Volunteering and International Psychiatry Special Interest Group (VIPSIG) Annual Conference: A Blog by Dr Felix Clay I’m currently undertaking a six-month NIHR CLAHRC funded Academic Apprenticeship having completed my Core Psychiatry Medical Training. As part of my placement I’m undertaking a systematic review of the literature on the use of Virtual Reality […]
Would you share or would you listen? Dr Mila Petrova, mp686@medschl.cam.ac.uk I felt ashamed at my ignorance. First meeting with my new bosses on a project on an end of life care register, 9 years of health research experience, 5 of them on the UK health services. And I don’t […]
CLAHRC and Commissioning – Why I joined CLAHRC’s capacity building committee by Marek Zamborsky Commissioners work in cycles. They analyse, plan, do and review. Then, they start again. When I was applying for my first commissioning role (a few decent years ago) I dedicated a lot of time researching […]
Action Learning Sets: A Blog by Professor Mike Cook Reg Revans , often referred to as the father of action learning, said ‘action learning takes so long to describe because it is so simple’. Action Learning I have been using action-learning sets with a variety of postgraduate students to support […]
“You must get our opinion because it’s very easy to assume”: Older care-home residents and the impact of research activity A blog from the RReACH Seminar, 10 February 2016 In February, the CLAHRC-funded study, Residents Research-Active in Care Homes (RReACH), presented its experiences of collaborating with older care-home residents in […]
Reflections from the 2015 CLAHRC East of England Boot Camp: A blog by Kate Lee, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist ‘If I had known then what I know now’ This was the title of the introductory panel session in which the ‘Boot Camp’ delegates heard from a panel of six highly successful […]
A blog by Dr Mike Radford: Primary Care Research Fellow After completing a number of years as a GP in a busy practice and getting more involved in training of future GPs, I wanted to get back involved in some of the research I was discussing with my trainees every […]
“Life as a CLAHRC Funded GP Research Fellow” I love my work. In the current climate of a cash-strapped NHS with seemingly ever-increasing patient demand this may be a rare thing for a GP to say, yet it is true. Of course, most GPs relish the clinical challenges and variety […]
“Taking the first tentative steps towards a PhD…” by Rachel Daly This is one of many firsts this week. I am attempting to write my first blog! So far this week I have also tweeted my first tweet and completed my first National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) residential […]
Who are the experts? Reflections on public and patient involvement in research: A blog by Harriet Cooper, PhD Student in the PPI Research Theme Who decides what a programme of rehabilitation should look like, when someone becomes disabled? When a child or young person is diagnosed with an impairment, does […]