Abbreviation CAI | Professional title MCAI, FCAI | |
Motto Salus dum vigilamus (Latin for "safety while we watch") Predecessor Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Established Faculty: December 15, 1959; 57 years ago (1959-12-15)
College: September 23, 1998; 18 years ago (1998-09-23) Type Professional association, educational institution | ||
The College of Anaesthetists of Ireland (CAI) is the professional association and educational institution responsible for the medical specialty of anaesthesia throughout Ireland. It sets standards in anaesthesia, critical care, and pain medicine, and for the training of anaesthetists, critical care physicians and pain medicine physicians. It also holds examinations for anaesthetists in training, jointly publishes the British Journal of Anaesthesia and BJA Education, and informs and educates the public about anaesthesia. Its headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland.
Founded in 1959 as a faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (and therefore named the Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), the body's first dean was Dr Tom Gilmartin. It was reconstituted as a college in its own right in 1998 - although it initially remained under the aegis of the RCSI (as the College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) - and it moved to its own premises in Merrion Square.