The Clinical research programme provides a credit-bearing training opportunity for academic clinical fellows and clinical lecturers in medicine and dentistry. This programme gives you the opportunity to develop academic research skills within the framework of your busy clinical training programme. The programme will: prepare you for a career in academic clinical research; provide formal training in the regulatory and ethical framework for clinical research; develop your key skills in research design, statistical analysis, and critical review; encourage you to engage with public and patients, communicate effectively with different audiences, and understand the importance of communication to the public perception of research; and equip you to undertake independent research, including critical thinking and consideration of research impact. Modules for the PGCert and Part 1 of the programme are assessed by a mixture of written continuous assessments and may include an oral presentation. Part 2 of the programme is assessed by dissertation in a style specific to each module.