1. Opportunities for Academic Public Health
Dr Jennifer Mindell
Educational Supervisor
Research Dept. Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL
10th September 2015

2. Welcome

3. Types of academic posts and attachments
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellows
NIHR Clinical Lecturers
Attachment during general public health training
Attachment during Academic F2 / SEM / GP training
ICA HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme for non-medical healthcare professions

4. NIHR Academic Clinical Fellows
Purpose
Start specialist training in Public health (ST1)
Spend 25% of time in academe
Apply for PhD funding or post-doc fellowship

5. NIHR Clinical Lecturers
Purpose
Complete specialist training in Public health (ST3+)
Spend 50% of time in academe
Build CV as independent researcher / educator
Apply for Post-doc fellowship or senior lecturer post

6. Attachment during general public health training
Purpose
Continue specialist training in Public health
usually in penultimate year (but could be ST2+)
Spend a period of time in academe
To fill gaps in CV eg obtain publications
To meet missing ARCP competencies eg complex data handling
Taster session for academic work
Apply for PhD funding

7. Attachment during Academic F2 / GP training / Sports & Exercise Medicine
Purpose
Spend a period of time in academe
Taster session for academic work
Taster session for public health / epidemiology
To meet missing ARCP competencies eg data handling
To fill gaps in CV eg obtain publications

8. Which post is right for me – and how do I get it?

9. NIHR Academic Clinical Fellows

10. Academic Clinical Fellows: Content of post
≤ 3years
Masters – usually in PH at LSHTM or Imperial
25% academic / 75% service PH training
Pass Part A MFPH (and Part B)
Writing papers, presenting research, teaching
Fellowship application

11. Academic Clinical Fellows – Eligibility (2015 round for 2016 start)
Must be medically qualified and registered with the GMC
Must be eligible for general public health training
At least 12 months supervised clinical work after full GMC registration (eg FY2)
Meet Foundation competencies or evidence of equivalent
Acceptable for the general PH training scheme
Can have a PhD or MD if not already on PH training
But not always eligible – need to check
Can be an existing PH trainee if no PhD / MD

12. Academic Clinical Fellows What we’re looking for
Evidence of academic achievement
Prizes, awards, degrees
Evidence of research ability / potential
publication(s), especially peer-reviewed papers
presentation(s) at national conferences
Evidence of numeracy and literacy
Evidence of interest in PH / Epidemiology / Health service research
Understanding of the posts

13. ACFs – Who should NOT apply
Those with no interest in or aptitude for an academic career
Those who do not wish to undertake a PhD or MD
The general public health training provides opportunities to obtain all the relevant knowledge and skills for public health work.
Do not apply for an ACF post in the mistaken belief that it is needed to pass MFPH or to acquire all PH specialist training competencies.

14. ACFs – then what? Obtain PhD funding
Temporarily leave the training scheme while working for PhD (OOP-R)
Decide don’t want / not suited academic career
Transfer to general public health training scheme 100% (give notice)
PhD funding not (yet) obtained
Change to be 100% on general public health training scheme until CCT or funding arrives or further application successful (give notice)

15. Recruitment: ACFs ACF posts to start August 2016
UCL x1 (EPH or DAHR or IPH or Farr)
Imperial x1
Advertised (BMJ) mid-October
Closing date ?late October / November
Interviews Dec 2015
Also need to do the gen PH written assessments Jan 2015
Application pack will be on South London HEE website

16. NIHR Clinical Lecturers

17. NIHR Clinical Lecturers: Content
≤ 4 years
50% academic / 50% service PH training
Pass Part B MFPH if not already obtained
Writing papers, presenting research, teaching
Fellowship application eg NIHR Clinician Scientist
Posts approved:
None at UCL 2016/17

18. NIHR Clinical Lecturers: Eligibility (April 2016 – Mar 2017)
Must:
be medically qualified and registered with the GMC
have relevant PhD or MD (or MB PhD), or have submitted thesis (but must be awarded before starts post and 31 Mar)
be eligible for ST3 or above in PH training scheme
have passed Part A MFPH?

19. Recruitment: Clinical lecturers
Posts advertised later than ACFs:
Usually April to August 2016 to start by 31/03/17
Adverts often not in BMJ - or tiny!
Application pack on S London HEE website

20. Attachment during general public health training

21. Attachment during general public health training
Duration and content of attachment by agreement
Open to all trainees on general PH training scheme, if appropriate
Can be used by non-medics to have support for PhD funding applications
Mostly used by people intending local public health career
Any academic PH dept in London / KSS

22. Attachment during general public health training
Informal discussion between the registrar, current trainer/educational supervisor (ES), and potential project supervisor and ES
what the registrar wants / needs to achieve
what opportunities are available
Attachments can be formally arranged and agreed only by the Training Programme Director
Generally for 12 months FTE but can be shorter (occasionally longer)

23. Recruitment to general public health training scheme (see FPH website – but not yet!)
For both medics and non-medics
Eligibility
&
Recruitment: c. Nov 2015 to Feb 2016
I’ve added all this from fph website

24. Attachment during Academic F2 / SEM / GP training

25. Attachment during Academic F2 / SEM / GP training
Similar to attachments during general PH training but generally shorter and doing simpler work
Need to make contact and plan in advance to identify suitable project / time / supervisor

26. Recruitment: Attachments
Speak to your TPD and to us

27. ICA HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme for non-medical healthcare professions
The Health Education England (HEE) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) Programme
Personal research training awards for healthcare professionals (excluding doctors and dentists) who wish to develop careers that combine clinical research and research leadership with continued clinical practice and clinical development.  
The new ICA Programme replaces the previous Clinical Academic Training (CAT) and Healthcare Science Research Fellowships programmes.  

28. Integrated Clinical Academic Programme
Applicants must belong to one of the eligible professions. 
Eligible professions: (see handout)
Details:

29. Integrated Clinical Academic Programme
5 levels of award:
Internships
Masters
Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship
Clinical Lectureship
Senior Clinical Lectureship
Details:

30. Recruitment: General If you don’t apply, you won’t be appointed
But don’t apply for posts you’re not suited for or don’t want
If you don’t follow the instructions, it will make life difficult (eg application form vs CV)
To be shortlisted:
You must meet all the essential criteria
You need evidence of some of the ‘desirables’
If you don’t tell us on the form, we won’t know
GOOD LUCK!