This webinar, jointly organised by the Faculty of Public Health Medicine and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, will look at key issues of concern: COVID-19, non-COVID and IT Security.
About this event
Key issues of concern: COVID-19, non-COVID and IT Security will be broadcast live as a webinar at 5:00pm on 23 June 2021.
Speaking at this event will be:
These talks will be followed by a live question and answer session.
There are limited places available for the live webinar. If you are unable to book a place, you will be able to watch videos of all of the talks on Panopto, our video sharing platform.
First, you must book your place at the webinar on this web page. On the day, you must sign into our virtual learning environment RCPI Brightspace.
On the day of the event, the steps are:
Note, the webinar will only become available to watch at 5:00pm on the day, but we recommend logging in ten minutes ahead of time.
To join this webinar on Zoom you will need a computer (Windows or Apple) or mobile device with internet access and speakers.
If you're joining the webinar on a computer you can use the Zoom desktop website. You do not need to download the Zoom app - if you see a pop up message about the app, you can dismiss this.
The Zoom website functions best on Google Chrome.
When you click on the link for "Join the Live Webinar" you will see a message asking you to open Zoom. Click on “Open Zoom”.
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If you're watching the webinar on a mobile device you will need to download the Zoom app. To save time on the day, we recommend downloading the app in advance:
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When you open the Zoom app click on “Join a Meeting”. You will need to enter the meeting ID number. The ID number for this week's event will be sent to you via email beforehand.
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If you have any questions for our panel please email them to courses@rcpi.ie and we will endeavour to have these answered as part of the event. Alternatively, you can submit questions via Twitter @RCPI_news.
We are now using Zoom to broadcast our live webinars. When you open Zoom to watch the live webinar you will be able to submit questions to the panel during the event.
To submit questions to the panel:
It may not be possible to answer all questions we receive.
Dr Cillian De Gascun
Cillian De Gascun is a consultant medical virologist who graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1998. He undertook his basic medical training in Dublin and Brisbane, returning to Dublin in 2002, and completed his specialist virology training in the National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL) at University College Dublin (UCD) and Bart’s & The London NHS Foundation Trust in London.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (FRCPI), a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in the UK (FRCPath) in Virology, and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pathology of the RCPI. His MD was awarded in 2011 by UCD for work carried out in the NVRL under the supervision of Professors William Hall and Colm Bergin. The primary focus of the MD was to describe the molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in Ireland, but the work also documented the prevalence of antiretroviral transmitted drug resistance in Ireland over a five-year period (2004 – 2008).
Following two years spent as a consultant virologist with Surrey Pathology Services in the UK, Cillian was appointed Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory and returned to Ireland permanently in 2013. His main research interests continue to be in the area of the molecular epidemiology of viruses, antiviral resistance, vaccine-preventable infections, and the utilisation of these data to inform national health policy.
In January 2020, Cillian was asked to Chair the SARS-CoV-2 Expert Advisory Group, a subgroup of the National Public Health Emergency Team.
Dr Siobhan O'Sullivan
TBC
Dr Fiona Kevitt
Dr Fiona Kevitt is a Consultant and Accredited Specialist in Occupational Medicine, currently working in the HSE, based in Dr Steevens Hospital. Following completion of her Higher Specialist Training in Occupational Medicine in 2014, Dr Kevitt worked as a Consultant in the private sector before taking up her post with the HSE in 2017.
Since the early stages of the Coronavirus pandemic, Dr Kevitt has been a member of the HSE Occupational Medicine Clinical Advisory Group, which has been responsible for the drafting of COVID 19 Occupational Health guidance for the healthcare setting, as well as advising on other areas of Occupational Health relating to the health service.
In October 2020, following emerging evidence in relation to COVID19 and pregnancy, Dr Kevitt was tasked with drafting guidance for pregnant healthcare workers and their fitness for work in the context of COVID 19. The following presentation will discuss the evolution of this guidance, the reasoning and evidence behind it, and how it is working in practice.
Prof Colin O'Gara
Prof Colin O'Gara is a Consultant Psychiatrist with 20 years' experience working in clinical psychiatry, mainly in the area of addiction medicine. Since 2007, Prof O'Gara is Head of Addiction Services at Saint John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Dublin.
He is the author of a new book entitled, 'Gambling Addiction in Ireland; Causes, Consequences and Recovery' with Veritas publishers. This book has been written for a general audience and aims to help patients and families struggling with gambling addiction.
Mr Michael Hughes
Michael Hughes is an experienced technologist specialising in educational and the healthcare industry. He joined RCPI in 2018 having begun his career developing software for the banking sector. Prior to joining RCPI, Michael worked in Trinity College Dublin for 15 years across all levels of the university leading many change initiatives. Michael is delighted to be leading out from a technology perspective on the next chapters for RCPI, as it strives to be a globally active, forward thinking, dynamic organisation.
