The role of InterACt is:
- To provide input to the strategy for development of the ICAT pathway at a national level.
- This will involve interactions with the National Institute for Health Research Trainees Coordinating Centre (NIHR TCC).
- Where appropriate, this may encompass interactions with other groups who oversee / advise on clinical training in general, including the General Medical Council (GMC), the Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans of the United Kingdom (COPMeD), the Academy of Medical Sciences, relevant Royal Colleges, etc.
- To provide coordinated feedback of local progress and issues relating to the ICAT pathway to the NIHR TCC.
- To aid understanding of the challenges of academic training within the current training environment and to engender a supportive environment in clinical departments and research institutions where clinical academic training takes place.
- To provide a forum for sharing best practice in management on the ICAT pathway by academic leads.
- To engage with funders of the clinical and / or academic components of clinical academic training as appropriate.
- To interact with relevant bodies in the devolved nations (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) where it is considered that a unified, co-ordinated approach involving those organisations would benefit clinical academic training in England and the UK.
- To interact with other organisations who encourage / support the clinical academic training agenda.
InterACt is composed of IAT Leads and administrators for the Medical Schools / Universities which offer clinical academic training and Programme Managers in Denaeries who are responsible for clinical academic training.