Rate My Professor Rosemary Geoghegan

Professor Rosemary Geoghegan is an Established Professor in Paediatrics in the School of Medicine at the University of Galway. She serves as Director of the Medical Programme, leading excellence in its delivery, assessment, and evaluation. She is Programme Lead for the Medical Programme Curriculum Renewal Project, a whole-programme quality improvement initiative commenced in 2021-22. From a General Practice clinical background, she has worked in academic and clinical capacities in Paediatrics, notably in Paediatric Diabetes, maintaining a one-day weekly commitment in a patient-centred, inter-professional team at Galway University Hospital immersed in diabetes technology use. She holds extensive academic leadership experience, including as Vice-Dean for Teaching and Learning at the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, NUI Galway from 2016 to 2020, where she led the development and delivery of the National, University, and College Strategic Plan for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. Key projects under her leadership included the rollout of blended learning tools in undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare education, development of graduate attributes for the medical programme, and embedding simulation to support graduate attribute attainment. She has served as academic liaison officer creating positive learning environments for medical students and holds an External Examiner appointment for Preparedness for Professional Practice at University College Cork.

Geoghegan earned her MB BCh BAO in 1992, Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatrics in 1996, MSc in Clinical Education in 2011, and MSc in Diabetes in 2013. She is a professional member of AMEE, INHED, and ICGP. Her teaching portfolio encompasses module lead for Advanced Clinical Skills and Professional Development in the Medical Programme, lead for the Chronic Disorder module in the MSc in Adolescent Health, and co-lead for curriculum design and assessment modules in the MSc in Clinical Education at University of Galway. She supervises student projects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her primary research interests are in medical education, particularly learning in the clinical environment and clinical assessment, with her Masters research focusing on stakeholder perceptions of shared clinical learning placements. She supervises theses on the University of Galway Masters in Clinical Education and Masters in Preventive Cardiology programmes and collaborates with the Adult Diabetes Research Team on Paediatric Diabetes publications. Key publications include 'A comparison of objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) for medical students, modified during the COVID-19 pandemic' (2025, Irish Journal of Medical Science), 'Qualitative analysis of cardiovascular disease prevention in dental practice' (2025, Public Health in Practice), 'Undertaking a face-to-face objective structured clinical examination for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic' (2024, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine), 'Experience-based learning: how a crisis solution informed fundamental change in a clinical education curriculum' (2022, The Clinical Teacher), 'Peer feedback in graduate training: A phenomenological investigation of possibilities' (2022), and 'Influence of adiposity on insulin requirements and glycaemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes' (2014). Her contributions have influenced curriculum renewal, assessment strategies, and inter-professional education in healthcare.