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What is a clinical academic?
Clinical academics are clinical professionals working across healthcare providers and academic institutions.
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Why do we need clinical academics?
Clinical academics advance practice and improve care through research.
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How do you become a clinical academic?
There is no one path to becoming a clinical academic. Find out about the different routes here.
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What does it take to become a clinical academic?
Healthcare scientists are naturally curious and well-rehearsed in the scientific method to take ideas and test them to further medical knowledge.
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The HEE Clinical Academics Career Framework
Recognising the important role that clinical academics play in the NHS, and the absence of a clear pathway, HEE wanted to develop a ‘multi-professional Clinical Academic Careers Framework’ for the benefit of patients.
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The HEE funded NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme
The Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) Programme is a series of funded internships and fellowships aimed at professionals at different stages of their careers.
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Other routes to becoming a clinical academic
It is important to recognise that HEE’s Clinical Academic Careers Framework is just one way to support the development of a clinical academic career.