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Academic Training Guidance 2018

Academic training is essential for the future of the specialty of anaesthesia, and the provision of opportunities to gain research training is a priority for the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia.

To that end, the NIAA has produced an updated guidance document for anaesthesia trainees on the academic opportunities available to them.


 NIAA-Academic-Training-2018.pdf (1.31 MB)


This guidance aims to cover the range of options open to trainees at various stages of their anaesthetic training careers. These include:

  • Core training in research for all trainees
  • Exposure to research at a local level (e.g. institutional or regional research fellowships, and trainee network projects)
  • Training posts that explicitly recruit aspiring clinical academics, and provide them with time to develop research plans and funding applications at pre- and post-doctoral levels, e.g. NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACF) and Clinical Lectureships (CL) respectively
  • Higher degree training through a University (Masters, MD and PhD)


This guidance was produced by Dr Dan Martin, the NIAA Academic Training Coordinator.

If you have any comments or would like to request a hard copy of the guidance document, please contact us.