Post-training employment of clinical academics requires improvement

A focus on integrated academic training1 as a method of “fixing” academic medicine would be welcome.2 Unfortunately, the current system means that improvements in this area will provide only limited success.I was funded for the length of the integrated academic training pathway—from graduation in 2010 to near certificate of completion of training (CCT) in 2022 (National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) academic foundation programme, 2010-12; NIHR academic clinical fellowship, 2012-15; Wellcome research training fellowship, 2015-18; NIHR academic clinical lectureship, 2020-22). There are two main options for UK clinical academics on completion of training.The first is to accept an NHS consultant post with its permanent contract and stability, but limited space for research—perhaps with the hope of becoming research active again after some time. The second is to enter the precarious world of post-CCT academia, where universities will, of course, welcome all clinical academics with open arms (as long…
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