One in three trainee doctors report bullying
The first national survey of trainee doctors has found most are happy with their training, but in one-in-three has suffered bullying. The ’Your Training Counts’ report was commissioned by the Medical...
View Article9 out of 10 Irish Medical Students Consider Leaving Ireland when they Qualify...
(Source: National University of Ireland, Galway) Pishoy Gouda, a final year medical student at NUI Galway, was the principal investigator of this study. Photo by Aengus McMahon. Repro free. Report on...
View ArticleEmigration of educated people a ‘brain drain’ - study
Ireland is experiencing a “brain drain”, as the people currently leaving Ireland for a new life abroad are much more likely to have a higher level of education than the general population, a major...
View ArticleEducated Irish leaving for new life abroad
Ireland is experiencing a “brain drain”, as the people currently leaving Ireland for a new life abroad are much more likely to have a higher level of education than the general population, a major...
View ArticleOne in six Irish-born people now live abroad
More than one in six Irish-born people are now living abroad, the highest share of any country in the OECD. New analysis from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows 17.5 per...
View ArticleSurvey shows rise in number of young doctors emigrating
Emigration among younger doctors increased sharply last year, according to a Medical Council report. The finding of a 23 per cent increase in the “exit rate” among younger graduates of Irish medical...
View ArticleWarning that free GP care will increase waits for most patients
Most patients will have to wait days to see their doctor if free GP care for under-sixes is introduced, a new survey among general practitioners indicates. Only half of the doctors surveyed say they...
View ArticleTraining posts closed to many foreign doctors working here
Ireland’s reliance on international medical graduates is among the highest of the OECD countries: 34 per cent of doctors working in Ireland were trained overseas. Many of these foreign doctors are...
View ArticleSurvey shows one-in-four young doctors emigrating
Emigration among younger doctors increased sharply last year, according to a Medical Council report. The finding of a 23 per cent increase in the “exit rate” among younger graduates of Irish medical...
View ArticleSurvey shows one-in-five young doctors emigrating
Emigration among younger doctors increased sharply last year, according to a Medical Council report. The finding of a 23 per cent increase in the “exit rate” among younger graduates of Irish medical...
View ArticleIrish health service most reliant on foreign-trained doctors
The number of doctors registered with the Medical Council has reached an all-time high of over 19,000, according to a new report. Yet the Irish health service depends on foreign-trained doctors to a...
View ArticleIrish health service most dependent on foreign-trained doctors
The number of doctors registered with the Medical Council has reached an all-time high of over 19,000, according to a new report. Yet the Irish health service depends on foreign-trained doctors to a...
View ArticleJust 25% of GP trainees plan to stay in Ireland after graduation
Ireland is facing a “GP famine” as more and more family doctors consider emigrating for financial reasons, a new study indicates. Just one in four recently qualified GPs or trainees surveyed by the...
View ArticleJust 25% of GP trainees plan to stay in Ireland after graduating
Ireland is facing a “GP famine” as more and more family doctors consider emigrating for financial reasons, a new study indicates. Just one in four recently qualified GPs or trainees surveyed by the...
View ArticleOne-third of GP trainees plan to work here, report finds
Only one-third of current GP trainees definitely plan to stay in Ireland after qualifying, according to a new report. One in seven say they will definitely emigrate, with financial prospects cited as...
View ArticleOvereducated staff can be a tricky HR issue
It’s almost a cliché by now to say Ireland has a highly educated workforce. Multinationals choosing to set up operations here almost always cite this as a key reason why they decided to come to this...
View ArticleIrish rank top for levels of international work experience
Irish people have the highest level of international work experience, according to a new survey of 200,000 people from 70 countries. The study shows that 91 per cent of Irish citizens have worked...
View ArticleA third of trainee doctors have been bullied
One third of trainee doctors say they have experienced bullying and harassment at work, according to a survey by the Medical Council. One quarter of trainees working in smaller hospitals say the...
View ArticleEmbedded abroad: How the Irish emigrant is settling
Sarah’s story “I’ll come home in a couple of weeks if I don’t like it,” Sarah Flynn told her father as she boarded a plane to Vancouver with a one-way ticket. That was in September 2009. Having lost...
View ArticleEmigrating Irish still outnumber those returning
Far more Irish people are still emigrating than moving home, despite the substantial rise in the number of returning emigrants last year. As the Central Statistics Office (CSO) revealed yesterday that...
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