Entry requirement

• General Medical Training and Membership of Royal College of Physicians (or Membership of Royal College of Paediatrics if aim to become paediatric academic dermatologist).
  
  
• Involvement in research desirable.   BSc during undergraduate medical training helpful, but not a prerequisite.
  
  

Training

• Senior House Officer in Dermatology.   Ideally, this should be undertaken in a dermatology department affiliated to an academic unit so that future research training and an application for a national clinical training fellowship to one of the research councils can be planned / submitted.

Clinical Research Fellow in Dermatology (e.g. 12 month post).   This will introduce the individual to research, and allow an application for a national clinical training fellowship to one of the research councils to be submitted.

• Clinical Research Training Fellowship for 3 years (e.g. Medical Research Council or Wellcome Trust) in academic unit leading to award of PhD.   ATN necessary to enable concurrent clinical dermatology training to be recognised.
  
  
• Clinician Scientist Fellowship (National / MRC / Wellcome Trust) for 4 years to enable post-doctoral research training while continuing clinical dermatology training.   It is likely that the trainee would progress to honorary consultant / senior lecturer status prior to completion of this fellowship.
  
  

Senior Position

• Senior Lecturer / Honorary Consultant (definite advantages to obtaining Senior Clinical Fellowship from MRC / Wellcome Trust, but extremely competitive application process).
  
  

Note that the exact nomenclature for the various fellowships funded by the research councils (e.g. MRC, Wellcome Trust) differs.   The application process is highly competitive and includes individuals from all other medical specialities.   Applications for clinical training fellowships and clinician scientist fellowships should only be submitted under the guidance of academic supervisors.