Academic training leads

Academic Training Leads

Each specialty training scheme has a designated training lead to oversee the academic element of the programme. Clinical academic trainees are advised to make contact with their Academic Training Lead as soon as possible after joining the programme and to stay in regular contact during their time on the scheme. Academic Training Leads have responsibility for and can help with:

• oversight of the academic element of ACF and CL schemes and representing the schemes at committee level
• ensuring and advising on the allocation of research projects/academic supervisors to each academic trainee
• negotiation and organisation of research blocks
• helping academic trainees to resolve any difficulties that they may have with managing their programme
• general communications and advice about the programme and encouraging ACFs/CLs to engage in CATO initiatives such as mentoring, courses and events
• oversight of each ACF/CL’s progress through the ARCP (Annual Review of Competence Progression) process
• liaison with Clinical Training Leads on planning academic training programmes for trainees.

Clinical Training Leads

Clinical Training Leads, also referred to as Training Programme Directors, have overall responsibility for the clinical specialty programme. Clinical Training Leads have responsibility for and can help with:

• overall management of the recruitment of trainees
• organisation of trainees' clinical rotations
• ensuring the delivery of the clinical curriculum within the training programme
• management of the assessment process for trainees
• liaison with Academic Training Leads on clinical training elements of academic training.