist training in Anaesthesia and In...

Niall qualified as a doctor from Trinity College, Dublin in 1993. He trained as a surgeon in Belfast and received his FRCSI in 1997. He was a trainee in cardio-thoracic surgery working as an SHO in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast before returning to Dublin where he worked as a registrar in the National Cardiac Surgery Unit in the Mater Hospital and Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. He...

Prof Dara Byrne leads the development, and implementation, of simulation activities for education and training within the undergraduate and postgraduate medical curricula. Dara’s work showcases the potential for simulation to support quality improvement, protocol and process development, medical device testing, healthcare innovation, and high quality research. Prof Byrne holds an advanced certific...

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Stephen McMahon, Irish Patients’ Association - RCSI Safe and Sound Podcast

Dr Sorcha O'Meara graduated from UCD in 2015 and quickly decided to pursue a career in Urology. Dr O'Meara is currently a specialist registrar in urology and is currently completing a PhD. Dr O'Meara has a keen interest human factors and the non-surgical skills surgeons need to succeed. Dr O'Meara lives in Dublin with her husband, son and dog and when Sorcha is not in work she enjo...

Dr Felipe Contepomi, RCSI Alumni, is an Argentine professional rugby coach who is currently the head coach of the Argentine national side. Contepomi was a rugby union footballer who played fly-half or centre; his last club was Club Newman, in the first division of the URBA championship, before signing with professional teams in Europe such as Leinster. He was a key player for Argentina, having pla...

Dr Claire Ashley, a burnout survivor and educator, is a GP with a degree in neuroscience and a postgraduate qualification in public health. As an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur, Doctors in Distress Ambassador, and WHO Fides Influencer, she offers valuable insights on how to effectively manage stress whilst creating a successful career. Dr Ashley helps individuals combat burnout and businesses build thr...

Since 2016 Collette has held the position of  Executive Director for the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA). Prior to this, Collette was an Operations Manager for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), working on a programme of work in the Middle East. Collette worked for over 20 years as an accountant and management consultant, where she was responsible for change programmes acros...

Dr. Aimee Gardner is the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Director of the Academy of Medical Educators at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Her work has resulted in over 120 manuscripts and earned her Best Research Paper Awards from the Academy of Management, the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), and twice from the Association for Surgical Education. Dr. Ga...

Helen has been supporting quality improvement within the health and care system for nearly 30 years. She has led and facilitated many nationwide initiatives to improve care, including in cancer services, urgent and emergency care, services for people living with dementia and care in the community. Helen has demonstrated a constancy of purpose and resilience to stay within the system over the years...

Dr. Carrie Cunningham  is an associateprofessor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Section head of the Massachusetts General Hospital Endocrine Surgery Unit and a senior scientist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technology Assessment. She is the Association of Endocrine Surgeons research committee chair and executive council member and the President-elect of the Association...

Dr. Dale Whelehan is a behaviour scientist with a diverse range of experience comprising human capital, culture, change management, workforce experience, performance consulting, organisational behaviour, and representation and rights. Having originally trained as a physiotherapist, Dale completed a PhD exploring the impact of fatigue and sleep deprivation in healthcare workers, particularly surgeo...

Professor Oscar Traynor, Director of International Surgical Training Programmes, RCSI Professor Traynor graduated from University College Dublin School of Medicine in 1974 and completed his basic and senior surgical training with RCSI. He received numerous honours as a student and trainee including the O'Farrell Gold Medal for Surgery, the McArdle Prize for Clinical Surgery and a Fogarty Found...

RCSI is pleased to announce that our Safe and Sound podcast season finale “Hard to stomach: Alan O'Gorman tells his story as a patient who experienced a surgical never event” is now available to listen to on  Spotify and Apple podcasts . 

Senator David Norris is an Irish scholar, independent Senator, and gay and civil rights activist. Born in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, David Norris is a former Trinity College lecturer and member of the Oireachtas. He has served in Seanad Éireann since 1987 and is the first openly gay person to be elected to a public office in Ireland. He is an expert on James Joyce and is as...

Dara O’Keeffe is the Simulation Lead in Postgraduate Surgical Education and Training at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She trained in surgery in Ireland for eight years before entering the field of medical education in 2006. At RCSI she designed and implemented national assessments in technical and non-technical skills, before moving to Boston in 2010. There she held the position of Ass...

Prof Ian Robertson is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin (1999–2016) and was the founding Director of Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, as well as Dean of Research of Trinity College, from 2004–2007. Ian is Founding Director of GBHI at Trinity.   Ian studied and trained at Glasgow University and the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London. Currently Emeritus...

Dr Chris Turner is consultant in emergency medicine at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire. He is interested in governance and highly performing teams, and this has led him on a journey from being blame and process focused to something completely different, Civility Saves Lives, a campaign that aims to raise awareness of the impact of behaviour on performance. Over the last few years...

Professor Steven Yule is Chair of Behavioural Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, and leader of the Edinburgh Surgical Sabermetrics Group. He is also Programme Director of the MSc in Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors within Edinburgh Surgery Online, and Director of Non-Technical Skills at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Professor Yule is an academic psychologist and human...