Sadnicka, A; Howard, A; Hakim, R; Luker, J; Barratt, J; Joury, E
(2024)
Core needs and diverse opportunity: A survey of academic clinical lecturers and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Future Healthc J, 11 (2).
p. 100140.
ISSN 2514-6645
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fhj.2024.100140
SGUL Authors: Sadnicka, Anna
Abstract
During a clinical lecturer role, parallel clinical and academic training is undertaken. The anticipation is that a lectureship represents an exciting and expansive time. However, a national crisis has been declared at the clinical lecturer level with a leaky pipeline of clinical academics resulting in dwindling numbers. Clinical lecturers are infrequently represented as a group partly due to their distributed nature and diverse job plans. We conducted a survey of clinical lecturers in the UK. Responses (n = 107) revealed a motivated but divided workforce. A content analysis revealed core elements that sculpt an individual's success or failure, but these were variably present. COVID-19 had a negative effect on many with various strategies reported to try and reset academic trajectories. Feelings of isolation and anxiety about a viable future in academia were significant findings. This echoes calls for a greater number of secure longer-term grants to ensure that clinical academics and their skills are retained within the research workforce. A continued effort to analytically appraise whether supportive elements are in place for all lecturers will help focus initiatives to foster excellence in clinical academic training for everyone.
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