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 – 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

My Timeline HPB ST3 Breast ST4 Upper GI ST3 Oct Breast ST3/4 Aug Breast ST4 Aug MRes Modules Writing Research ProposalAwaiting Ethics and R&D Collecting samples & Lab workApplying

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

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

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

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

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