Education
Evaluation of EASC Trainee Course RCSI Dublin 2026
The EASC Trainee Course last week on Friday Jan23rd (Dublin, RCSI) was evaluated extremely positively by participants (n=39), with 97% rating the course as extremely or very valuable and 100% rating both the case scenarios and individual lectures as excellent or good.
40th Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course
Welcome to the 40th Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course. This course builds on previous EASC curriculum and brings together a dynamic international and national faculty who are at frontline of Emergency Surgery.
The 9th advanced Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (aEASC)
The 9th advanced Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (aEASC) was held for the first time in Turkey on Wednesday 22nd October attended by over a hundred Surgeons (and some residents) as part of the 12th World Society Emergency Surgery World Congress, organised by WSES and Professor Mehmet Eryilmaz.
EASC Course Builds On & Expands Around the World
EASC Course builds on and expands around the world.
Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course goes virtual
DCRA based at Letterkenny University Hospital is proud to share the successful outcomes of three Emergency Abdominal Surgery courses with you.
sEASC wins Education and Training Award
The Donegal Clinical Research Academy won the ‘Education and Training Award’ for their Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course for students at the recent Saolta Staff Recognition Awards.
Student Emergency Abdominal Surgery course (sEASC) short-listed for Saolta Awards Ceremony 2019
Student Emergency Abdominal Surgery course (sEASC) short-listed for Saolta Awards Ceremony 2019
27th Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (EASC)
Krakow in Poland was the location of the 27th Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course. The first was held in Letterkenny Donegal Ireland in May 2012.
Letterkenny University Hospital – DCRA well represented at renowned national surgical meeting
Eoin Donnellan, Caroline McIntyre, Deirdre Foley and Afiq Anwar Samhari spent 8 weeks in the summer of 2018 carrying out meta-analyses on the use of intra-operative cholangiography,
sEASC held for the first time at Trinity College / St James’ Hospital Dublin
The renowned student Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (sEASC) was held for the first time at Trinity College / St James’ Hospital Dublin on 23rd February 2019 and was proclaimed an overwhelming success by its numerous medical student participants.
The 10th medical Student EASC course
The 10th medical Student EASC course, held in Cork on January 19th, was a huge hit with the 130 students who attended. They loved the format and content.
Donegal Surgery Summit 2017
Mr Michael Sugrue Surgeon and representative of the Donegal Clinical Research Academy’s organising committee for Summit held in 2016 was delighted that the proceeding for the World Summit on Resourcing Optimal Emergency Surgery Care were published in the World Journal of Emergency Surgery this week.
Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (EASC) goes from strength to strength
Since July 2016 when the Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (EASC) was held locally in Lough Eske Castle Co Donegal, delivery has taken place in a number of countries worldwide including Sri Lanka, Brazil and Madeira.
The medical school at Letterkenny University Hospital
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Critical Surgical Abdomen Conference July 22-26th 2016
World leaders in Emergency Surgery will meet in Dublin and Donegal on July 22nd to July 26th to describe new advances in the management of Emergency Surgery in patients with critical abdominal infections.
10th EASC Course taking place in the RCSI on April 1st, 2016
10th EASC Course taking place in the RCSI on April 1st, 2016
Saolta CEO Awards
The Breast Team at Letterkenny University Hospital and Donegal Clinical Research Academy attended the Saolta CEO Awards on 13th November 2015 in Sligo. Their Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Course was a finalist in the Education and Training category. Pictured left to...
DCRA Continues its International Education Program
DCRA continues its international education program with Leaders in Surgery from Iberian peninsula and South America when it runs its third Portuguese Surgery Course in Coimbra Portugal this November Mr Sugrue says it is a great honour that this course, developed in...
Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Course Took Place Friday July 31st, 2015
Breast Centre North West and Donegal Clinical Research Academy organised an international Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary course at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin on Friday 31st July 2015. This course is unique in that it brings together all the disciplines...
Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Course
Donegal Clinical Research Academy is proud to work with the Breast Centre North West in delivering and supporting the development of the Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Course on July 31st in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin. Four international world...
Donegal Clinical Research Academy leads the way in Emergency Surgery Education
Donegal Clinical Research Academy hosted another successful course on Emergency Surgery at The Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin on the April 10th 2015. 60 delegates from Ireland and overseas attended this one day course; the International faculty were from...
DCRA Receive Two National Awards For Medical Education
EMERGENCY ABDOMINAL SURGERY COURSE RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION Recently the Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course (EASC) was awarded two significant peer judged regional and national awards for medical education.The course developed in Letterkenny Hospital under the...
Sixth Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course
SIXTH EASC TAKES PLACE ON THE 10TH APRIL, 2015 Welcome to the Sixth Emergency AbdominalSurgery Course. The first was held in LetterkennyDonegal in May 2012 and the most recent inCoimbra Portugal and Torreveija Spain. Thiscourse builds on its success and is...
EASC Agenda
THE EASC TAKES PLACE ON THE 10TH APRIL, 2015 Emergency Abdominal Surgery CourseAfternoon 13.15 Management Upper GI BleedApril 10th 2015 Dublin Ireland F Catena08.00 Welcome Michael Sugrue13.35 Case Scenario8.05 What's good and Bad in EmergencySurgeryMichael...
Inaugural Breast Cancer Course
BREAST CANCER MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSE Course Goals August 15th 2014 Understanding the principles of multidisciplinary breast cancer treatment is crucial to providing optimal breast care. This practical course consisting of lectures and interactive sessions will make...