Student Interest Group Feature

The General Practice Club

As part of our own fundraising efforts, in the last 2 years we have teamed up with SafetyNet, a medical charity organisation that delivers quality primary care services to marginalised people in society without access to healthcare, including members of the homeless community, asylum seekers, substance users and more In our annual event: ‘Get Wet for SafetyNet’ - in the past 2 years we have managed to raise over €5,000, which has gone providing an essential service for underserved communities in Dublin.

It is also important to us in the GP Club that we provide an insight into the day-to-day experience of a primary care physician, to help students understand the life of a GP. In order to do this, we have actively engaged with GPs and Family Medicine physicians in Ireland and around the world to speak at our ‘Day in the life of a GP’ events over the past 2 years It was very gratifying for us to receive such positive feedback from student attendees, of which there were more that 200!

We would also like to extend a warm thank you to our staff mentors: Dr. Patrick Redmond and, formerly, Prof. Susan Smith, for their kind support and encouragement over the past 2 years

Despite our efforts, it hasn’t been possible to secure official status or funding We are looking into new avenues to go through to ensure our events and activities can continue to expand to cultivate student creation, growth and expression – to be aligned with other clubs and societies in the college

We are a passionate group who will continue to work on behalf of students to get GP on the map, especially as over 40% of each graduating class of medical schools will eventually work as general practitioners

Any ideas, feedback or suggestions are always encouraged, everyone is welcome to connect with us and we look forward to meeting you soon