Other Career Options

Because of changed circumstances, some people need to review the way they are following their career path.  Here are some links that may be useful:

• If you want to know more about training less than full time, click here

• So you want to be a medical mum, book review (pdf)

• If you want to contact the border and immigration  part of the home office about visa requirements, click here

• If you have leave to remain in the UK on a specific visa, click here

• If you want to contact the General Medical Council about your registration, click here

• If you have an illness or disability, click here

• If you want to know more about overseas opportunities, click here

As well as pursuing a conventional medical career, other options are available to those with a medical degree.  Some as add on careers, others as specific career options.

• Medical Careers - national medical careers website on other career options

• Medical Law & Ethics

Leadership, Education and Academia

There are 3 levels of interest here:

- All doctors and trainee doctors will need to do a certain amount of these as part of their training

- Some doctors choose to further develop a special interest, taking it on as a role - usually a delivery role: doing research, managing a clinical service, supporting colleagues and trainees' careers. For this, they generally undertake additional training.

- Finally, some take on a leadership role within these 3 roles, moving from teaching for example to leading on education. For this, you will most often need a higher qualification such as a PhD, MBA or Med.

• Leadership

• Education

• Academia / Research

  • Academic Foundation Programme

  • National Institute for Health Research