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Dr. Dónal Wallace

Assistant Professor (Public Health & Primary Care)

 wallacd1@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Dr. Dónal Wallace is an Assistant Professor in General Practice at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). He also practices as a GP in North Dublin. He qualified in Medicine from TCD in 2013 with an Honours Degree and was accepted onto the TCD GP training scheme in July 2014, completing his specialist training in July 2018. He has a very keen interest in medical education and has been involved with teaching medical students since he was an Intern. Dónal has been awarded Diplomas in Clinical Psychiatry (DCP), Medicine for the Elderly (DME), Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DRCOG) and Musculoskeletal Examination & Injury Management (ICGP Dip MSK). His research interests centre on youth mental health, medical education, continuing professional development and public & patient involvement in research. Dónal has written regularly for Forum: Journal of the Irish College of General Practitioners and is an active member of his CME group in North Dublin. He has first hand experience in managing adolescent mental health presentations at primary care level. Dónal's current research programme is focusing on the development and evaluation of a CME educational tool designed to equip GPs in Ireland to manage adolescent mental health presentations.

Research Tags

  Child and Adolescent Mental Health   GENERAL PRACTICE   Medical Education   PRIMARY CARE   Suicide Prevention

Representations

Details Date
AUDGPI Early Career Rep 2022

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Member of the Irish College of General Practitioners July 2018
Dónal Wallace, Caroline McCarthy, Ellen Stuart, The use of Generative AI in Academia, AUDGPI/ICGP Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Limerick, 08/03/2024, 2024, Notes: [Conference Workshop], Meeting Abstract, PRESENTED
Dónal Wallace, Marion Dyer, Innovations in Medical Education: Preparing Medical Students for LGBTQ+ & Crisis Pregnancy Consultations, AUDGPI/ICGP Annual Scientific Meeting, Online, 04/03/2022, 2022, Meeting Abstract, PRESENTED
Fallon E, Wallace D, Wrynn A, Gill A, O'Callaghan M, Ní Shúilleabháin A, Scully M, Hollywood B, O'Reilly Z, Martin D., Bordetella Pertussis Vaccination in Pregnant Women; Prevalence of uptake in an Irish population sample and factors influencing uptake of the vaccine., AUDGPI, NUI Galway, 09/03/2018, 2018, Poster, PUBLISHED
Declan Lyons, Donal Wallace, Roisin McCafferty, Improving Your Memory - How to Remember What You're Starting to Forget, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 36, (2), 2017, p157--158 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Conlon NP, Abramovitch A, Murray G, O'Hanrahan A, Wallace D, Holohan K, Cleary N, Feighery C, Lee-Brennan C., Allergy in Irish adults: a survey of referrals and outcomes at a major centre., Ir J Med Sci, 184, (2), 2015, p349-352 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

Wallace D, Asghar M, Lyons D., Managing sleep-related disorders in primary care, Forum: Journal of the Irish College of General Practitioners, 33, (3), 2016, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Wallace D, Lyons D, GPs at the forefront of depression care, Forum: Journal of the Irish College of General Practitioners, 32, (10), 2015, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Wallace V, Doorley E, Wallace D, Hollywood B, Close practice encounters of the teenage kind, Forum: Journal of the Irish College of General Practitioners, 32, (4), 2015, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Distinction in Head & Neck Anatomy 2010
Nominated for a Safety in Practice Award at the GPBuddy National GP Awards for research study entitled "Bordetella Pertussis Vaccination in Pregnant Women" 2018