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Study abroad
From the beginning of the third year students must attend
hospital continuously. In addition, students must undertake
clinical electives in the summers after the third and fourth
medical years. These can be undertaken in a hospital, clinic
or research laboratory at home or abroad. The School of
Medicine currently has elective links with Columbia University
(NY), Georgetown University (Washington DC), University of
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia PA) and Johns Hopkins University
(Maryland) for electives at the end of the fourth medical year.
Students may avail of the opportunity to undertake a one-year
Erasmus exchange at the University of Tours, France.
Assessment
The assessment structure is wide and varied and includes
in-course assessment of practical and clinical skills, as well
as case studies, research projects, formal written and oral
examinations and objective structured clinical examinations.
Intern year
On completion of the medical course a doctor must spend
one year as a resident medical officer/intern at a hospital or
hospitals recognised for the purpose before being eligible for full
registration with the Irish Medical Council. The University does
not assume responsibility for these appointments. To practise in
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, registration with the General
Medical Council in the UK is necessary.
Career opportunities
As a doctor, you will have plenty of options to choose from when
it comes to making a decision about your career. Most people
wait until their year as an intern is complete before committing to
one area over another. Some then enter general practice, while
many more continue their training as a general physician or
surgeon, or in a related specialist field. Alternatively, you might,
as others have done, prefer to work in an area such as hospital
management, or make research your priority by opting for a
career in academic medicine.
Further information
Medical School Office
Trinity College Dublin
Tel: +353 1 896 1075
E-mail:
Midwifery
COURSE
CODES:
PLACES 2012:
POINTS 2011:
DEGREE
AWARDED:
TR913
25
445*
B.Sc. (A.Obs.)
TR914 (Mature)
15
225
Special Entry Requirements:
Leaving Certificate
O/HD3
Mathematics
O/HD3
In one of biology,
physics, chemistry,
physics/chemistry
or agricultural
science
GCSE
Grade C Mathematics
Grade C In one of biology,
physics or
chemistry
Note for mature applicants:
Applications must be received by the CAO by 1 February
of the proposed year of entry. You are not required to
submit a mature-student supplementary application form
to Trinity College. However, you will be invited to attend a
written assessment by the Nursing Careers Centre.
Screening (including a medical) and vaccination will be
organised by the health service provider responsible for
the practice area where you will be on placement.
See page 198 for vaccination requirements with regard to
Hepatitis B, Hepatits C and Tuberculosis.
Garda Vetting:
Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting. See
page 26 for further details.
What is a Midwife and midwifery?
The term ‘midwife’ means ‘with woman’. The concept of
partnership between the woman and the midwife is fundamental
to midwifery practice and is based on mutual trust, support and
collaboration. The midwife uses midwifery skills to provide care
that is individual to each woman and recognises the woman’s
ownership of her birth experience. Care for women experiencing
a physiological pregnancy and birth is the core of practice of
the midwife. The midwife is the key professional providing
continuity of care and promoting choice and control to women in
pregnancy and birth, and to women and their babies following
birth.
