Is there a sufficient supply of clinical academics for UK medical schools? A retrospective cohort study.

Either clinical academic trainees do not find jobs at medical schools, or they do not want the jobs that are available. These results are indicative but not conclusive as generalisation is compromised by inconsistent disclosure of data by medical schools. We discuss variables which may contribute to the loss of clinical academics and explore the health economic case for clinical academic incentive packages to improve return on training investment.