The School of Postgraduate Medicine closely monitors the quality of training, with a well-established culture of trainee involvement, including an active higher medical specialty trainees’ group, ensuring that the best possible standards are achieved in a friendly and supportive environment.
A particular strength is academic medicine, with the opportunities for research and teaching at the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia (Norwich) being amongst the finest in the world. With the establishment of a third medical school at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford more exciting opportunities will be available. Taking time out of programme for research and other developmental opportunities is positively encouraged.
All of our programmes provide a good balance of tertiary care and district general hospital placements with opportunities to dually accredit in general medicine where appropriate.
The school provides financial support to our regional training programmes, including simulation activity and to the highly acclaimed Cambridge Medical Seminars.
There is a strong emphasis on the development of leadership and teaching skills. The region’s senior resident programme, which was developed in conjunction with the Judge business school in Cambridge in order to allow higher trainees to play a part in the senior management, has been expanded to include all the trusts in the region. From August 2019, the School plans to offer flexible Quality Improvement portfolio training posts in selected specialities. The School also offers a number of bursaries to trainees taking postgraduate degrees in education. All trusts have been encouraged to appoint quality improvement leads as well as simulation leads to help support these activities at a local level.
