Training iCARE to facilitate NHS Graduate Scheme students this July
Graduates on the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme (GMTS) will attend a summer school in July to learn Insights into a Digitally Enabled, AI & Data-Driven Future for NHS Digital Health Transformation from a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, academics and industry partners.
The NHS GMTS is the biggest employer in Europe and has placements available across England to make a difference to the lives of millions of people and offer the opportunity to develop into a future leader.
“I am really excited to be providing the Digital Health summer school for the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme”, said Erik Mayer, iCARE Director and Clinical Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine & the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and NIHR Imperial BRC Digital Health Theme Co-lead.
The NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme recruits 250 students each year across six thematic streams: general management, finance, HR, health informatics, health analysis, and finally policy and strategy, which Mayer facilitates through the Imperial MSc in Health Policy.
Erik Mayer said: “The Digital Health Summer School program that we have put together really leverages all the great partnership working that we have established in Paddington Life Sciences, which supports the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre Digital Health Theme on delivering on translational, digital health research and impact to improve the health and well-being for our North West London population and beyond”.
The approximately 30 GMTS policy and strategy students will mainly be hosted at the iCARE Secure Data environment & Digital Collaboration Space in the heart of Paddington, North West London.
iCARE, which sits across Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, is a multi-disciplinary research team and secure data environment containing health data for 2.8 million people in North West London and beyond. It is part of Paddington Life Sciences – a cluster of health research and data businesses based around St Mary’s Hospital who are partnering with local communities and stakeholders to improve health and drive economic growth for all.
Programme
The Digital Health summer school program includes talks by iCARE visiting fellow Guillaume Rousson and PhD researcher James Beveridge.
The GMTS students will also be hearing from Paddington Life Sciences partners Optum on integrated neighbourhoods for better patient outcomes, and Microsoft on the potential for GenAI in healthcare.
Finally, the program also consists of two site visits. IQVIA will host the students at their office to share insight on shaping health systems with data-driven learning.
At the Snowflake offices, the students will learn about modern data platform architecture, alongside partners Accenture and Vizify.
Juliette van Wessem, Head of Programmes for Education at the Institute for Global Health and Innovation (IGHI) at Imperial College London, stated:
“This is an incredible opportunity for our early-career postgraduate students in the GMTS. They will benefit from a series of inspiring talks and visits, equipping them with the necessary knowledge of data and technology to drive positive change in the NHS. This 3-day immersive summer school aims to inspire, expand perspectives, and offer valuable networking opportunities at the intersection of NHS systems, academic research, and industry collaborations.”
iCARE is honoured to contribute to the GMTS summer school, which produces some of the most promising graduates to enter the NHS each year and we look forward to welcoming them into the sector.
