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t is an exciting time in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland’s (RCSI) 233-year history: We are


capabilities through a strategy driven by industry engagement and have made a significant investment in our educational activities with a new and extended campus at No. 26 York Street. Home to Europe’s largest multidisciplinary clinical simulation environment, the 120,000 sq ft complex is poised to transform healthcare education. When we embarked on our ambitious plans to expand the


campus, six years of design, planning, construction, testing and benchmarking with global sites was to follow. The result is the first clinical simulation training environment of its kind outside of the US. The facility promises a future of benefits for students, trainees, clinicians and our industry partners, and ultimately, of improvements in human health and patient outcomes. The relationship between industry and clinicians is a wide and


exciting area. RCSI has a long history of collaboration with industry in research, training and education. No. 26 York Street provides a step change opportunity to develop the training and understanding of new technologies for use in patient care and their adoption into new clinical practice. Students and post-graduate medical and surgical trainees will have the opportunity to learn in an extensive, hi-tech, simulated environment


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clinical workplace. The €80 million development spans 10 floors, six above ground


and four below. Home to the National Surgical and Clinical Skills Centre, the top three floors are occupied by the state of the art surgical and training suite with a mock operating theatre, clinical training wards and standardised patient rooms. In the clinical skills lab we can train surgeons in very realistic ways using biological materials, enabling skills to be mastered in a simulated environment before operating on patients. Two levels of clinical floors provide a flexible working space that is used for skill based training. Below ground are auditoria and a sports


expanding our research


and fitness suite and, at the heart of the building, a specialist health sciences library spanning three floors, with more than 500 study spaces.


training and understanding of new technologies in patient care.”


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WORKING WITH INDUSTRY At RCSI, we focus on harnessing the expertise of industry, academia and the clinical community to improve healthcare outcomes for patients in Ireland and beyond. Recent collaborations with Irish companies led by Professor Fergal O’Brien, a world leader in regenerative medicine and bioengineering, include a research partnership with Integra LifeSciences that aims to develop and bring to the market a new product to facilitate the repair of large nerve defects in the body. Professor Zena Moore, an internationally recognised expert in


wound care management, is leading a collaboration with Wellman International to develop a novel bedding material to prevent pressure ulcers. Moore’s expertise in wound healing also led to an engagement with Fleming Medical as part of their development of a smart, wearable dressing for intelligent wound care. Access for MedTech companies to trial devices in the new cutting


edge facilities at No. 26 York Street will be possible in future years, subject


to availability. Industry collaborations are supported by


RCSI’s Innovation team and we welcome industry partners from all healthcare sectors to see how engaging with our researchers and clinical partners can add value to business. rcsi.ie


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“No. 26 York Street provides a step change opportunity to develop the


1 The helix-like structure of the stairs is the DNA that binds the surgical and clinical zones together; 2 Student study spaces make clever use of the hallways; 3 The picture window to the exterior; 4 Mock operating theatre; 5 National Surgical and Clinical Skills Centre; 6 The stairs is space efficient and acts as an orientation point


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