Navigating Uncharted Waters: A Clinical Academic Journey
Dr. Lisa Roberts shares her inspiring journey as a clinical academic, blending roles as a physiotherapist, researcher, lecturer, and clinician manager. She emphasizes perseverance, team collaboration, and seeking opportunities for growth in her career. Through challenges and successes, she advocates for courage and resilience in pursuing innovative pathways in academia.
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Sailing in uncharted waters Dr Lisa Roberts Associate professor & consultant physiotherapist University of Southampton & UHS Foundation Trust
Making a clinical academic role happen clinician (rotational paediatrics musculoskeletal) research physiotherapist & clinician manager, researcher & clinician 1995: interview for a 0.8 lecturing post at Southampton
If you want to steer in uncharted waters, you must expect some rough seas But it s no reason to not go sailing!
Making a clinical academic role happen clinician (rotational paediatrics musculoskeletal) research physiotherapist & clinician manager, researcher & clinician lecturer & clinician Secondment clinical academic NIHR senior clinical lectureship: 0.4 clinical leadership 0.4 research 0.2 education
Making it happen top tips Don t wait for someone else to do it Ask! The worst that can happen is a no A no may be a yes that hasn t happened yet Have courage & be resilient You need a strong team around you
The clinical academic role http://www.eclecticmamma.com/images/forward.png The dream
The clinical academic role http://www.eclecticmamma.com/images/forward.png The dream http://www.carsmoveus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/winding_road_5.jpg The expectation
The clinical academic role http://www.eclecticmamma.com/images/forward.png The dream http://www.carsmoveus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/winding_road_5.jpg The expectation The reality
Life as a clinical academic Highlights Varied role Grounded in clinical practice Direct access to patients and clinicians Credibility with students See impact directly Challenges Role overload Flexibility can be tricky Serving 2 masters Lack of understanding of role and its potential Different metrics neither side values the other (yet)
Brave new world Do you want to spend the next 30 years doing what you re doing now? If not, what are you doing about it? You have the right skill set to make it happen Who do you need to approach
Life as a clinical academic Where two worlds collide?
Life as a clinical academic Where two worlds collide? Bridge over troubled water
Sometimes, when two worlds collide, a better one is created. Susan Gale
