I agree with Darren, finding a supervisor is difficult. Many regions do not have
any Academic A&E physicians. There are no true professional "academics" in my
region, though there are a few talented amateurs. But I'm not convinced that
a supervisor needs to come from within your own speciality. For instance I'm
going off to do a research project, I have an academic supervisor who is an
Epidemiologist by training. I also have a nominal clinical supervisor (who is
my trainer). Research methodology is pretty similar whatever speciality you
are in. As to your supervisor not knowing about your individual subject, I do
not think this is a problem. A competent research student should know more about
his or her project within about two or three months than their supervisor (or
anyone else on the planet). I anticipate my academic supervisor advising me
on research methodology and process as their primary role. I suppose the scene
might be slightly different for lab based project where there are various technical
skills to be acquired.
Adrian Boyle
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>>Finding a supervisor at this level is very hard - there may be one or two
>people within A&E who might manage to supervise a student at this level
>(not me!!!). Who you pick as a supervisor for a thesis (PhD, MD or MS) is
>very important. The key question to ask is "How many successful students
>have you supervised at this level
>in the last 5 years?".
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>What advice to others give to trainees wanting to do 'research'?
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>Tim.<
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>>From somebody who is planning to spend time in a research post, I am
>currently in discussion with the "great and good" in the area to set up a
>plan of campaign. It is however quite plain that there is no substantial
>A+E academic record in my region as yet (this is changing - but too slowly
>to affect my time).
>
>Where do the relative "experts" (Yes, Tim, I consider you to be one of
>these :-) ) consider to have an Academic Record in Emergency Medicine?
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>Darren Walter
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