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Ethics and Professionalism Courses for Doctors in Ireland

All doctors registered in Ireland are legally required to maintain their professional competence, which means annual enrolment on a Professional Competence Scheme run by a scheme operator recognised by the Medical Council (in practice, a postgraduate training body). Under the Maintenance of Professional Competence framework and the MPC Rules (S.I. No. 176 of 2025), doctors record at least 50 hours (credits) of CPD each year across four categories.

What the Medical Council expects

  • Each PCS year you must be enrolled on a Professional Competence Scheme run by a scheme operator recognised by the Medical Council.
  • The 50 annual CPD credits must include a Professional Development Plan (Planning CPD, up to 5 credits), at least 10 for Practice Review, at least 15 for Work-based Learning and at least 20 for Accredited Continuing Education.
  • All eight Domains of Good Professional Practice must be assigned to your CPD at least once in every three years.
  • Your scheme issues a Statement of Participation each year, you declare compliance at registration retention, and the Medical Council audits a sample of doctors.

Facing a fitness to practise concern? Read our Medical Council remediation guide

Summary checked against Medical Council of Ireland guidance in October 2026. Always confirm the current rules with your regulator. Official guidance

How our courses fit into your CPD

Relevant learning

Topics tied to professional standards: probity, boundaries, communication, consent, records and safe practice.

Built-in reflection

Prompts that help you write about what you learned and how it changes your practice.

Certificate for your records

A certificate of completion with your name, the course and the estimated learning time. Record the time you actually spend.

CPD courses for doctors

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Clinical Handover and Patient Safety

Structured clinical handover as a patient-safety process in the Irish healthcare context

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPHECCPSI
20 questions · 80% passCertificate
€49.00Course details
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Clinical Incident Reporting

Reporting, responding to, and learning from clinical incidents in the Irish healthcare system

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPHECCPSI
20 questions · 80% passCertificate
€49.00Course details
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Clinical Risk Management

Identifying, assessing, controlling, and governing clinical risk in the Irish healthcare system

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€69.00Course details
Communication, records & consent2hrs est. learning

Duty of Candour in Healthcare Practice

Openness and honesty when things go wrong, in the Irish healthcare context

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPHECCPSI
10 questions · 80% passCertificate
€49.00Course details
Ethics3hrs est. learning

Ethics for Healthcare Professionals

A Cross-Professional Guide to Ethical Standards, Consent, Confidentiality, and Patient Safety in Irish Healthcare

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€69.00Course details
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Human Factors and Patient Safety

Designing work around human strengths and limits to make care safer

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPHECCPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€69.00Course details
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Infection Prevention and Control

Breaking the chain of infection through standard and transmission-based precautions

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPHECCPSI
20 questions · 80% passCertificate
€49.00Course details
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Insight for Fitness to Practise

Understanding Conduct, Impact, and Change in Irish Healthcare Practice

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€99.00Course details
Ethics3hrs est. learning

Medical Ethics Course

Ethical Reasoning and Decision-Making in Irish Medical Practice

Medical Council
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€120.00Course details
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Professional Boundaries Course

Maintaining Professional Boundaries for Registered Healthcare Professionals in Ireland

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€120.00Course details
Ethics3hrs est. learning

Professional Ethics Course

Professional Ethics for Registered Healthcare Professionals in Ireland

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€120.00Course details
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Reflection for Fitness to Practise

Developing Genuine Reflective Practice, Insight, and Evidence of Learning in Irish Healthcare

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€99.00Course details
Complaints & fitness to practise4hrs est. learning

Remediation for Fitness to Practise

Designing, Evidencing, and Sustaining Individualised Remediation in Irish Healthcare

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€99.00Course details
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Root Cause Analysis

Finding the system causes behind incidents and turning them into effective safety actions

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPHECCPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€69.00Course details
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Safeguarding Adults and Children

Recognising, responding to, and reporting safeguarding concerns in Irish healthcare

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPHECCPSI
20 questions · 80% passCertificate
€49.00Course details
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Sepsis and the Deteriorating Patient

Recognising, escalating, and managing sepsis and clinical deterioration

CORUDental CouncilMedical CouncilNMBIPHECCPSI
30 questions · 80% passCertificate
€69.00Course details

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