ACF Primary Care Information

ACF Primary Care Information

ACF Primary Care (including Educational Research) Programme Details

Last updated: 10rd October 2014

2015 Entry level: ST1

The Academic Environment

There is one NIHR post in Primary Care in either research or educational research, based at Manchester University.

The Centre for Primary Care at the University of Manchester has a strong track record of supporting Academic Clinical Fellows, and you will join a vibrant community of ACFs who are well integrated into the life of the University. The Centre has an outstanding reputation in the field of primary care research, and is one of the eight institutions in the NIHR School for Primary Care Research. We have strong links to Manchester Medical School, where ACFs can gain valuable experience in medical education. The Centre for Primary Care sits in the new Institute of Population Health, and research staff include clinicians, sociologists, economists, psychologists, anthropologists, epidemiologists and statisticians. Our research is focused around three themes: long term conditions, health policy, politics and organisations and quality and safety. We also have strong links within the Institute with research groups focused on health economics and health informatics, and ACFs are encouraged to make the most of the opportunities that this wide spectrum of research provides.

Research

The Academic Clinical Fellow posts have been designed to provide the opportunity to develop your research skills alongside your clinical training. The exact research training required will vary between candidates, as some trainees will already have had the opportunity to undertake a science degree or a Masters. If they do not already hold such a qualification, all ACFs will be given the opportunity to complete a Masters degree in research methods (MRes) or in medical education (MEd). The multi-disciplinary MRes is run from the Institute of Population Health and has been designed to lead in to a PhD programme. Choice of registering on other courses may be available, and trainees who already have a Masters can choose individual modules to suit their needs. You will be encouraged to get involved with ongoing research, and supported to develop your own projects.

Training Programme

The programme will be 1 year of hospital based training followed by 1 year a mixture of hospital and primary care training with up to a day a week for academic work. The final 2 years will be at GP ST3 level with 50% attachment to the Academic Unit. Training is based in South Manchester and the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. ACF will be linked throughout the 4 years to experienced training practices with academic links in education & research inin either Central Manchester or  and Wythenshawe (South Manchester). All ACFs will have an academic supervisor, who will work with them to develop a bespoke training programme that will ensure that they obtain the training in research or medical education that they require. Academic and clinical supervisors work closely together, to ensure that ACFs are well supported throughout.

Objectives

At the end of four years ACF will be able to:

  • Apply for the Certificate of Completion of Training for General Practice Specialty training.
  • Have completed a Masters degree in Research or Education or other agreed study and demonstrated:
    • Masters level understanding of the theory of research /education
    • The ability to define a research question, select appropriate methods, carry out and analyse a research project of their choice in primary care / medical education
    • The ability to write and complete a dissertation on a research project of their choice
    • The ability to teach / assess health professionals in training as appropriate
    • The ability to critically appraise the evidence base for clinical practice / education
  • Develop a first class application for PhD training or another fellowship.

For More Information

http://www.medicine.manchester.ac.uk/primarycare

Dr Kath Checkland Katherine.checkland@manchester.ac.uk or

Prof Aneez Esmail Aneez.esmail@manchester.ac.uk

 

To discuss the GP Training aspects of the programme please contact

Dr Rebecca Baron rebecca.baron@nw.hee.nhs.uk