title: So you want to be a clinical academic.
abstract: A career as a clinical academic combines the immense rewards of being a clinician with the potential to make groundbreaking discoveries which can deepen our understanding of disease, develop new therapies and impact upon national and international health-care policy through research. As a medical academic, you will regularly engage with a wide range of colleagues at the frontiers of science and clinical practice and have an unparalleled opportunity to travel, to educate others nationally and internationally, and to become a world authority in your discipline.
authors.affiliation: Academic Clinical Fellow in Dermatology. faisal.ali@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Faisal R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Christopher Em
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002321:Career Choice; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians