DrLouise Sharkey

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor

School of Medicine

  • Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
    School of Medicine
  • University College Dublin, School of Medicine

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Lectures to medical students UCD and TCD

i organised lectures and teaching workshops for Higher Specialist Trainees, College of Psychiatry of Ireland

i sat on a committee tasked with reviewing the curriculum for HSTs in Psychiatry

i ran teaching workshops for allied health professionals on childhood Disabilty Teams

i am an examiner for the College of Psychiatry of Ireland membership examinations

i have been an examiner for UCD medical students final examinations

in my role as National Clinical Lead MHID, I have organised a number of international conferences, attended by over 200 delegates

i am a member of the CAIDPN (Child and Adolescent Committee Psychiatric Committee) executive board. We have organised a number of international conferences in conjunction with ACAMH (Assocition of Child and Adolescent Mental Health). These are two day conferences held annually in May; 2025 in Edinburgh, 2026 in London and 2027 in Dublin. I will take the lead in organising the Dublin conference.

in my role as National Clinical Lead MHID, I have organised two day training workshops for allied health professionals MHID teams throughout 2026.

TEACHING

  • COURSE DEVELOPED
    Worksop on Mental Health for Children with Intellectual Disability
    4 Jan 2014
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Psychotherapy for Medical students
    1 Jan 2014
  • GRADUATE EXAMINATION
    Examiner College of Psychiatry of Ireland clinical membership exams
    9 Nov 2009
    Examination committee member
  • GRADUATE EXAMINATION
    Final Medical Student clinical examination
    3 Jun 2009
    University examiner
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Selective Mutism and Language Disorders
    1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2014
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Selective Mutism for Speech and Language Therapy students
    6 Jan 2007
  • TEACHING INNOVATION
    Autism Spectrum Disorder workshop
  • TEACHING INNOVATION
    Irish Learning Support Association
  • TEACHING INNOVATION
    Parenting a Child with Autism and Intellectual Disability
  • TEACHING INNOVATION
    Psychoeducation conference for parents of children with selective mutism