Research Opportunities

Clinicians in training have an important role in driving research innovation and accelerating the movement of research ideas out of the lab and directly into clinical practice. Most training programmes support time out of programme for research (OOPR, for GMC guidance refer to https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/standards-guidance-and-curricula/guidance/out-of-programme). This is agreed prospectively by the postgraduate dean and will usually not exceed three years with the aim to complete an appropriate higher degree (MSc, MD, PhD). For most clinicians this is one of the first opportunities to gain a broad and deep interdisciplinary research experience.  How do I organise my OOPR? Many trainees will have developed