2021 lectures
The theme of learning to live well as we emerge from the pandemic continues in this next instalment of MyHealth. In part 2, our panel shows how the remaining three pillars of lifestyle medicine; diet and nutrition, stress reduction and mental health, and harmful substance reduction can help us to make positive changes in our lives to improve our physical and emotional health.
You can also watch the discussion on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/gTpSgAdABqY
Useful resources
Diet and nutrition
- British Dietetic Association: Food fact sheets
- Healthy Ireland: Nutrition myth-busters
- UCD: Public nutrition lecture series
- SafeFood: 101 square meals booklet
- SafeFood: Healthy eating resources
- Find a dietitian
Alcohol and smoking
- HSE: Weekly low-risk alcohol guidelines
- HSE Quitline (Call 1800 201 203 or freetext QUIT to 50100)
- Drug and alcohol taskforces websites
- HSE: Ask about alcohol
- Healthy Ireland
- Hello Sunday Morning
- HSE: Drug and alcohol information and support
- Cannabis use fact sheets
- Notes on HSE weekly alcohol guidelines
Stress management
Learning to live well as we emerge from the pandemic is the theme of the next two discussions in the MyHealth series.
In part 1 of 'Your toolkit for living well during the pandemic – the six pillars of lifestyle medicine', a panel of RCSI experts review the lifestyle medicine pillars of physical activity and exercise, healthy relationships and sleep to explore the strategies and tools we can use to improve our physical and emotional health.
You can also watch the discussion on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/Kgmf7mcRpto
Useful resources
- Healthy Ireland
- HSE: Physical Activity Guidelines
- WHO: Physical activity
- WHO: Physical activity fact sheets
- RCSI Centre for Positive Psychology and Health (CPPH)
- RCSI CPPH: The Science of Health and Happiness
- RCSI CPPH: The Science of Health and Happiness for Young People
- Curtis Clock Lab
- National Sleep Foundation
- Irish Society for Immunology
‘Long COVID, Breakthrough Infections and Booster Vaccines: what the science tells us’ is the first event in the RCSI MyHealth Series 2021/2022.
A panel of RCSI experts address some of the common questions people have about the impact of Long COVID on health, booster vaccinations and breakthrough infections.
This discussion was pre-recorded on Monday, 13 September 2021 in compliance with social distancing measures.
You can also watch the discussion on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/WEiUVQt3pOM
Useful resources
Gender is fundamental to many decisions in healthcare systems around the world, and this puts transgender people in vulnerable and complex positions.
Transgender people are individuals whose gender identity or gender expression is different from the sex assigned at birth. Gender identity is the internal sense of being male, female, neither or both. Transgender people have a variety of needs relating to their healthcare including access to mental health, medical transition and primary care services that are sensitive to their identities and experiences.
During this RCSI MyHealth discussion, the panel addresses the role of primary care and access to gender-affirming care, services, and support.
You can also watch the discussion on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/2neY0kzHQKo
Useful resources
- Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI)
- National Gender Service Ireland (available from 28 June 2021)
Professor Martin Seligman, considered to be the founder of positive psychology, delivers an RCSI MyHealth guest talk on ‘Positive Psychology, Agency and Human Progress’. Professor Seligman, who is Director of the Positive Psychology Center at University of Pennsylvania, shares his insights into the concept of agency, which is a belief that we can make a positive difference in the world, and its role in human flourishing.
You can also watch the discussion on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/TjWrL1MJbj0.
During this discussion, the panel addresses the clinical aspects of MS, the experience of living with MS, as well as exploring the research and treatments available for MS patients.
You can also watch the discussion on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/bkAjVEiHAcA.
Useful resources
A panel of RCSI experts address some of the most commonly asked questions they encounter from patients about fertility and pregnancy health, as well as focusing on ways to optimise and support fertility and pregnancy health.
You can also watch the discussion on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/3ojZmqwAZ38
Useful resources
Hosted by the RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences, Future-Proofing our Youth is the third and final event in the three-part Positive Health mini-series for 2021. A panel of RCSI experts discussed ideas from strengths-based parenting and growth mindset work and provide examples of how we can help our children develop ways of thinking about stress, adversity and challenge that builds confidence and capability. The discussion was chaired by Dr Mary Collins, Chartered Psychologist and Senior Executive Development Specialist at the RCSI Institute of Leadership.
Useful resources
With the COVID-19 vaccination rollout now underway in Ireland and across the globe, a panel of RCSI experts discussed and addressed many of the common questions and genuine concerns people have about vaccine safety and getting vaccinated. This panel discussion was chaired by Professor Steve Kerrigan, Deputy Head of School (Research) in the RCSI School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences.
Useful resources
- WHO – How do vaccines work?
- New England Journal of Medicine – COVID-19 vaccine FAQs
- ID Society – COVID-19 Real-Time Learning Network
- RCPI, IOG and NIAC– questions and answers for pregnant or breastfeeding women and their doctors about COVID-19 vaccination
- HSE – COVID-19 vaccines
- HPSC Polio in Ireland
Hosted by the RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences, ‘Managing Coronaphobia – Stay Present’ is the second event in the three-part Positive Health mini-series for 2021.
A panel of RCSI experts discuss techniques to help strengthen our capacity to remain present as an antidote to an uncertain future. The discussion was chaired by Dr Mary Collins, Chartered Psychologist and Senior Executive Development Specialist at the RCSI Institute of Leadership.
Useful resources
Hosted by the RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences, ‘The Science of Happiness’ is the first event in the three-part Positive Health mini-series for 2021.
A panel of RCSI experts look at how to define and understand happiness, as well as examine research that shows us how to increase our own happiness and that of others.
The discussion was chaired by Dr Mary Collins, Chartered Psychologist and Senior Executive Development Specialist at the RCSI Institute of Leadership.
Useful resources