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🔬🩺 Thinking about a career in Academic Surgery? Here's how it works! Starting from Medical School, there are two main pathways — clinical and academic — but the beauty is that you don't have to choose just one. The Clinical Pathway follows a straightforward progression: Medical School → FY1-2 → CST 1-2 → ST3-8 → Consultant The Academic Pathway runs alongside it, with dedicated Integrated Academic Training (IAT) at each stage, shown as a percentage of your time spent on academia: 🎓 SFP (formerly AFP) (17% IAT) — Your first taste of academia during Foundation Years. But remember — this is just one entry point, not a prerequisite for anything that follows! 🔬 ACF — Academic Clinical Fellowship (25% IAT) — Typically entered at CST level. Pre-doctoral time to develop a research project suitable for a PhD and to apply to an external funding body for a research training fellowship for the PhD. You don't need to have done an SFP to get here! 📖 PhD (100% IAT) — You step fully out of clinical training to complete your doctorate. Anyone can do a PhD at any point in their career — it's not exclusive to those on the formal academic pathway! 🏛️ ACL — Academic Clinical Lectureship (50% IAT) — Re-entering after your PhD, you split your time between research and clinical work. You can apply after completing a PhD and after ST3. 👨‍🏫 Professor (75% IAT) — The pinnacle of academic surgery, with substantial protected research time. Note: there are lots of other senior academic positions available as well. 💡 The key takeaway? There is no single fixed route. You can enter, exit, and re-enter both the clinical and academic tracks at multiple points throughout your training. Before professorship, there are also many other opportunities including Clinician Scientist roles, Intermediate/Advanced Fellowships, Senior Clinical Fellowships, Associate Professor/Reader positions, and Senior Clinical Lecturer posts. Academic surgery isn't a rigid ladder… so book your FREE tickets to find out more during our online conference 🗺️ https://lnkd.in/eGZqqpVK Drop any questions below in the comments! 👇 #AcademicSurgery #SurgicalTraining #MedicalCareers #PhD #FutureSurgeon Thank you to The MDU, Geeky Medics and MLAbuddy for sponsoring us!