Personal Flashcards
Why are you interested in an AFP
Opportunity to learn from inspiring mentors
Get involved in high level academic research
Be a part of the Sheffield academic community
Get a kick out of presentation - probably because it’s doing something meaningful
Its the culmination of your work and then the dissemination so you can share it to let it take effect, let it have its impact
Strongly agree with evidence based medicine and believe it to be fundamental in good medical practice in conjunction with clinical experience.
ii) Enjoyed my experience with clinical and literature research and want to gain more experience.
CAMP
Clinical Academic Management Personal
Why Y/H
Why Manchester
Why Y and H
Previous experience - Intercalated in Sheffield, absolutely loved the city, the people and working at the hospital and university/SiTran
Excellent teaching hospitals in Yorkshire and Humber - e.g. Royal hallamshire, northern general, leeds general with three medical schools in proximity - Sheffield, Leeds and Hull York - lots of opportunities
Sheffield allows AFP trainees to pursue their own interest - and devising a project, seeking a supervisor all with the support that I previously experienced during my intercalation.
- Administrative, clinical and academic support
Quite often prescribed - can make your own programme - approach supervisors, design project - will be very fulfilling - imbed myself into the Sheffield academic community
Leeds has some very interesting opportunities particularly with Dr Ryan Matthews in neurosurgery, Ms Bourke in plastics/hand surgery
Application of technology to clinical practice
4 month academic research placement
Opportunity to take MSc Clinical research modules - lead to obtaining a PG Cert
Linked training in resrach methods
Outdoor - peak district
Applying for academic clinical fellowship -
What strengths do you have that will make you suited to research?
Academic
Time management
Communication skills
Academic writing
Literature reviewing - journal club
Where do you see yourself in 10 years time
I will be 34 years old.
As I plan to undertake a PhD, I will be 3 years into orthopaedic training, preferably as an academic clinical fellow.
By this point, I hope to have discovered an area of research that I can continue to pursue for the rest of my career. I hope to have experienced many academic intitutions and have an idea of which I would like to stay in as I begin to put together my own research team.
As a clinician, I hope to have developed key surgical skills and be able to perform small surgeries unsupervised.
I would also like to have a regular teaching committment where I can provide mentorship and make changes to a university curriculum.
What do you hope to achieve in AFP
i) Opportunity to aid research in a field of my choice - ideally neurointerventional radiology
ii) Opportunity to do research within a research faculty –> well-supported
iii) Further teaching on research methodology and statistics
iv) Opporunity to apply/develop coding skills (involved in computational medicine)
v) Develop stronger methodology, appraisal skills to equip me for the role of a clinical / academic clinician
Example of teaching experience
Osce tutoring - clinical exams, radiology, ECG skills
Pathology Tutorials for fifth years- immunology
Online flashcard decks - to help the students in the lower years
Lifebox - Global surgery talk
Hacakthon - Global surgery, sterilisation methods etc.
Strength and conditioning lead for sports club
Tutoring maths and sciences up to A level
How will you balance clinical and academic responsibilities/how will you prioritise
Buzzwords - prioritisng workload, organisational skills.
ACtively seek out additional clinical learning opportunities
Liaise closely with educational supervisor
Happy to spend additional time in clinical settings to further learning
Examples:
2 jobs throughout medical school, sports team, charity rep, done well academically.
Been awarded above expectations on numerous occasions for clinical placement sign offs.
Important aspects of clinical work
Ensuring patient safety
Knowing when to escalate and ask for help
working within comptencies but capitalsing on learning opportunities
Being humble and self aware of other allied health professionals and their value, knowledge and experiene
Prioritising workload
being organised
Attention to detail
Willingness to go above and beyond for the patient
Audit vs research project
An audit evaluates adherence to a protocol
Weaknesses
Rabit holes
Don’t like an unsolved mystery
What research have you been invovled in?
as
Discuss in detail one of your research projects?
Methods
Results
Conclusion
