Clinical placement

Throughout Years 5 and 6 of the programme, students are placed in clinical settings. The School currently has six affiliated teaching hospitals and six General Practice/Primary Care networks as outlined below.

In Year 5, all students will be located in the General Practice/Primary Care setting in one of the school's Primary Care Teaching Networks (PCTNs) for 18 weeks. For the remainder of Year 5, students will undergo hospital-based clinical training in Medicine and Surgery. Three weeks in Year 5 is devoted to Special Study Module (SSM).

In Year 6, students will spend 6 weeks of Clinical Training in each of Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Psychiatry. They will also undertake another 6 weeks in Medicine & Related Specialities and a further 6 weeks in Surgery & Related Specialities. Six weeks in Year 6 is devoted to SSM.

All students should expect to be placed outside of Limerick at some stage during their clinical training and potentially for more than one discipline/rotation. With respect to Medicine and Surgery, all students that are placed in the Mid-Western Regional hospital network for Year 5 Medicine and Surgery rotations must complete their senior cycle of Medicine and Surgery rotations in an affiliated hospital in Year 6.

General practice / Primary care networks

1. Limerick/Mallow/Charleville
2. Clare
3. Kerry
4. South Tipperary / Mallow / Mitchelstown / Fermoy
5. South East
6. Midlands