For international doctors starting SHO and NCHD posts in Ireland. Written by doctors in Ireland.
You know medicine. We know Irish healthcare. Be ready for your biggest career move so far!
You already know medicine. This is how the work around it runs here: the ward round, the phone referral, the five o’clock handover, who to call at 2am and how posts lead to training. Written for qualified doctors; not exam prep or clinical training.
32 lessons · toolkit · 2 practice shifts · €89.95 launch price
The consultant is already at the next bed. You caught four jobs, half of one, and nobody said who is ringing the family.
What the programme covers
How an Irish ward round actually moves, and how to turn it into a written plan with a named owner for every job.
Turn the ward round into a clear jobs list, with an owner for every task.
Lesson: the ward roundInside First Shift
Lessons, worked examples, a toolkit and practice shifts, all built around the same moments of an Irish hospital week.
Written lessons
Who's who: the medical hierarchy and NCHD posts
Consultants, registrars, SHOs and interns: what each role usually covers, how training and non-training posts differ, and where you fit.
Titles and duties vary by hospital and specialty.
The written programme
Plan the practicalities of settling in, from your commute to your first week.
Understand where you fit and which colleague to ask.
Turn the round into a useful jobs list and a clear handover.
Keep requests organised and know when to involve your senior.
Compare posts and build a realistic next-step plan.
32 lessons · five units · the complete programme
Explore full accessSourced from the HSE and Medical Council. Browse by stage
Prefer your own timeline? The learning hub groups the same lessons into four stages. Lessons cite official sources like the HSE and Medical Council — or start free with the first-day and who’s who guides.
Two practice shifts
Read a short lesson, step into an illustrated shift and choose how you'd respond. Each choice gets brief coaching on why it matters.
Dr Ruth Okafor“Right, I'm off to clinic. All good?”
What do you say?Why First Shift exists
First Shift Ireland was conceived and is led by doctors with experience of working in Irish hospitals. It is written for the gap that induction rarely has time for: who you actually call, how the round and the five o’clock handover tend to run, what a night on call asks of you, and how a first post leads somewhere.
Led by doctors who have worked in Irish hospitals, First Shift covers the working habits induction rarely has time for. It reflects doctors’ own experience; local policies and your seniors come first.
It is a practical orientation, not clinical guidance. Lessons cite official sources but reflect doctors’ own experience, so your hospital’s policies and your seniors always come first.
How the programme is writtenMore about usRead the free lesson now, then come back to the full programme when payments open.
€89.95 launch price · four months’ access · no automatic renewal
€89.95 launch price · four months’ access
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Internationally qualified doctors starting or settling into an SHO or NCHD post, or considering their next career step in Ireland.
The complete programme has 32 lessons across five units, worked examples, printable checklists and templates, and two optional illustrated practice shifts.
Yes. Read the free lesson on the medical team without signing in, or try the free first-day practice shift.
Yes, if you’re an internationally qualified doctor settling into an SHO or NCHD post in Ireland. Start with the working habits you need now: rounds, referrals, handover, on-call or planning your next post.
No: your hospital induction, local policies and senior clinical guidance come first; this is not registration, immigration or legal advice, exam preparation or accredited clinical training. First Shift is independent of the HSE, the Medical Council and all hospitals. It reflects individual doctors’ experience; read about the programme.
Yes, if you are an internationally qualified doctor in, or about to start, an SHO or NCHD post in Ireland. It is most useful in the weeks before and after a first Irish post, but the on-call and career units also help later on.
Your hospital induction and local policies, clinical guidance from your seniors, and Medical Council registration requirements. It gives no individual registration, immigration or legal advice, and reflects individual doctors’ experience and public sources.
Not a registration agency, exam preparation or accredited clinical training. Independent of the HSE, the Medical Council and all hospitals.
All 32 lessons, both practice shifts and the toolkit of checklists and templates, for four calendar months. €89.95 is a single payment: no subscription and no automatic renewal. When access ends the paid materials lock again. Online payment is not open yet; if you have a promo code you can apply it to your price on the pricing page.
The lesson on the medical hierarchy and NCHD posts, the first-day practice shift and every lesson summary in the programme.
