Undergraduate
Elective
Occasionally EMERGE do take Elective students for research electives. These attachment are limited to 4 weeks and are arranged through the University of Edinburgh medical student elective programme.
B Med Sci placements
EMERGE supporting the University of Edinburgh’s intercalated BMedSci programme.
Postgraduate
PhD/MD
If you are interested in a PhD or MD with EMERGE, you can contact the team at Emerge@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk along with a copy of your CV.
Overseas Research fellowships
Unfortunately we are unable to currently offer these.
EMERGE TERN Trainee Research Fellow
Every year EMERGE offers an EMERGE TERN fellowship approved by the South East Scotland Emergency Medicine Trainee Programme Director and local Clinical Directors. Applicants should be South East Scotland Emergency Medicine trainees who will be at ST4/5 level in the August prior to the application window which is usually around March/April. Interviews will usually be held in May. This 12 month post allows the successful applicant(s) 4 hours dedicated research time per week. The post is initially for 6 months with an option to extend to one year.
During this time, the applicant will be expected to become the South East Scotland lead for the RCEM TERN (Trainee Emergency Research Network) and become the local PI for TERN projects. In addition there will be the opportunity to get involved with the EMERGE groups other research activity.
Please contact Matt Reed (mattreed@ed.ac.uk) for more information.
ACCS EM week
EMERGE offer all ACCS (EM) trainees an opportunity to spend two days with the team. During this time you will work with the research delivery team in the ED gaining experience with consent, capacity assessment and recruitment to current EMERGE research studies. You will also have the opportunities to attend GCP training, learn about TERN, attend research related meetings such as our research delivery and academic lunchtime meetings, and potentially TMG, DMC and ethics meetings and will also have the opportunity to spend time with the team developing potential research ideas and learning more about research infrastructure and careers.
Academic FY2
EMERGE supports the academic FY2 programme which allows applicants either weekly dedicated research time or a 4 month research block at FY2 level. If you are interested and have a specific project idea or area of interest you can contact the EMERGE team at Emerge@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk along with a copy of your CV. Potential EMERGE supervisor’s areas of interest can be found in the Team section of the website.