Clinical academic radiographers – A challenging but rewarding career
Clinical academic radiographers – A challenging but rewarding career
Objectives: To explain what a clinical academic career can be, what it can lead to for the individual, profession and most importantly the patient, and why these roles are so important to radiography. Key findings: Multiple challenges to the adoption of clinical academic careers exist, including achievable measurable outcomes, visibility & senior support, and balancing different time demands. Equally the rewards are wide ranging and can advance both the individual and profession through role extension opportunities, increased career progression, patient benefits, and academic and research skills. Conclusion: Clinical academic careers can provide advantages for the individual, department, profession and most importantly the patient with advanced clinical practice through evidenced based research. Implications for practice: Improving clinical academic careers within Radiography will promote research participation and increase radiographic roles in patient-centred research delivery and development. Combining evidenced based research with academic skills will lead to improved patient care and better clinical outcomes.
Clinical academic, Research capability, Research capacity, Research leadership, Workforce development
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Simcock, I.c.
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Reeve, R.
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Burnett, C.
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Costigan, C.
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Mcnair, H.
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Robinson, C.
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Arthurs, O.J.
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October 2021
Simcock, I.c.
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Reeve, R.
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Burnett, C.
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Costigan, C.
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Mcnair, H.
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Robinson, C.
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Arthurs, O.J.
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Simcock, I.c., Reeve, R., Burnett, C., Costigan, C., Mcnair, H., Robinson, C. and Arthurs, O.J.
(2021)
Clinical academic radiographers – A challenging but rewarding career.
Radiography, 27, .
(doi:10.1016/j.radi.2021.06.008).
Abstract
Objectives: To explain what a clinical academic career can be, what it can lead to for the individual, profession and most importantly the patient, and why these roles are so important to radiography. Key findings: Multiple challenges to the adoption of clinical academic careers exist, including achievable measurable outcomes, visibility & senior support, and balancing different time demands. Equally the rewards are wide ranging and can advance both the individual and profession through role extension opportunities, increased career progression, patient benefits, and academic and research skills. Conclusion: Clinical academic careers can provide advantages for the individual, department, profession and most importantly the patient with advanced clinical practice through evidenced based research. Implications for practice: Improving clinical academic careers within Radiography will promote research participation and increase radiographic roles in patient-centred research delivery and development. Combining evidenced based research with academic skills will lead to improved patient care and better clinical outcomes.
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Accepted/In Press date: 20 June 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 July 2021
Published date: October 2021
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There will also be an understanding that the individual will progress their own research career by applying for future grant funding where they will act as lead investigator and grow the team. Project or fellowship grants are highly competitive and require a high level of planning, evidence of support from a HEI and healthcare institution in combination with a collaborative network of professionals. This can be described as the right person, in the right place, with the right project and having the right people to support them. Such grant applications take a large amount of time to develop, and this should be factored within the job description. Published guidance on these appointments is extremely helpful in setting priorities and ensuring that 2 jobs with shared goals are created, allowing a combined structure to the role rather than an impossible number of targets. 5
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Clinical academic, Research capability, Research capacity, Research leadership, Workforce development
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/450835
ISSN: 1078-8174
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C. Costigan
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H. Mcnair
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O.J. Arthurs
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