Dr Martina Goggin

Dr Goggin is a tutor in Anatomical skills in the School of Medicine, a role she has held since 2008.

She graduated from University College Dublin in 1990, achieving first place in Surgery. This enabled Dr Goggin to complete the 3 year surgical training rotation following her Intern year. During this time she worked in General surgery, Urology and Transplantation surgery and Orthopaedic surgery in Ireland. Dr Goggin chose to follow a career in General Practice, undertaking her vocational training in the UK. Following vocational training in 1999 she became a partner in a GP practice in London.  She has worked as a General Practitioner (GP) London and later as a GP in Tipperary. Her interests within the practice were in reproductive health and minor surgery.

Dr Goggin joined the School of Medicine in 2008, initially while also working as a GP. Her role is as Anatomical skills tutor to Year 1 and Year 2 students.  Dr Goggin was acting Lecturer in Anatomy for Clinical Therapies students in the 2012/13  academic year. She has also participated in the Year 1 Paramedic studies programme and has acted as a Problem Based Learning tutor. 

In 2011 Dr Goggin was awarded a Masters of Medical Science in Medical Education from Queen’s University, Belfast, where her thesis was based on assessment in Medical Education.

Dr Goggin was awarded a School of Medicine, Teaching Excellence award in 2015.

Professional Memberships: 

Member, Royal College of General Practitioners

Member, Irish College of General Practitioners

Member, Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Medical Council of Ireland, currently enrolled in speciality division, General Practice

Research Interests: 

Dr Goggin is interested in assessment of Anatomy within a PBL curriculum. She is currently researching the role of distractors in single best answer questions.