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Email academic.registry@tcd.ieDevelop expertise in Traffic Medicine among health care professionals to support and enable safe transport mobility across the lifespan.
Enhance student’s knowledge, skills and understanding to better enable them to advise patients about how medical conditions can affect driving and how to monitor and manage these conditions.
Raise awareness about transportation policy and the importance of adopting a use/patient-centred approach in future policy development.
Are you currently working within the area of Traffic Medicine or Assessing Medical Fitness to Drive?
The course aims to support professional development by enhancing participants’ knowledge, skills, and understanding of how medical conditions can affect a person's ability to drive. It equips clinicians with up-to-date guidance to better advise patients, monitor relevant conditions, and manage associated risks—ultimately supporting safer clinical practice and promoting patient safety.
Successful completion of this programme at Level 9 will contribute to career advancement for individual learners within their specialist areas and also provide them with knowledge, skills and competencies that would enable them to pursue opportunities in Traffic Medicine-related areas, as well as related disciplines such as occupational health. A further incentive is that medical certification for medical fitness to drive is not included in the Irish Medical Card scheme and is a potential revenue stream for GPs: certified competency in assessing medical fitness to drive is an important support for clinicians.
Traditional, Standalone. Fully online.
This course will offer a dynamic and engaging online learning experience through a structured yet flexible approach. Students can study from any location—whether at home or in the workplace—and at their own pace, thanks to the asynchronous nature of most learning activities. This flexibility allows learners to fit their studies around professional and personal commitments. Despite this, each module includes clearly defined tasks and deadlines to maintain structure and progression.
Module 1: Road Safety and Medical Fitness to Drive
Module 2: Medical Conditions and impact on Driving
Module 3: Mobility Health and Wellbeing Across the lifespan
September 2026
Dr Margaret Martin, Jasmina Grino
Prof Desmond O'Neill
31 July 2026
Admission to the programme is competitive. Applicants will be expected to have an Honours Bachelor’s degree at II.1 or above/equivalent (note: applicants may also be interviewed and/or asked to submit a written sample for assessment) and meet the admissions requirements published in the Calendar Part III. Medical or allied health profession primary degree.
All applicants to Trinity are required to provide official evidence of proficiency in the English language. Applicants to this course are required to meet Band B (Standard Entry) English language requirements. For more details of qualifications that meet Band B, see the English Language Requirements page here.
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