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Clinical Academic Track<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Welcome to the home of the Clinical Academic track here at the University of St Andrews School of Medicine, in partnership with our colleagues at NHS Fife.<\/span><\/p>\n

This site acts as a host hub for all of the information we think you may need to learn about a career in Clinical Academia, no matter your current career stage, and provides links to other resources that may be useful.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is a Clinical Academic?<\/h1>\n

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Clinical academics work across both healthcare and academic institutions, combining both a clinical career and an academic one. Clinical academia brings healthcare and learning together. Clinicians combine patient care with cutting-edge research and teaching, advancing understanding of disease and ensuring treatments remain evidence-based and effective for all patients. <\/p>\n

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On this page we aim to collate information and resources, and to provide answers to some of the frequently asked questions about a potential career in Clinical Academia, whether here at the University, within NHS Fife, and more widely.<\/p>\n

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Clinical Academia gives you the unique opportunity for a career that combines patient care with research and teaching. This role provides intellectual stimulation, career variety, and the ability to directly improve patient outcomes through exciting medical research and innovation, all whilst training and shaping the futures of the next generation of clinicians.<\/p>\n

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Whilst this is often more popular for those with some practicing clinical experience, there is no set time to begin considering Clinical Academia. The Clinical Academic track can be thought of similarly to the train tracks of your career journey, where people can get on and off at any point along the route, whether an early or late stop on the journey between A and B.<\/p>\n

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The Clinical Academic career path is available to anyone with clinical experience, whether you\u2019re newly qualified or have years of experience under your belt. You don\u2019t need to already have a PhD, you just need to be passionate about driving innovation and improving the healthcare system \u2013 whether that be by leadership, lectureship or world-leading knowledge-enhancing research.<\/p>\n

Examples of who can be eligible<\/a> for these career opportunities include doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, vets, and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists and occupational therapists.<\/p>\n

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Here at the University of St Andrews we have an active and growing community of Clinical Academics, working across both our Educational and Research departments. With our ever-strengthening partnerships with NHS Education for Scotland and the Scottish Health Boards themselves, there’s never been a better time to consider joining us here.<\/p>\n

Such is the strength of our Clinical Academic and Academic GP network here in the School, we are delighted to be the proud hosts of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Annual Scientific Meeting here in June 2026.<\/p>\n

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There are a number of avenues you can take to making the first step to enquiry here, and this largely can depend on the route you wish to take.<\/p>\n

If you want to work with us here at University of St Andrews, you can either contact medresearch@st-andrews.ac.uk<\/a> for general enquiries, or you can head to our \u2018Research\u2019 and \u2018People\u2019 tabs to identify current staff members that may be researching the same area that you\u2019re interested in!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not sure if research is the route that you want to take, and teaching may be more your style, why not consider applying for a SCREDS<\/a> post via NHS Scotland<\/a> or Public Services Delivery Scotland<\/a> (formerly NHS Education for Scotland)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SAPC 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

We are absolutely delighted to announce that the 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care<\/a>, is being hosted here at the School of Medicine, University of St Andrews. A number of our Clinical Academic workforce in the School form this year’s conference committee, with representation across the career stages and also from Education, Clinical and Research roles.<\/p>\n

The three-day event (June 24th-26th) will be held across the School of Medicine and the Gateway building, with the Conference Gala Dinner taking place at the nearby flagship Old Course Hotel. So join us for SAPC’s 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, held right here in the historic city of St Andrews, where we’re bringing together leading researchers, educators, and practitioners from across the UK and beyond to share cutting-edge research and innovations in academic primary care.<\/p>\n

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