Tullamore Hospital host GP Study Evening
Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore (MRHT) held its inaugural GP Study Day in the Education and Research Centre in the hospital on September 17th. The event was a great success with over 40 GP’s attending from Offaly and Laois. The Study Day was chaired Dr Joanna McGlynn, Medical Clinical Director and Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, MRHT.
The Study Day provides a time for GPs and hospital colleagues to meet in person and discuss and learn about relevant topics of interest such as care of older persons, emergency medicine, surgery, haematology and palliative care. It also provides an opportunities for the health professionals to share information on the referral pathways into the hospital and provides a forum to engage and learn around common GP scenarios across the various specialities.
Speaking about the event, Joanna McGlynn, Medical Clinical Director and Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine said, “We are delighted to see such a large turnout of GP’s to our inaugural event. Events such as this evening provide an excellent opportunity for informal interaction between primary care practitioners and hospital-based specialists.”
Shirley Keyes, Operations Manager, MRHT said, “The GP Study Day is an important opportunity for the hospital to engage with our GP colleagues. We intend to make this a quarterly event and look forward to continuing our work for the benefit of patient care as we strive, in collaboration with our GP facilitators, to optimise the educational value of sessions like this.”
Organisers of the event from the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore would like to thank all those who attended and facilitated, on the day.
Caption:
Image 1: Back Row L-R Featured at the GP Study Evening are MRHT Consultants and presenters, Dr Gerard Crotty, Consultant Haematologist, Dr Michael Cushen, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Mr Yasir Bashir , Consultant Surgeon, Front Row L-R Dr Carla Hopper, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Dr Anna Moore, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Dr Joanna McGlynn, Medical Clinical Director and Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, Dr Teresa Donnelly, Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine
Image 2: Over 40 GP’s attended the event including Dr. Muireann Leonard, GP, Shirley Keyes, Operations Manager, MRHT, Dr Michael Cushen, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Dr. Sohail Rasool, Irish Prison Service, Catriona Mc Donald, General Manager, MRHT, Dr Joanna McGlynn, Medical Clinical Director and Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, MRHT.
