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Collaboration opportunities for medical schools, pharmaceutical partners, NHS organisations, and academic researchers

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Why Partner With MD Acumen

What we bring to every partnership

MD Acumen offers a unique combination of clinical authority, academic credibility, technology capability, and audience reach. Our partnerships are built on mutual value: we bring expert-led educational content and a growing community of medical learners; our partners bring institutional access, clinical expertise, research collaboration, or funding that supports the development of high-quality clinical education.

All MD Acumen educational content is authored and editorially controlled exclusively by Professor Varma and the clinical team. No partner — pharmaceutical, institutional, or otherwise — has editorial input, approval rights, or influence over clinical recommendations. This editorial independence is non-negotiable and is the foundation of the trust our learners place in our content.

Partnership Categories

Four ways to collaborate with MD Acumen

UK & International Medical Schools

Curriculum integration and institutional licensing of MD Acumen learning resources. Visiting professorship arrangements. Co-design of MLA examination preparation programmes. Clinical placement coordination for international medical students. Current partner: New Vision University, Tbilisi.

Pharmaceutical & Industry Partners

Non-promotional, educationally aligned sponsorship of clinical topic modules. Modules designed in accordance with ABPI Code of Practice principles — balanced, evidence-based, guideline-referenced. Therapeutic areas include cardiovascular risk management, menopause, diabetes, metabolic disease, and respiratory medicine. All content authored and editorially controlled by Professor Varma.

NHS Trusts, ICBs & Deaneries

Institutional licensing for trainee access to the MD Acumen adaptive learning platform. CPD programme delivery for clinical teams. Masterclass events for primary care and hospital medicine. Foundation Programme support for IMG doctors entering NHS employment.

Academic & Research Collaborators

Joint research in medical education, AI in healthcare education, clinical reasoning pedagogy, and cardiometabolic medicine. Postgraduate research supervision through New Vision University. Research collaboration through the University of Cambridge Department of Public Health & Primary Care. Current partner: Essex Medical Society.

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If your organisation shares our commitment to excellence in medical education, we would welcome the opportunity to explore how we might work together. All partnership enquiries are handled personally by Professor Varma.

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