Academic Clinical Training in the Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery
New training opportunities for doctors with an interest and aptitude for research and teaching have been available from August 2006. These innovative training pathways will provide a clear and coherent training route for the clinical researchers and educators of the future.
These new training pathways were set out in the report “Medically and Dentally Qualified Academic Staff: Recommendations for training the researchers and educators of the future”. The new posts are commonly referred to as “Walport” posts, following the name of the report’s main author, Dr Mark Walport.
Academic Clinical Fellowships
If you are about to enter higher specialist training and have the potential to be an outstanding researcher and/or educationalist, you will be able to compete for the new Academic Clinic Fellowships (ACFs). The new Academic Clinical Fellowship is targeted at doctors in the early years of specialty training. It provides a clinical and academic training environment to help the Academic Clinical Fellow prepare a competitive application for a training fellowship for a higher degree or, if applicable, a postdoctoral fellowship. Funding is available for a maximum of three years (up to four years for GP Academic Clinical Fellows).
Clinical Lectureships
If you are currently engaged in specialist training and have recently obtained a PhD or equivalent or expect to do so soon, you will be able to compete for the new Clinical Lectureships (CLs). These provide opportunities for post-higher degree research or educational training for doctors working towards completion of specialty training. Clinical Lecturers are expected to apply for further research or support for continuing educational training.
Academic Clinical Fellowships available for 2010
Below are details of the prestigious NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships awarded to the newly merged Yorkshire and the Humber Postgraduate Deanery which form part of the national NIHR Integrated Academic Training Pathway. These posts reflect the close partnerships which have been created between the Deanery, the three regional medical schools and local NHS partners. A national recruitment timetable for these posts has been published on the NIHR TCC website http://www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk. All posts are to commence in August 2010.
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