CPD 2025 event speaker presentation and recording
Welcome and opening address
1. Dr Jerome Coffey, Dean of the Faculty of Radiologists and Radiation Oncologists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) (PDF, size 1.5 MB, 9 pages)
Dr Jerome Coffey and Jim Browne Opening address (video)
Session 1: Regulation and Guidelines
2. Introducing the “Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives, incorporating the Scope of Practice and Professional Guidance (2025)”, Emer Mc Cormack, Professional Officer, Education, Policy and Standards Department, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) (PDF, size 1.8 MB, 12 pages)
3. Regulators Audits and Inspection “Reflections on inspections - for referrers”, Mandy Lewis, Principal Physicist, St James’s Hospital, Dublin (PDF, size 1 MB, 9 pages)
4. Introducing the revised “HSE National Nurse Authority to Refer for Radiological Procedures Guideline (2025)” Aoife Feeney, St James’s Hospital and Fiona Colbert, Beaumont Hospital (members of the working group and nurse referrers for radiological procedures)
Session 1: Regulation and Guidelines (video)
Session 2: Safety and Referral Practice
5. Justification Safety “Justification – perception/reality”, Professor Ronan Killeen, Consultant Radiologist, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
6. MRI Safety “Cardiac Devices Safety in MRI imaging”, Dr Sandra Quinn, Consultant Cardiologist, St James’s Hospital (PDF, size 1.5 MB, 16 pages)
7. Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Safety “Safety considerations - what referrers should be aware of” Dr Niall Sheehy, Consultant Radiologist, St James’s Hospital (PDF, size 2.1 MB, 21 pages)
Session 2: Safety and Referral Practice (video)
Session 3: Case studies Choice of Radiological Procedures
8. Case Study: “Ultrasound as a choice”, Caroline Ahern, RANP Renal, and Carmel Kelly, Clinical Specialist Radiographer, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin (PDF, size 2.1 MB, 22 pages)
9. Case Study: “CT as a choice”, Rose Mary Smyth, RANP Oncology Service, Cavan General Hospital (PDF, size 1.7 MB, 19 pages)
10. Nurse Referral Audit, Raymond Boyle, Assistant Director of Nursing / Site Nurse Coordinator Referral for Radiological Procedures and Laura Conaty, RANP, Local Injury Unit, Cavan / Monaghan Hospitals (PDF, size 2.9 MB, 27 pages)
Session 3: Safety and Protection (video)
Session 4: Supporting Referrers
11. HSE National Radiation Protection “Who we are, what we do and our role in radiological incident surveillance”, Dr Andrew Bolas, Assistant National Oral Health Lead, Co-Chair HSE National Radiation Protection Committee (PDF, size 1.3 MB, 17 pages)
12. National Consortium CNMEs Education Programme Update, Céire Rochford, Director Regional Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education, HSE Dublin and Southeast and Chairperson of the CCNME Academic Council Programme Development Committee (PDF, size 1.3 MB, 13 pages)
Session 4: Supporting Referrers (video)
