In today?s world, medicine and the practice of healthcare are constantly evolving as new knowledge and therapies emerge to maintain and restore health through the prevention and treatment of illness. Each day brings a new patient with new challenges.
Medicine: The course for you?
The medical programme at Trinity is a challenging but highly rewarding experience. A student wishing to study medicine requires an enquiring mind, the capacity to acquire and maintain high levels of knowledge, the ability to develop effective communication skills in order to respond to the health needs of individuals, families and communities and an interest in improving healthcare at all levels.
The major characteristics of medicine at Trinity are:
- Integration of scientific and clinical material and delivery in context
- Clinical contact from the first year of the programme
- Research module in second year
- Continuous review and revision of the assessment programme to ensure alignment with the stated outcomes and course content
- Recognition of the patient as an active partner
- Prioritisation of personal and professional development
- Excellent library facilities on the Trinity campus and on both of the major teaching hospital sites.
Graduate skills and career opportunities
As a doctor, you will have plenty of options to choose from when it comes to making a decision about your career. In Ireland, many graduates 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.
