New Partnership between TCD’s School of Medicine and the National Rehabilitation Hospital

Posted on: 13 August 2010

Trinity College Dublin and the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, agreed a new partnership recently.  The Chief Executive of the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Mr Derek Greene, and the Provost, Dr John Hegarty, together signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will enable both institutions to cooperate in teaching and research, and provide undergraduate and postgraduate training and education in medicine.

Through this new partnership, the National Rehabilitation Hospital will be affiliated to Trinity as a clinical teaching centre for students of the School of Medicine.  Clinical placements for undergraduate students will also be offered at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in specialised areas provided at the hospital.

Back row: Prof Dermot Kelleher, Head of School of Medicine and Prof Colm O’Morain, Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences.

Front row: Dr Aine Carroll, NRH; Mr Keith Wilton, Deputy CEO NRH; Dr John Hegarty, TCD Provost and Dr Jacinta McElligott, NRH.

Commenting on the significance of the agreement, Trinity’s Vice-Provost for Medical Affairs and Head of the School of Medicine, Professor Dermot Kelleher said:  “We are delighted to enter into this partnership with the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) with respect to teaching and research. We see the synergies between the NRH tradition of excellence in clinical care and TCD’s focus in neuroscience as providing enormous opportunities to benefit patient outcomes.”

The Chief Executive of the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Mr Derek Greene, welcomed the partnership, stating:  “The National Rehabilitation Hospital has an extensive research and education mandate and is actively involved in the provision of training and clinical placements for undergraduate and postgraduate students, so it is with great pleasure that we enter into this affiliation with TCD to serve as a resource to medical students who require access to specialist knowledge regarding the conditions and needs of patients requiring Complex Specialised Rehabilitation Services (CSRS)”.