Specialised Foundation Programme
Each year, in Exeter, we offer two research-focussed posts on our competitive Specialised Foundation Programme (SFP), which provide protected time for a research project as well as training in clinical academic medicine. These posts provide an opportunity, early on, for some of our brightest graduates to carry out research.
These posts will be of particular interest to those aspiring to an academic career, but the research skills will be generic and the experience of benefit to anyone with an interest in health and health service research.
These specialised (academic) foundation trainees will work with internationally-renowned research teams across a range of specialties extending from laboratory science-based investigations to genetic epidemiology and from community-based to tertiary specialist services. We can offer projects in a wide range of subject areas, which can be tailored to the interests of the trainee.
About the programme
Each programme starts with a generic clinical F1 year comprising 3x4 month rotations. In F2, the pattern is for 2x4 months clinical posts and one 4 month research post. Details of the clinical posts and a job description are available on the foundation school website.
The clinical academic supervisors listed here, host academic foundation trainees and can often accommodate projects relevant to a range of clinical interests. However, there is a wide range of research undertaken in the University of Exeter and projects can often be arranged with other research teams if you have a particular interest.
There are two recruitment pathways. Two posts are available to University of Exeter Medical students through a competitive written application in the first term of their final academic year ("pathway 1"). The remaining 3 posts are allocated through the national Preference Informed Allocation (PIA) system ("pathway 2" inline with other foundation posts (and are not limited to Exeter students)).
More details can be found on the Foundation school website, and for information on the national allocation system (pathway 2) the UKFPO website.
Contact
If you’re interested in carrying out an SCFP at the University of Exeter, please contact Professor Angus Jones at angus.jones@exeter.ac.uk.
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