About us

Hi, welcome to STP Perspectives. It’s Estelle, Leanne, Hannah, and Jess here! We are trainees on our way to becoming Clinical Healthcare Scientists in Microbiology,  Biochemisty, Genomic Counselling, and Bioinformatics.

This blog was set up by Adriana and Jes in August 2017 to promote healthcare science and create a platform for trainee healthcare scientists to share their experiences. Since then, the community and support network around this blog has taken leaps and bounds. We’re so proud of what it’s become. 

We’re both completing our training through a scheme called the STP, the Scientist Training Programme. You may be wondering: what is the STP? Well, it’s a training scheme run by the National School of Healthcare Science (NSHCS) providing individuals with the opportunity to fast track their training to become registered clinical scientists in a growing number of specialisms by combining work-based and academic learning.

We hope this can be a resource for people interested in becoming healthcare or clinical scientists to learn more about the training, or simply a pleasant read for anyone interested in the field.

We’re always looking to grow this community and hope trainees in various specialisms can share their experiences, as well as provide advice, reflections and things we’ve learned so far. We’re building a catalogue of support posts (STP Support) specifically for trainees to come to visit when they are or have experienced health or mental health problems during their training. This will be a place for those who would like to know where to get support, for advice or just to feel less alone. 

Please visit our trainee profiles page to find out more about the trainees behind the blog and follow us on Twitter!  If you wish to contribute in any way to the blog, drop us a message. 

All opinions expressed on this blog are of the trainees and do not reflect those of the National School, NHS or any other professional body.

How to write for us: it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!

  1. Think of a topic that is relevant to the STP and check with us before you start writing. Once you have approval from us, send us your draft.
  2. We aim to give you feedback on your draft within 5 working days and will invite you to WordPress (the website that our blog runs on).
  3. Once you have edited your post, you can upload it to WordPress and save it as a draft.
  4. Sit back and relax. We will schedule and publish your post alongside social media adverts.

So what are you waiting for? Get in touch now!