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What to expect from your academic post

What to expect from your academic post. Tim Rattay ACF in Breast Surgery. My Academic Project. Biomarkers of radiosensitivity in breast cancer Genotyping – Dept of Genetics Bioassays – Dept of Cancer Studies & Mol Medicine NHS site

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What to expect from your academic post

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  1. What to expect from your academic post Tim Rattay ACF in Breast Surgery

  2. My Academic Project • Biomarkers of radiosensitivity in breast cancer • Genotyping – Dept of Genetics • Bioassays – Dept of Cancer Studies & Mol Medicine • NHS site • Glenfield Hospital (Miss S Shokuhi, Dr A Haider) • University supervision • Research (Prof RP Symonds, Dr CJ Talbot, Dr GD Jones) • Academic (Prof R Sayers) • Collaborations • Internal: Cell Signalling & Molecular Pathology (Dr J Shaw) • External: Brunel University

  3. My Timeline MRes Modules Upper GI ST3 2010 Oct Writing Research Proposal Awaiting Ethics and R&D Breast ST3/4 HPB ST3 2011 Aug Collecting samples & Lab work Applying Breast ST4 Breast ST4 2012 Aug

  4. Expect that… • You have allocated time for academic work, unlike your other NHS trainee peers • You are an honorary fellow of the University, thus having access to • University facilities • University staff • You have an allocated academic bursary of £1,000 per annum

  5. Expect the unexpected • Paperwork for MRes, Ethics, R&D • Time lag from Ethics and R&D application to approval • Legwork involved in establishing • recruitment • consent process • sample collection • Remember: NHS clinicians are very busy people

  6. Top Tips • Use the time to establish collaboration within university and externally to improve your fellowship proposal • Be flexible with your 25 % allocation of academic time – use it when you need it most • Try to work clinically where your patients or samples are, when you are recruiting

  7. Top Tips (cont’d) • Use your ACF Bursary to fund residential courses or scientific conferences not covered by NHS study leave • Try to obtain a small grant – it looks good on your fellowship application

  8. What to expect from your academic post Tim Rattay ACF in Breast Surgery

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