School of Medicine (Trinity College Dublin)

School of Medicine
Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
Former names
School of Physic (-2005)
TypeMedical school
Established11 August 1711[1][2]
1715 (royal charter)[3]
Interim HeadProfessor Paul Browne
Location
Dublin
,
Ireland
CampusTrinity College Dublin
St James's Hospital
Tallaght University Hospital
AffiliationsTrinity College Dublin
Websitehttps://www.tcd.ie/medicine/

The School of Medicine at Trinity College in Dublin, Republic of Ireland (known until 2005 as the School of Physic), is the oldest medical school in Ireland. Founded in the early eighteenth century, it was originally situated at the site of the current Berkeley Library.[4] As well as providing an undergraduate degree in medicine, the school provides undergraduate courses in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, radiation therapy, human nutrition & dietetics and human health & disease,[5] over 20 taught postgraduate courses, and research degrees.[6]

  1. ^ "Dublin University Medical College: Bicentenary of Foundation". The British Medical Journal. 1 (2684): 1305–1309. 8 June 1912. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.2684.1305. JSTOR 25297479. PMC 2345593. PMID 20766204.
  2. ^ "The Beginnings of the School of Physic in the University of Dublin". The British Medical Journal. 2 (1401): 1013–1014. 5 November 1887. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.1401.1001. JSTOR 20213541. S2CID 220213120.
  3. ^ "The School of Physic in Ireland, and Clinical Teaching". The British Medical Journal. 2 (886): 890–891. 22 December 1877. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.886.890. JSTOR 25246300. S2CID 220218004. ... one or two professors of Physick, to read public lectures and make public anatomical dissections of the several parts of the Human Body's or Body's of other animals, to read Lectures of Osteology, Bandage and Operations of Chirurgery, to read Botanic Lectures, Demonstrate Plants publickly, and to read publick Lectures on Materia Medica, for the Instruction of Studiens of Physic, Surgery, and Pharmacy.
  4. ^ "1711-1870". Tercentenary Website. School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Undergraduate – Education". School of Medicine Website. School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Postgraduate – Education". School of Medicine Website. School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.