Clinical scholar bronze award presentation day

For aspiring clinical academics, Clinical Scholar Bronze Award offers the first step towards a career as a clinical researcher

Presentation Day in June showcases the outstanding quality of research produced during the six-month programme, as this year’s cohort goes on to further academic success.

Participants in this year’s Clinical Scholar Bronze Award showcased their research and celebrated their successes at the programme’s Presentation Day and round-off event in June. The event, held at Stamford Court, Leicester, marked the achievements of twelve clinicians who have completed a six-month research project directly related to their clinical practice in fields such as nursing, midwifery, and physiotherapy.

Dr Chetna Modi, Head of Research for Health Education England (HEE) in the East Midlands said:

The really great thing about the Awards is that our success rate has been phenomenal. I’m proud to say that the students have done so well and that many of them go on to apply for the NIHR MRes, with the majority getting onto the programme. The feedback that I’m getting from the NIHR MRes panel is that, straight away, the could tell who’s done the Clinical Scholar Bronze Award - because of the maturity, the way they were able to answer questions, and the depth of knowledge they had about research going in.

Asma Rabab, a research midwife who took part in the Bronze Award said:

Taking part in the Bronze Award was really fantastic, especially the fact that whatever I found I was able to apply to my practice straight away. It not only improved my professional life, it improved me personally as well. Something that really helped me complete my research was the fact that I was able to have two days off a week from work. That made a great difference – I don’t know how I could have done it otherwise. What I found the most useful were the action learning sets – at the end of the action learning set I felt really motivated to go and do what I’m supposed to do. The fact that I’ve been able to do this on a small scale means that I’m able to take it forward for a Masters in September, and hopefully go on to develop it further and further.