Medicine, University of Southampton

Clinical Academic Training Posts

These posts are part of a broad programme to improve career pathways for researchers in medicine and dentistry, set up in response to recommendations in the Walport Report, arising from a joint working party of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration and the NHS Modernising Medical Careers initiative.

Academic Foundation Programmes

Academic Foundation Programmes allow 5% of trainee doctors to combine clinical training with research methods training.  The start date is August each year, and the academic programmes include a solely clinical F1 year, and an F2 rotation including two clinical specialties and one academic placement with hands-on research (four months each).

The academic placements are offered as follows:

• two in Medicine (with research in either the Clinical and Experimental Sciences (CES) Academic Unit or in the Human Development and Health (HDH) Academic Unit
  
• two in General Practice (with either research in the Primary Care and Population Sciences (PCPS)Academic Unit or Educational research at Portsmouth)

one each in:

• Surgery (Cancer Sciences Academic Unit)
• Child Health (CES Academic Unit)
• Clinical Genetics at Salisbury (HDH Academic Unit)
• Neurosurgery (CES Academic Unit)
• Psychiatry (CES Academic Unit)
• Biomedical Engineering (Salisbury)

Successful completion of an academic placement in the F2 year is likely to improve the prospects for trainees to compete for clinical academic fellowships in their subsequent registrar rotations and embark on a clinical academic career.  Please see the Deanery website for details of application procedures.

Clinical Academic Fellowship posts

Clinical Academic Fellowship Posts are designed to provide support for doctors and dentists (including GPs and GDPs) entering specialist training who have outstanding potential for development as a researcher and/or educationalist and enable them to work towards a higher degree. The scheme is open to F2 trainees and Senior House Officers who are eligible to apply for a National Training Number (NTN). Existing Specialist Registrars who already hold an NTN, and GPRs enrolled on vocational training schemes, are not eligible.

The Clinical Academic Fellowships provide part-funding for the basic salary (25%) and consequently will allow the clinician in training to set aside time to develop academic skills and to prepare and compete for a training fellowship to undertake a higher degree. Funding for each specialist Clinical Academic Fellowship is available for a maximum of three years, and a maximum of four years for GPRs to allow completion of clinical training.

Clinical Academic Fellowships are offered as follows:

• Respiratory medicine with research in the CES Academic Unit, Southampton.
  Supervisor: Professor Ratko Djukanovic, tel. 023 8079 4195, rd1@soton.ac.uk
• Rheumatology with research in the HDH Academic Unit, Southampton.
  Supervisor Professor Cyrus Cooper, tel. 023 8077 7624, cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk
• General Practice with research in the PCPS Academic Unit, Southampton.
  Supervisor Professor Paul Little, tel. 023 8024 1050, p.little@soton.ac.uk
• Surgery with research in the Cancer Sciences Academic Unit, Southampton.
  Supervisor Professor John Primrose, tel: 023 8079 6144, j.n.primrose@soton.ac.uk
• Child health with research in the CES Academic Unit, Southampton.
  Supervisor Dr Saul Faust, tel: 023 8079 4939, s.faust@soton.ac.uk
• Dermatology with research in the CES Academic Unit, Southampton.
  Supervisor Professor Eugene Healy, tel. 023 8079 6142, ehealy@soton.ac.uk
  Geriatric Medicine with research in the HDH Academic Unit and MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, Southampton.
  Supervisor Dr Avan Aihie Sayer, tel: 023 8077 7624, aas@mrc.soton.ac.uk
• Clinical Genetics with research in the HDH Academic Unit, Southampton.
  Supervisor Professor Karen Temple, tel: 023 8079 4346, ikt@soton.ac.uk
• Neurosurgery with research in the CES Academic Unit, Southampton.
• Supervisor Professor James Nicoll, tel: 023 8079 6634, J.Nicoll@soton.ac.uk
• Psychiatry with research in the CES Academic Unit, Southampton.
  Supervisor Professor Clive Holmes, Clive.Holmes@hantspt-sw.nhs.uk
• Medical oncology, with research in the Cancer Sciences Academic Unit, Southampton.
  Supervisor Dr Andrew Davies, a.davies@southampton.ac.uk
• Ophthalmology, with research in the CES Academic Unit.
  Supervisor Professor Andrew Lotery, a.j.lotery@soton.ac.uk.

Preliminary discussion with the academic supervisor is welcomed.

Applications and appointments are administered by local appointment committees for the individual specialties, and the deadlines for receipt of applications are determined locally. Check the Deanery website for details of application procedures.

Clinical Lecturer posts

Clinical Lecturer posts are designed for specialist trainees, and newly qualified GPs, with a higher degree, for example a PhD, MD or equivalent educational training. Funding of 50% of basic salary provides the opportunity to carry out post-higher degree research or educational training, half-time. Clinical lecturers will be expected to apply for further research funding (e.g. personal fellowships or research grants), or support for continuing educational training. Specialist clinical lecturers will complete their clinical training, and GP clinical lecturers will continue to practise general practice half-time.

Clinical lecturer posts are available in Southampton in the following specialties:

• Child Health (Academic Supervisor Dr Saul Faust, tel: 023 8079 4939, s.faust@soton.ac.uk)
• General Practice (Academic Supervisor Prof Paul Little, tel: 02380 241050, email p.little@soton.ac.uk)
• Respiratory Medicine (Academic Supervisor Prof Ratko Djukanovic (tel: 02380 794195, email: rd1@soton.ac.uk)
• Rheumatology (Academic Supervisor Prof Cyrus Cooper Tel: 02380 777624, email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk)
• Cancer Surgery (Academic Supervisor Prof John Primrose (tel: 02380 796144, email: j.n.primrose@soton.ac.uk)
• Neurology (Academic Supervisor (to be confirmed)

Preliminary discussion with the academic supervisor is welcomed.

Applications and appointments are administered by local appointment committees for the individual specialties, and the deadlines for receipt of applications are determined locally. Check the Deanery website for details of application procedures.