Summary

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The Association of Clinical Professors of Medicine (ACPMed) is an organisation that was established in the UK by Dr Clive B Archer, M.D., Ph.D. in 2020, primarily to recognise the long-term research contribution made by academically-driven doctors (qualified medical practitioners), who have completed the higher research-based degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D. or D.M.) from a UK university, and have chosen to practise predominantly as NHS clinicians in any medical or surgical specialty, having continued to pursue research throughout their career.

 

Members of the Association, selected by objective criteria, will become Fellows of the Association of Clinical Professors of Medicine.  Fellows are entitled to use the professional terms of ‘Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (ACPMed)’ or, as a Full Clinical Professor of Medicine, ‘Clinical Professor of Medicine (ACPMed)’, and to use the post-nominal letters of FCPMed. Full Clinical Professors may choose to be addressed as Prof. or to retain the title of Dr., a common practice for Professors of Medicine outside the UK (e.g. in the USA).

 

Clinicians who have completed a clinically relevant Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. or D.Phil.) at a UK university can also apply for membership of the Association of Clinical Professors of Medicine.  However, the ACPMed is an association for those NHS clinicians who decided to dedicate most of their time directly to the care of their patients, and not to follow the parallel university clinical academic career route of Senior Lecturer, Reader (sometimes referred to as Associate Professor), often leading to Professor (Full Professor).