Boost your clinical education research career at the NIHR Academy insight day

This hybrid event promises to be a valuable opportunity for researchers keen on pursuing clinical education research as a career path, particularly non-clinicians & non-medical/dental health care professionals. This event is designed to equip you with the insights, tools, and connections you need to strengthen your application to NIHR Fellowship schemes.

1.Interactive seminars covering topics such as:

• Personal journeys in research applications
• Understanding NIHR Academy postdoctoral fellowships
• Involving patients and students in clinical education research
• Introduction to the NIHR Clinical Education Incubator

2.Networking opportunities with potential supervisors, placement hosts, and fellow applicants during a networking lunch (in person only)

3.Access to valuable resources and information to support your fellowship application journey

This is a hybrid event with speakers delivering their sessions in-person.

We are committed to ensuring that this event is inclusive and accessible to all attendees. The venue is wheelchair-accessible. Please find more information click to know more about the building accessibility and room accessibility. We will provide British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters and captioning online. Additionally, all sessions will be recorded and made available online for those unable to attend.

For sustainability reason we ask you to bring your own water bottle if you are attending in person.

This event is funded by the NIHR. The information presented is that of the organiser and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

I am Professor of Medical Education Research, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I also hold a Visiting Professorship at King's College London, and an honorary position in Psychology at UCL.

At present I am seconded to the UK Parliament as a Parliamentary Academic Fellow, working with the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee's Independent Expert Panel to evaluate the Government's progress on delivering its pledges. This secondment is part-funded by an NIHR Development Skills Enhancement Award. Before this I was an NIHR Career Development Fellow in Medical Education.

My background is in Psychology. I have a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Goldsmith's College and a PhD in Medical Education and Psychology from UCL.

Dame Jane is a recognised leader in medicine. She is Emeritus Professor of Medical Education, the former Director of UCL Medical School and honorary consultant physician and rheumatologist, at Whittington Health in London. She is the President of the Medical Protection Society and a specialist advisor to parliament on the Health and Social Care Committee, chairing their Expert Panel which evaluates Government pledges. She is past president of the Royal College of Physicians and was also vice chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, medical director of MRCPUK examination, academic vice president of the RCP and a GMC council member. Her research is in medical education focussing on assessment and equality, especially in relation to women.

She was the lead for the Department of Health and Social Care review of the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine, with Professor Carol Woodhams from Surrey University Business School. This review ‘Mend the Gap: The Independent Review into Gender Pay Gaps in Medicine in England’ was published in December 2020. She now chairs the gender pay gap implementation advisory group. Recently, she has been Co-Chair of the Commission on Ph*rm*cy Professional Leadership, and chaired a review of the Prescribing Safety Assessment for the Medical Schools Council and the British Pharmacological Association.

Paul is Professor of Health Services and Workforce Research at the University of York and Hull York Medical School and holds an Honorary contract as a Consultant Psychiatrist with Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

Paul graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne with a medical degree and an intercalated BMedSci (Class I Hons) in psychopharmacology and was later awarded a Medical Doctorate (MD). Paul was previously supported in his research by a HEFCE Clinical Senior Lecturer Fellowship, hosted at Durham University (2009-2014) where he spent some time as co-director for the Centre for Medical Education Research. More latterly Paul was awarded an NIHR Career Development Fellowship funding workforce research, focussed on selection and regulation of the medical profession.

Paul’s academic work is focussed on eliciting and measuring individual differences (psychometrics) and linking these to outcomes. Paul’s medical education research focusses on the ‘educational epidemiology’ of the healthcare workforce. In particular Paul is recognised for his expertise in exploiting large, routinely arising datasets in clinical education in order to address important questions related to the selection, assessment and regulation of the health workforce. Paul has recently been researching Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs) in order to better understand how this approach can be optimally and effectively used in healthcare staff selection. Paul has published over 100 articles and has received research funding from a variety of sources including NIHR, Wellcome and the Research Councils. Paul has received a number of awards and distinctions over the years including, in 2021, a Karolinska Institute Prize in Medical Education (KIPRIME) Fellowship.

Key research methods skills:

-Regression based data modelling, including multi-level, latent variable modelling, path analysis and causal inference

-Modern psychometrics, including item response theory and modelling

-Machine learning and artificial intelligence

Link to academic profile: pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/paul-alexander-tiffin

Yohanna has been the second clerk to the Health and Social Care Committee for 2 and a half years, and has recently managed the Committee’s inquiries into Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide and Preventing ill-health caused by alcohol, drugs, gambling and smoking. She is also the Head of Secretariat to the Committee’s Expert Panel which in the last few years have run several evaluations of Government performance in a range of areas including cancer services and patient safety. Previous to her work on the Health and Social Care Committee Yohanna held a number of roles in the House service, including as a Public Bill Office Clerk and Clerk of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

Ryan is a Programme Manager at the NIHR Academy, an institution dedicated to the advancement of academic training, career development, and research capacity building within the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

As a member of the Personal Awards team, Ryan plays an integral role in the development of health and care researchers by the organisation and management of various NIHR Fellowships.

Bakita is an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She based in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, where she is investigating how people research their own health conditions and illnesses within academic settings (i.e. specifically as peer and co-researchers). Previously, she was the main researcher on a multi-award-winning HIV and infant-feeding study (NOURISH-UK).

Sophie is Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Education at the University of Oxford where she is Director of Primary Care Undergraduate Studies and 'Primary Care Workforce and Learning' Research group lead. She is a GP in Hertfordshire and Honorary Professor of Primary Care and Medical Education at UCL. Sophie is Chair of the Society of Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Education Research Group, Co-Lead of the NIHR School of Primary Care (SPCR) Evidence Synthesis Working group (ESWG) and member of the RCGP Scientific Foundation Board. She is Co-Lead for the NIHR Incubator Clinical Education Research focusing in particular on strengthening PPI and partnership in this field.

Sophie is internationally recognised for her research about clinical education and the primary care workforce. She has been a strong advocate for patient involvement and partnership in education and research. At UCL and Oxford, Sophie has established patient and public 'Expert by Experience' groups to inform the strategy, design and delivery of socially accountable primary care medical education. Sophie's research explores workforce sustainability across clinical education, organisation and delivery of primary healthcare, to support equitable and effective patient care, healthcare services and learning systems. Her research has examined ways in which patients can meaningfully participate in clinical education, as well as ways to maximise partnership with patients and stakeholders within clinical education research. Her most recent book 'Generalism in Clinical Practice and Education' was written with several patient partner co-authors and will be published open access this Summer with UCL Press: uclpress.co.uk/products/223293

Dr Gareth Davies, Head of Insight & Analytics, Health & Care Professions Council - Joining for the in-person networking lunch

Gareth is the Head of Insight & Analytics at HCPC, the UK regulator for most allied health professions along with a number of other health and care professions. He is also an Honorary Statistical Consultant at the Institute of Clinical Science & Technology, was previously an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Swansea University Medical School, and worked in public health, healthcare and clinical research for 25 years before joining HCPC in 2021.

Gareth’s research experience includes chairing a national research ethics committee for six years as well as being a member of it for a decade, reviewing research proposals for sponsorship or grant awarding bodies, and conducting research with co-authorship on over 20 peer review journal articles. He has a DrPH from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, an MPH from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff and a BSc in statistics & biology from the University of Brighton.

The HCPC has a registration dataset of over 500,000 professionals, 330,000 of whom are current registrants, along with separate datasets of Fitness to Practise concerns and UK education providers. Gareth is keen to discuss research ideas that would use these data, including those that would link them to other data sets. Key areas of interest are retention and fitness to practise risk factors though ideas on any matter would be welcomed. HCPC data are not currently in any research repository, and research proposals requiring HCPC data release would have to be considered on a case by case basis and would be subject to individual data sharing agreements.

Kerrin Clapton, Head of Research, General Medical Council - Joining for the in-person networking lunch

Completed my PhD at University of Edinburgh (on alternatives to custody for drug users who offend) whilst undertaking research work for the Scottish Government (review of the extent and quality of evidence relating to the population with learning disabilities in Scotland). After finish the PhD initially worked in a policy advisor role for the then regulator of social workers in England. Moved to work at the General Medical Council in a research related role. Current role involves overall responsibility for a programme of commissioned and in-house research, covering roughly 15 projects at any one time.

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