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Overview
Academic F2 Programme 2007/08
University of Bristol in association with the Severn Deanery
What is academic medicine?
Academic medicine is medicine that is practised in an academic
setting, such as a university or medical school. It usually involves
research, teaching and patient care - often a combination of all
three. The work of medical academics is varied; it furthers our
understanding through research with patients often based on new
discoveries in the laboratory or from fieldwork and, through teaching,
passes that knowledge and those skills on to other people. This
creation of new knowledge and the development of new skills leads
ultimately to improving patient care.
Pathways to a career in academic medicine
Some health professionals know that they want to pursue an academic
career while they are still a student
- Opportunities usually exist to learn
about research methods during the undergraduate course
Some will enter medicine already with a degree in another subject
(graduate entrants)
- For a few there are opportunities
to combine getting a medical degree with a PhD (MB/PhD courses)
- Some participate in research at
different stages of the training programme after registration as
a doctor
- Others take time out of their
medical training to complete a PhD
- Others find ways of exploring
their interest in teaching and research at a later stage in
their careers while continuing their clinical work
Medically - and dentally-qualified academic staff:
recommendations for training the researchers and educators of the
future (the 'Walport report')
- Clear route of entry to an
academic career
- Transparent career structure
- Properly structured and
supported posts after training
- Academic Foundation posts
The Bristol programme
- An academic F2 year
- 12 posts
- A 4 month academic post
- Based at UoB with a day release
for service work
- 2 x 4 month service posts
- UBHT/NBT
- Each with a day release for
academic work
- Currently research orientated
- Education posts possible
- Lead onto Academic Fellowship
Posts
The new academic career ladder
Specialist training
- Clinical Academic Fellowship 3
years25% academic
- Hospital specialities
- General practice/ public
health/psychiatry
- Research training fellowship
MRC, Wellcome, DH, etc to get PhD/MD
- Clinical lectureship 4
years- post doctoral work and complete CCT
The Bristol posts with leads
- Paediatrics ID / Microbiology
(Prof Adam Finn)
- Primary Care (Prof Debbie Sharp)
- Psychiatry (Prof Glyn Lewis & Dr
John Potokar)
- Medical Physiology (Dr Tony
Pickering)
- Clinical Epidemiology / Public
Health (Professor Yoav Ben-Shlomo)
- Surgery (Professor Jane Blazeby)
- Endocrinology Adult (Dr Colin
Dayan)
- Paediatrics Endocrine/Renal (Dr
Julian Hamilton-Shield
The curriculum
Complete F2 competencies in 2 service blocks
- Day release in service blocks for
academic work
- Day release back into service in
academic block
Generic research methods course
Complete a piece of academic work 4months
- Literature Review
- Practical project in lab
- Data collection survey,
interviews etc
- Write a paper
- Presentation at academic meeting
Prepare an ACF application
Generic research methods course
A selection of the following will be available
- European Computer Driving License
- An Introduction to Epidemiology,
Health Services Research and Basic Statistics
- Critical Appraisal
- Good Practice in Clinical Research
- Good Practice in Laboratory
Research
- Database management
- Writing a research proposal
- Careers in Academic Medicine
Supervision / mentorship
- Clinical supervisor/educational
supervisor (trust based)
- Academic supervisor (University of
Bristol)
- Member of group of 12 F2 trainees
What we are looking for
- Doctors who think they might like to specialise in academic
medicine
- Research
- Education
Desirable Qualities
- No failures in MB ChB
- Additional qualifications eg BA, BSc MSc, PhD
- Intercalated degree
- Distinctions in MB ChB
- Publication(s)
- Prizes in medical school
- Presentation of work at a national or international meeting
- Demonstration of educational/personal reasons for applying for
this AF2
Timetable
| Recruitment opens |
15 December 2006 |
| Recruitment closes |
8 January 2007 |
| Shortlisting by |
12 January 2007 |
| Interviews |
22 January 2007 |
| Results |
24 January 2007 |
| Acceptances by |
29 January 2007 |
| General F2 recruitment opens |
1 February 2007 |
| General F2 recruitment closes |
15 February 2007 |
This page was last updated
12/05/08
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