Posts by Ronan Kavanagh
dotMD to expand for 2019
dotMD, the award winning Festival of Medical Curiosity, is expanding in 2019 to meet demand. The dotMD conference, often described as the ‘Electric Picnic’ of Medical Conferences, will be moving to the Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway and will take place over two days, on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th September 2019. Those interested in…
Read MoreMonica Lalanda’s take on dotMD18
Dr. Mónica Lalanda is the Spanish doctor and professional medical cartoonist who has meticulously captured dotMD 2018 in her unique ‘cartoon style’ of taking notes. She is in demand as a professional graphic artist for conferences – and was also the cartoonist for dotMD 2016. She has an ability to simplify (and add humour) to…
Read MoredotMD speakers in comic style
This year, we are delighted to welcome Dr. Mónica Lalanda a Spanish emergency doctor and cartoonist, as the resident dotMD artist for 2018. Monica’s job will be to capture the meeting live graphically. She did an amazing job in 2016 . She has already sketched up some cartoonish likenesses of this years’ contributors to the…
Read MoreStudent Scholarship winners announced
We are delighted to announce the awardees of the #dotMD18 student scholarships. Thanks to the generosity of Boston Scientific Ireland, ten medical students have the exciting chance to attend this sell-out event on March 9th 2018. The students are passionate innovators, creatives and change-makers who represent medical schools across the island. All of our applicants…
Read MoreCalling All Students! dotMD 2018 Student Scholarships Announced.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, Creativity flowing Hearts a-glowing A unique atmosphere – The DotMD conference is near! We are delighted to announce that ten fully sponsored places are available for students to attend the vibrant medical festivities of #dotMD18. Once again a sell-out months in advance, dotMD is a conference like…
Read MoreWaiting list announcement
Approximately 120 tickets were put on sale for the March 9th dotMD 2018 meeting on November 3rd and sold out very quickly. Due to the large number of email queries received requesting tickets, we decided to put in place a formal waiting list. That waiting list has now reached over 150. As only 30 tickets remain, those…
Read MoredotMD 2018 Programme Announced
The 2018 dotMD meeting will take place on Friday March 9th 2018 in Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin. Registration will open Friday November 3rd 2017.
Read MorePhotos from dotMD17
A selection of photos from this year’s event at Smock Alley.
Read MoreDotMD 2017 Student Scholars Announced
We are happy to announce the Student Scholars who will be attending dotMD 2017! This opportunity is made possible through generous sponsorship from Boston Scientific Ireland. The 10 successful candidates are: Reiltin Ni Theimhneain Richard Prendiville Caoimhe Curran Jamie McGettigan Eimear Duff Salim Sebaoui Caoimhe Maguire Miray Unal Emily Pender Fiachra Maguire Congratulations everyone! We’re…
Read MoredotMD 2017 Programme announced!
dotMD The 2017 dotMD meeting (formerly dotMED) will take place on Friday March 10th 2017 in Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin. Registration will open September 10th 2016 on www.dotmd.ie dotMD is a one day meeting for doctors and healthcare professionals which exposes them to ideas occurring at the interfaces of medicine, the humanities and emerging technologies in healthcare.…
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