The WHO Collaborating Centre at Imperial College London Postgraduate Fellowship Programme is a full-time academic programme (35 hours/week) aimed at Public Health, Family Medicine, Medical Academics, and Clinical Specialists.
Candidates will spend 3 days a week on placements carefully organised to reflect their professional interests.
– The placements can be in the NHS [GP Surgeries, Primary Care Trusts, NHS Hospitals, and UK Health Security Agency], academic institutions, or organisations that we collaborate with that fit your needs.
– The remaining 2 days a week can be devoted to academic activities, taking part in academic work and engaging in research with the view of producing at least one paper for publication.
Some of the Types of Fellowships We Offer:
- Clinical Fellowships
- Academic Fellowships
- Public Health and Policy Fellowships
- Environmental Health Management and Policy Fellowship
- Research Fellowships [Health Related Topics]
- Leadership & Management Fellowships [Partnership with Imperial Business School]
- Innovation & Technology Fellowships
Overview
The Postgraduate Fellowship includes a range of internal and external competency-based courses to complement particular Continuous Professional Development (CPD) requirements. Activities include weekly academic seminars, Student and Fellows presentation skills enhancement group, a Journal Club, and monthly biostatistics seminars.
Structure
We typically offer a one-year programme with a possible extension. As our Postgraduate Fellowship is a bespoke programme always tailored to each individual Fellow’s professional needs, we also cater for shorter fellowships.
Please download the Programme Outline below:
Objectives
The WHO CC-ICL Postgraduate Fellowship Programme aims to skill future health leaders with practical expertise in public health, primary care, academic, clinical medicine, and health services research.
By the end of the programme, the fellows will have explored:
- The principles and core functions of the British National Health Service (NHS).
- How to be a mentor and teacher in a higher education institute.
- The role of leadership in high performing systems and how it can benefit the fellows’ health systems in their own countries.
- The links between academia (Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre) and the NHS.
- Research methods and ethics.
- Patient/Student-centred care approaches.
- Teams and how they work.
- Governance (clinical, financial and corporate).
- Health services research and innovation, and its invaluable contribution to clinical practice and population health.
- High level of skills in their field/speciality.
Duration and Location
The cycles for fellowship start in April and October in London, UK.
Fees
£40,000/year excluding any accomodation and travel expenses.
For further information
For further information about the programme please see the Fellowship Handbook or contact:
fellowship.whocc@imperial.ac.uk
Please download the Fellowship Handbook below:
Some information about our current and past WHOCC Fellows: https://www.imperialwhocc.org/visiting-programmes/whocc-fellows/