St Patrick’s Mental Health Services are delighted to announce the establishment of a formal agreement that will enable the Hospital to grant clinical facilities and facilitate the clinical training of undergraduate medical students from RCSI.

The Memorandum of Agreement was signed this morning in the Board Room of St Patrick’s University Hospital by CEO Paul Gilligan on behalf of St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, and by Professor Hannah McGee, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences on behalf of RCSI. 

As Ireland’s largest centre for post-graduate training of mental health professionals in Ireland, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services have a long-established commitment to training and education.

St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, CEO Paul Gilligan, said, “At this time, there is a substantial need to advance education in mental health and to promote clinical education where possible. We have a long standing relationship with other colleges and welcome the opportunity to expand our offering to another educational institution by becoming formally involved in their teaching programme.”

Speaking on the signing, Professor Hannah McGee Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, RCSI said, “I am delighted to sign this agreement with St Patrick’s Mental Health Services to advance the clinical training and rich learning experience for our students. RCSI aims to provide our students with excellence in education and central to this is the provision of a high quality learning environment for our students to receive their clinical training and this collaboration with St Patrick’s Mental Health Services is testament to that goal.” 

The memorandum of agreement will be actualised in October of 2016, at the start of the next academic year, when undergraduate students will be invited into St Edmundsbury Hospital in Lucan for their first series of lectures.