February 2025 - Issue 2
Across the Community: News, Events and Updates
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RCSI establishes new membership exam centre in Sabah, Malaysia
In January 2025, RCSI announced the establishment of a new exam centre in eastern Malaysia to support aspiring surgeons in Southeast Asia planning to sit RCSI's membership examinations.
The new exam centre is located in the University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) with the first membership examinations due to take place there in May, 2025.
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NSRSC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Trial Activity
The NSRSC wish to congratulate Mr Sami Abd Elwahab FRCSI, Consultant General Surgeon, University Hospital Galway, for winning the RCSI National Surgical Research Support Centre award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Trial Activity. Mr Abd Elwahab received the award in acknowledgment of his excellent recruitment efforts in the Propel-2 Clinical Trial having recruited over 120 patients. Pictured below are Mr Abd Elwahab (top right) and his team.
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Honorary Membership for RCSI Fellow - Prof. Dhananjaya Sharma
We were pleased to hear that Prof. Dhananjaya Sharma FRCSI, was recently recognised with an Honorary Membership of the Académie Nationale de Médecine de France. We had the pleasure of interviewing Prof. Sharma a number of years ago and you can read that article here.
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Launch of the Intercollegiate Green Theatre Checklist
On Wednesday, 19 February the Intercollegiate Sustainability in Surgery Groups will launch the updated version of the Green Theatre Checklist.
Professor Camilla Carroll FRCS, RCSI Council Member and RCSI Ambassador for Sustainability in Surgery, has represented RCSI in this work and will participate in a panel discussion as part of a Webinar that will be held to mark the publication of the updated checklist.
Commenting on the importance of this body of work, Prof. Carroll said: "The WHO has declared Climate Change to be the greatest threat to human health. Increasingly, we are aware of the carbon footprint associated with the delivery of healthcare. The surgical suite is a carbon hotspot within the hospital setting. This results from the necessary use of anaesthetic gases, consumables and the energy required to deliver surgical care. Sustainable quality improvement in the delivery of surgical care must address the impact of such care on the environment, society and the exchequer. RCSI is committed to the delivery of “Green Surgical Principles and Practice”, based on current evidence."
Prof. Carroll would like to invite you to join the launch and further details plus online registration is available online here.
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