Year 1 commences
28 September 2018 (Dublin)
Year 2 commences
28 September 2018 (Dublin)
2 Years, Part-Time
Member – €2,500 to €2,750 per year
Non-Member – €3,900 to €4,290 per year
This course is for doctors interested in occupational medicine and who are seeking to improve their knowledge base and skills. The course is run jointly by the ICGP and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI).
Course principal: Dr Conor McDonnell, email: conor.mcdonnell@icgp.ie
Course administrator: Ms Yvette Dalton, email: yvette.dalton@icgp.ie
The aim of this course is to provide course participants with formal instruction in occupational medicine and to prepare them for the sitting of the LFOM examination run by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, RCPI. This is a two year course delivered through a combination of workshops and home study.
At the end of completing the written work component for this course, each participant will have submitted the following to the ICGP assessor:
Each candidate will receive feedback on each piece of written work submitted. Ideally candidates should have access to occupational medicine cases themselves. Candidates who succeed the end-point examination will be awarded the Licentiate of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. For the MFOM (membership exam), once a candidate passes the LFOM exam and intends to sit the MFOM exam, the MCQ result may be carried forward to the MFOM written exam, exempting the candidate from sitting MCQ paper 1.
This course aims to provide doctors with:
The course will follow a blended learning format. A time commitment of approximately six hours per week will be needed during the academic term. Two (one and a half day) workshops per academic year are organised as part of the course. The workshop may include a worksite visit. The duration of the course is two years.
Workshop 1: Friday, 28 September (all day) & Saturday, 29 September, 2018 (1/2 day a.m.), Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
Workshop 2: Friday, 1 February (all day) & Saturday, 2 February, 2019 (1/2 day a.m.), Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
Course material will be delivered and accessed through a password protected area on the ICGP website throughout the academic year. Course participants are encouraged to actively participate on the password protected web based discussion board.
In order to satisfactory complete this course, participants will be required to:
Submit the following course written work in year 1:
Submit the following course written work in year 2:
NB: It is your responsibility to contact the RCPI to apply for the final examination.
The RCPI have a dedicated examinations support team in their Dublin headquarters. They are there to guide you through your full exam journey, from application to conferring. They are present at every exam and always happy to answer your questions. If you would like to speak to someone about this exam, please contact Mr Iain Martel:
email: iainmartel@rcpi.ie
Phone: +353 1 863 9723
Website: RCPI LFOM Examination Information and Registration
Testimonial
"Having completed the ICGP LFOM preparatory course earlier this year and subsequently passing the clinical cases and MCQ Exam I can highly recommend this course.
For busy doctors already practising occupational medicine and those considering this specialty, this course offers practical lectures, online course material and an interactive discussion board.
Importantly for post graduate learning, this course provides valuable support from course directors negotiating clinical cases and work place assessments required for LFOM portfolio including dilemmas encountered in daily practice.
The weekend workshops offer an enjoyable opportunity to discuss cases and learn from specialists in the field, as well as meet up with new colleagues and useful contacts for the future."- Dr Sean Moffatt, GP & Sports Physician, Mayo