Overview
An optional, competitively allocated seventh year of Specialist Anaesthesiology Training in a subspecialty, leading to a CAI Certificate of Fellowship in addition to the CSCST.
The programme
- Focus
- Combined training pathways
- Training type
- Post-CSCST Fellowship
- Duration
- 12 months (July to July)
- Start
- July
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland post-CSCST fellowship
- Department
- Training Department (with HSE National Doctors Training and Planning)
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- CAI CSCST holder who completed the CAI SAT programme in January or July of the year the fellowship starts
- International applicants
- No — restricted to holders of a CSCST from the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland
- Visa support
- Not applicable (Irish CSCST holders)
- Licence requirement
- Irish Medical Council registration (specialist division referenced for Aspire eligibility)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Positions commencing July 2025 closed; future rounds not stated
- Application method
- Competitive allocation via College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland training department (training@coa.ie)
Funding
- Funding
- SpR salary for the duration of the fellowship (HSE NDTP-funded)