A meeting supported by the Association of University Departments of General
Practice Ireland and the Irish College of General Practitioners
Date: Friday September 25th 2020
Venue: Zoom
Time: 1200-1330hrs
Zoom: Link
Chair: Prof Susan Smith, RCSI, Chair AUDGPI
1200 Prof Val Waas OBE, Keele University
‘By choice, not by chance’ : an update of the impact of a national English initiative to increase
numbers of students following careers in general practice
1215 Discussion
1225 Ryan Fagan, Medical Student, Chair University of Limerick GP Society: Perspectives of Irish
medical students
1235 Prof Andrew W Murphy, NUI Galway, Vice Chair AUDGPI: Perspectives of Irish university
departments
1245 Prof Frank Murray, Director National Doctors Training & Planning, HSE: Perspectives of the
NDTP
Chair: Mr Fintan Foy, CEO, ICGP
1255 Round table discussion with speakers and representatives of the Irish Medical Council, Irish
Medical Organisation and Irish Medical Schools Council
1320 Next steps
1330 Finish