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EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS WORKSHOP

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The Early Career Researchers Workshop is open to all member and non-member Clinical Fellows / PhD Students, Clinical Lecturers, Intermediate Fellows and Research Active Consultants (Pre-CCT). We warmly encourage non-members to join the Association and enjoy the benefits of membership including access to travel bursaries.

The Early Career Researchers Workshop is a vital chance to on focus practical themes as part of in-depth conversations.

This year we are putting together a very exciting programme for the Early Career Researchers Workshop. We will run two workshops: one on grant writing and a second aimed at providing coaching on presentation skills. We will also have a session focussing on the career paths available and more general career advice from academic clinicians. In addition, we will arrange several presentations from current intermediate fellows. Our overall aim is to provide an interesting and informal programme, which will genuinely be helpful to those interested in pursuing careers as academic physicians.

Participants at the ECR Workshop are also invited to submit a poster to present their work during the Meeting. ECR AoP members that are presenting during APAM 2021 will be eligible to:

  • win prizes during the Meeting including the new Osler Prize
  • apply for a bursary at the time of submitting their abstract:
    • If abstract accepted as oral: free meeting registration + dinner at the annual meeting + a £150 travel/accommodation bursary
    • If abstract accepted as poster: free meeting registration + dinner at the annual meeting

The Association is also keen to accept others who may benefit from the Workshop. Please contact APAM@bcdme.com if you would like to be considered for a place but do not meet the eligibility criteria.

 Monday 15 March 2021
09:15 - 10:15Grant writing workshop
Ruth MacCaffrey and James Davies
This workshop will provide key insights into how to write a successful grant application. It is based on a highly successful course run by Ruth MacCaffrey at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford. James Davies is a clinician scientist at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, and Consultant Haematologist who will give a reflection of his experiences of applying for funding.
10:15 - 10:45Posters and Coffee
We would like to involve early career researchers in presenting and judging the posters. This will also be an opportunity for networking with other early career researchers and intermediate fellows.
10:45 - 11:45
Workshop 2
Presentation skills workshop – Simon Cain and Katherine Bull
Simon Cain specialises in providing training and coaching in presentation skills both in the public and private sector. He has provided coaching to clinicians and scientists to improve presentation skills and public speaking and has worked for many prestigious universities and institutions including the Royal Society several of the Royal Colleges. Katherine Bull is a clinician scientist at the Nuffield Department of Medicine and Consultant Renal Physician.
11:45 -12:30Clinical Academic Careers: a Funder’s Perspective – Sara Marshall
Sara Marshall is the Head of Clinical Research at the Wellcome Trust. She will give an overview of the funding opportunities available to early career researchers and advise on how to pursue and academic career path from the funder's perspective.

Thinking of attending the Early Career Researchers Workshop?

Why not read a summary of proceedings from the 2019 Workshop:

Prior to the Annual Meeting, the association held its popular annual Early Career Researchers Workshop.  This is targeted at Clinical Fellows /PhD Students, Clinical Lecturers, Intermediate Fellows and Research Active Consultants within the first five years of their appointment as consultant.

The session proved extremely lively and interactive with a line-up of speakers addressing some key cross-cutting issues across research disciplines. Robert Semple, Professor of Translational Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, welcomed around 60 early researchers gathered to hear experts and senior editors of medical journals share thoughts and lead discussion around research integrity and publication ethics.

Read an overview of a selection of these talks.

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