A test used to help select medical students may not be properly predicting the levels of empathy it intends to identify in applicants, a study has found.

Teenagers considering a career in medicine get hands on experience of being a medical student at UCC’s Prep-for-Med day,writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Debts of up to €100,000 could force more newly qualified doctors to seek work abroad, research among medical students suggests.

Boys who get top results in the Leaving Certificate may be applying in higher numbers for medical degrees because they see it as a safer career in a downturn.

Ireland risks losing some of its best young doctors unless the junior doctors working hours crisis is resolved.