Bridging NHS care with curiosity: clinical research unplugged

Thursday 30 October

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Thu 30 Oct | Online Half Day Course

13:00 - 17:00

Online

Activity code: tbc

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Overview

Join us for our fresh and insightful Clinical Research event.

Pursuing a successful research career as an NHS clinician is both rewarding and impactful, but it requires careful planning, time management, and institutional support.

This course will provide insights into developing a career in NHS research. Speaker's will consider, where does curiosity lie? — basic science, clinical trials, health services research, data science, and aims to cover;

· Building research skills Integrated Academic Training (IAT) pathway vs other pathways

· Protected Research Time: Apply for funding or negotiate with your NHS Trust for dedicated research sessions

· Clinical Academic Posts: Combine service with research (e.g., split posts funded by the university and NHS).

· Securing research funding

· Collaboration and networking

· Balance clinical and research responsibilities

· Consider roles such as Chief Investigator, and Clinical Research Lead

Organising Committee:

Dr Shahida Din (Chair)

Professor Sunil Bhandari

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Programme

Thursday 30 October 2025 - UK timings

12:45	Livestream opens
13:00	Welcome

Session 1 - Training in Clinical Research in the UK

Chair: Dr Shahida Din & Professor Sunil Bhandari

13:05	Future of research of NHS clinicians Speaker tbc * need for flexibility to build future NHS research workforce * current attrition rates - reasons * need for time and resource and infrastructure
13:40	Training for NHS clinicians in research, and opportunities Speaker tbc * involvement in clinical trials as chief or lead investigator * collaboration with academics * collaboration nationally - big data and NHS digital * courses which may be useful
14:15	An approach to assessment of headaches Speaker tbc * patient treatment * offering patients research opportunities - e.g COVID trials * innovations in clinical practice * co-designing services
14:50 - 15:00	Break

Session 2 - How to be an NHS clinical academic

Chair: Dr Shahida Din and Professor Sunil Bhandari

15:00	Securing research time/resources Speaker tbc * research time to deliver projects clinical * commercial trials * organised support to optimising research time * teaching time * time to think and develop ideas * resources - nursing staff etc, number of academic sessions, length of funding
15:35	Collaboration with industry Speaker tbc * what can industry bring?
16:10	Collaboration with patient charities Speaker tbc * what can working with patient charities and organisations bring?
16:45	Close

Please note that on occassion event programmes may be subjected to change due to unforseen circumstances.

Fees

Not a Member of RCPE? By joining the College, you can save up to 100% on event fees for our symposia, courses and Evening Medical Update programme. Find out more about joining the College and our membership benefits via our membership webpages.

	Fee £
Standard Fee	£135
RCPE Fellow, Collegiate & Associate Member	£85
Allied Health Professional	£85
RCPE Retired Fellow and RCPE Foundation Member	£35
RCPE Fellow in low or lower-middle income country	£0
RCPE Student Member	£0

Long term / other leave: Fellows and Members, please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator as some discretion may be available.

Invoices

If you wish your employer/organisation to be invoiced for this event, please contact the event coordinator. Payment via invoice is not available whilst booking online.

Free places

Unpaid post: If RCPE Member, please provide confirmation of status to the event coordinator in order to access this event for free

Refugee doctors: Free places are available to refugee doctors who are Associate Members of the College, please contact the event coordinator for more information. Associate Membership for refugee doctors is available free of charge. Please visit our membership pages for more information on joining the College as a refugee doctor.

Cancellation policy

If you have to cancel your place within 4 days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund.

The event will be available to view on-demand for 28 days after the live event, therefore, there is still an opportunity to view the talks if you are not able to attend on the day.

Booking Terms & Conditions: Please read the College’s full event booking Ts&Cs regarding event changes, CPD, and data protection in the event policies section on our Event FAQ pages.

Further information

Certificates

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). To receive a CPD certificate delegates must have completed the online feedback survey. The survey will close 28 days after the original broadcast of the event on 27 November 2025, with certificates being issued shortly after this.

Certificates cannot be issued after the survey has closed.

Catch-up

Registered delegates can view this event on catch-up until 28 days following the live event, i.e. until 27 November 2025. Please note that in line with Federation rules, the CPD period is 28 days from the live event. To obtain a CPD certificate you must also have completed the online feedback survey by 27 November 2025.

If you are unable to attend this event live but would like to view this event for 28 days post-event and qualify for a CPD certificate (if feedback is completed), please register before the live event is due to take place in order to be given access. It is not possible to register for catch-up viewing after the live event has taken place.

Event co-ordinator

Marie Allan

Telephone

+ 44 (0)131 247 3680

m.allan@rcpe.ac.uk

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