Guest post by Pamela Jacobsen: Fellowship interviews tend to get burned into my memory for all the wrong reasons. One moment from an interview a few years ago has always stuck in my mind with terrible clarity. Continue reading
Category Archives: Becoming Clinician Academic
What does it take to get a fellowship?
Take all the (~100) people who have talked to me at any length about fellowships over the past five years. So far, nine of them have completed a draft of an application. Six have submitted their applications. Two have ultimately got fellowships. What’s special about those who do succeed?
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The first steps: an internship
This is a guest post by James Faraday, a speech and language therapist: Over the last 12 months, I have completed a clinical academic internship. And I can honestly say it’s been a fantastic and very productive experience!
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10 ways to ruin your career
I frequently observe potential clinician academics ruining their prospects through very simple actions. From these observations, here are my top 10 tips on How to ruin your research career. Continue reading
Networking: how to do it?
How does one “network”? What do people actually do when they “do networking”? Continue reading
Hello, I’m Spock
For the last few years, I’ve been a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist, an NHS Service Manager and a senior AHP. Now, I’ve begun to be a Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow. So, what’s the difference? Continue reading
Straddling two worlds
I was pleased to be asked to write something for this blog, especially when I read the first posts and saw the aim of this blog: opening up the “black box of being a clinician academic”. Then I started thinking: Continue reading