Dr. Cathy Cunningham
Assistant Professor/Specialist Registrar, School Office - Medicine
Biography
Dr. Cathy Cunningham is an Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin and practices as a GP in Dublin. She qualified in Medicine from Queen"s University Belfast in July 2014 and completed the Foundation Programme followed by General Practice Specialist Training in Northern Ireland. Cathy has been awarded Diplomas in Mental Health (DMH) and in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DRCOG). She has an honorary MA (jo) degree from Trinity College Dublin, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Statistics and Data Science and a Special Practice Certificate in Academic Practice. Cathy has a keen interest in medical education, she completed a Masters degree in Clinical Education from Queen's University Belfast (2022) and her current research focuses on the topic of differential attainment in medical education.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Presenting author: Cathy Cunningham, Authors (alphabetical order):Dunamis Akinyemi, Laine Abria, Anna Bourguignon, Thomas Connolly, Blanaid Daly, Claire Donohoe, Tamasine Grimes, Rachel Harnett, Bhavya Mugawar, Mary O'Neill, Eimear Ni Sheachnasaigh, Cicely Roche, Vidushi Sharma, Isabelle Stratton, Kathleen Yancey., ePortfolio for Experiential Learning and Competency-based Assessment in Undergraduate Healthcare Professions' Education, Body and Mind in Health Professions Education - InHED Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Belfast, 28th-30th March 2023, 2023
Roche, Cicely; Abria, Laine; Bourguignon, Anna; Clarke, Leonie; Connolly, Thomas; Cunningham, Cathy; Daly, Blanaid; Donohoe, Claire; Grimes, Tamasine; Harnett, Rachel; Mugawar, Bhavya; Ni Sheachnasaigh, Eimear; O'Neill, Mary; Ramkalawan, Krista-Marie; Sharma, Vidushi; Stratton, Isabelle; Yancey, Kathleen. , ePortfolio for experiential reflection: student-led competence assessment., Strengthening strategic partnership to effect system change: QQI 10th Anniversary Conference, Dublin (Croke park Conference Centre), 18th October 2022, 2022
Mohd Ikhwan Marion, Cathy Cunningham, Joseph Harbison, Aileen Patterson, An insight of Malaysian students attending European University toward participation in Malay Language Class, MedEdPublish, 2020
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Presented by Cathy Cunningham. Authors: Hakimah Bahzad, Abdifatax Ahmed, Joseph Harbison, Cathy Cunningham., How do undergraduate medical students use and value mathematics skills?, Irish Network of Healthcare Educators Conference, Dublin, 2024
Cathy Cunningham and Ms Claire Donohoe, Anam Cara: Assessing Future Doctors Using Audio-Visual recordings, Irish Network of Healthcare Educators Conference, Queen's University Belfast, 29th-30th March, 2023
Presented by Professor Harbison. Authors: Hakimah Bahzad, Abdifatax Ahmed, Joseph Harbison, Cathy Cunningham, How do medical students use and value mathematics skills?, Mathematics Education in Ireland Conference, edited by 2023 , 2023
Cathy Cunningham. Supervisor: Ms Boohan, Impact of Faculty Development on Medical Students: A Scoping Review' presentatio, Irish Network of Healthcare Educators Conference, Queen's University Belfast, 29th - 30th March, 2023
Aaron Koay, Miriam Galvin, Claire Murphy, Cathy Cunningham, Teresa Buczkowska, Valéria Aquino, Lena Doherty, Olayinka Aremu, Vibhuti Arya, Maria Elena Costa Sa and Lucy Michael, Stand Up, Speak Out! Racial Justice in Healthcare Education: Experiences of Minoritised Ethnic Students, TCD, October, 2022
Mohd Ikhwan Marion, Caoimhe Gaughan, Cathy Cunningham, Cultural Competence education for medical students; a systematic review, INAUGURAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING 2020, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute - TBSI, 13th - 14th February, 2020
C. Cunningham, A. Gomati, D.W. Harkin, Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Vascular Surgery: an Audit of Compliance with Local Guidelines, European Journal of Vascular and Cardiovascular Surgery, 52, (6), 2016
Research Expertise
Recognition
Representations
The Faculty of Health Sciences' Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group member
School of Medicine Curriculum Committee member