So you want to be a clinical academic

A career as a clinical academic combines the immense rewards of being a clinician with the potential to make groundbreaking discoveries which can deepen our understanding of disease, develop new therapies and impact upon national and international health-care policy through research. As a medical academic, you will regularly engage with a wide range of colleagues at the frontiers of science and clinical practice and have an unparalleled opportunity to travel, to educate others nationally and internationally, and to become a world authority in your discipline.