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Personal Information
College Photo Name Agyapong, Vincent Israel Opoku
College Address School of Medicine,
Biomedical Sciences Institute
Main Department Psychiatry
College Title Clinical Senior Lecturer
E-mail vincent.agyapong@tcd.ie
College Tel +353 1 2493607
Web http://people.tcd.ie/agyaponv#CV_REPS_D_PREF
 
Teaching interests and responsibilities
Course Organiser and Examiner, College of Psychiatry of Ireland/St Patrick’s University Hospital Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) Workshop for Pre-Membership trainees- 25th August 2012 Course Organiser and Examiner, College of Psychiatry of Ireland/St Patrick’s University Hospital Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) Workshop for Pre-Membership trainees- 16th June 2012 Course Organiser, College of Psychiatry of Ireland/Connolly Hospital Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) Workshop for Pre-Membership trainees- 16th December 2011 Course Organiser and Examiner, College of Psychiatry of Ireland/St Patrick’s University Hospital Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) Workshop for Pre-Membership trainees- 5th November 2011 Examiner, Fourth Year end of Rotation Clinical Examination in Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2009/2010, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 Academic years Examination Coordinator at St Patrick’s University Hospital Exam Centre, Final Professional Examination in Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 Academic years Course Organizer and Examiner, Super Ego Cafe MRCPsych Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) Training and Mock Examinations in Dublin, 6th November 2009 and 13th March 2010 Examiner- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Final Professional Examination in Psychiatry‏ 4th June 2010 Examiner, Irish Medical Council Pre-registration Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for Foreign Medical Graduates, 12th February 2010
 
Professional Qualifications
Qualification Institution Class of Degree Title of Dissertation Date Conferred
Doctor of Medicine (MD) University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin   The usefulness of supportive text messages for patients with Depression and co-morbid Alcohol Use Disorder- A randomised controlled trial 2012
MRCPsych Royal College of Psychiatrists     2008
MSc Forensic Medicine University College Dublin   Medical confidentiality versus disclosure- Ethical and legal dilemmas 2008
MB ChB Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology     2001
Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry Royal College of Physicians in Ireland     2006
 
Representations
Details Date
Agyapong et al; Supportive text messaging for alcohol use disorder and comorbid depression: single-blind randomised pilot study. Presented orally at the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry, Prague, Czech Republic. 4th March 2012
Agyapong et al; Supportive text messaging for alcohol use disorder and comorbid depression: single-blind randomised pilot study. Presented as a poster at the College of Psychiatry of Ireland Spring Conference, Galway. 30th March 2012
Agyapong et. at.; Perception of patients with Alcohol Use Disorder and comorbid depression about the usefulness of supportive text messages Presented as a poster at the College of Psychiatry of Ireland Spring Conference, Galway. 30th March 2012
Agyapong et al; Use of codeine-containing medicines by Irish psychiatric in-patients before and after regulatory limitations on their supply. Presented orally at the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry, Prague, Czech Republic. 4th March 2012
Agyapong et al; Shared care between specialised psychiatric services and primary care- The experiences and expectations of consultant psychiatrists in Ireland. Poster presentation at the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria. 15th March 2011
 
Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies
Details Date From Date To
College of Psychiatry of Ireland 2010 To date
Royal College of Psychiatrists 2008 To date
European Association of Psychiatrists 2007 To date
 
Awards and Honours
Award Date
Best NCHD research prize, College of Psychiatry of Ireland’s annual spring conference in Galway 30th March 2012
Henry Hutchinson Scholarship, Awarded by the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, University of Dublin, Trinity College September 2010
Finalist - Lundbeck Ireland Neuroscience Research Bursary January 2010
 
Education Details
School/College Date From Date To
School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi , Ghana 1995 2001
 
Languages
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Twi Basic Basic Fluent
 
Description of Research Interests
Mental Health Policy and Service Development
 
Publications
Peer Reviewed
Agyapong V.I.O., McLoughlin D. Farren C.K., Perception of patients with Alcohol Use Disorder and comorbid depression about the usefulness of supportive text messages , Technol Health Care, 21, (1), 2013, p31 - 39
DOI
Agyapong V.I.O., Epidemiology, Aetiology and Management of Depression with Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder-A Review of the Literature, Current Psychiatry Reviews , 9, (3), 2013, p13
Agyapong V.I.O., Singh K., Savage M., Thekiso B.T., Finn M, Farren C.K. McLoughlin D.M., Use of codeine-containing medicines by Irish psychiatric in-patients before and after regulatory limitations on their supply. , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 30, (01), 2013, p7 - 12
DOI
Agyapong V.I.O., McLoughlin D. Farren C.K., , Supportive text messaging for alcohol use disorder and comorbid depression: single-blind randomised trial, Journal of Affective Disorders, doi:10.1016/j.jad.20, 2012
Agyapong V.I.O., Farren C.K. and McLoughlin D, Mobile phone text message interventions in psychiatry- what are the possibilities?, Current Psychiatry Reviews, 7, (1), 2011, p1 - 7
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