Overview of our projects...

Active projects

MedTrack Project

This research project, funded by the HRB and conducted by the RCSI, aims to design and implement Ireland’s first longitudinal medical career tracking study through ascertaining, analysing and tracking the career choice and decisions of Irish medical graduates.​

Past projects

Doctor Migration Project

The Doctor Migration Project (2010-2014) is a research project which aims to assess the contribution made by non-EU migrant doctors to the Irish health system. It will also examine the experiences of non-EU migrant doctors in Ireland and ascertain their plans for the future.

The Failure to Retain Project

​The Failure to Retain (F2R) Project explored the emigration of health professionals (doctors and nurses/midwives) from Ireland. It is a collaborative project between researchers in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the School of Nursing and Human Sciences in Dublin City University (DCU).

Nurse Migration Project

​The Nurse Migration Project (2006-2010) was a HRB funded project (RP/2006/222) conducted by an RCSI based research team consisting of Dr. Niamh Humphries, Professor Ruairí Brugha and Professor Hannah McGee. Findings from the Nurse Migration Project;

Doctor Emigration Project

The Doctor Emigration Project will consider the outward migration or emigration of doctors from the Irish health system. Although Ireland now trains sufficient doctors to meet the needs of the Irish health system, increasing numbers are emigrating. High levels of doctor migration (inward and outward) distorts the composition and skills mix of the health workforce and undermine attempts to match supply to need.

Brain Drain to Brain Gain Project

This project aims to support implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel and achieve better understanding and management of health worker migration.