• Keep data in spreadsheet formatted for analysis
Data Collection
• Standardized Forms • Standardized Database • Use accepted scoring
systems • Include explanatory
goals appropriately
What Personal Outcomes are you Trying to Achieve ?
• Improved CV
– Why – What does it need to look like
• Get the next post • Gain knowledge and skills • Build a reputation • Find colleagues and build a team
Writing Skills How to Get Published
Alan Jackson Professor of Radiology University of Manchester
Who am I ?
Published >350 peer reviewed articles >1500 peer reviewed abstracts 3 Books >40 book chapters
unsuccessful submission • Discussion Points
– How to get into research – How to choose a project – How to plan and prosecute a project – How to write a succesful manuscript
Teaching Point 3
Your CV needs both breadth and depth:
Getting Published
This paper describes imaging studies to identify the tissue distribution of polymeric nanoparticles loaded with gadolinium and coated with Folic acid in mice.
The novelty is in the nanoparticle design and in the potential for targeted delivery of contrast and therapeutic agents. The work is justified by previous publications demonstrating passage of folate labeled nanoparticles across the BBB.
• Was dynamic scanning performed? If so for how long. If not, then why was the imaging time point chosen? • Are the pharmacokinetics of the FA bound particles significantly different from the non-FA particles? Could this be
Teaching Point 2 Humility
You cant do research! Almost no one can do research!
You have to learn
Finding a Mentor/Supervisor
• Research performance
– Publications – Income – Size and activity of research group
• Review current activity
– Literature review – Web sites
• Short List Possibilities • Approach Individuals or Groups
Other Considerations
• Facilities • Funding • Support • Time
Review Articles
• Very educational • Can be prestigious • Put your name in your research field • Excuse to find a mentor
• Time consuming to do well • Unlikely to be accepted if you write it single
You must take advice from your supervisor and your local research management office
Other Requirements
• Recruitment is achievable • Retrospective data exists • Data storage and backup systems • Collaborators are aware of effort required and
– Career steps – Research projects – Presentations – Research Publications – Grants
Where to Find Projects
• Brilliant inspirations • Hard work • A mentor
• Timely • Doable • Publishable • NO MATTER WHAT WE
FIND
Before we Really Begin
Statutory Requirements
• Ethics • Ionizing radiation regulations • Clinical trial registration • Local clinical governance regulations • Contracts • Data handling regulations • Data storage
• Personality • Availability • Supervision History • Clinical reputation
Getting Career Advice
• Find an appropriate Mentor • Define your career steps and the timetable • Define your goals against the timetable
in the Health Service • Improve your CV
• Stop yourself gYeottiungneed a plan
bored • Make a Difference
Teaching 1
Define what you are trying to achieve and set your publishing
Supervised >30 PhDs (15 clinical) 6 Chairs 4 SL equivalents 6 NHS Consultants 2 Lecturers
Workshop Structure
• Aimed at researchers early in their career • Provide a practical guide on how to avoid
What to Publish
• Case Reports
– Good Introduction to writing – Learn the submission systems – Helps the CV
– Not terribly prestigious – Increasingly hard to get published – Too many looks a bit desperate
likely reward • Funding
Data Analysis
• Discuss stats prior to study • Power calculation if
possible • Ensure Image analysis
techniques are:
– Available – Doable – Competitive
Editorial Boards BJR European Radiology Investigative Radiology World Journal of Radiology Neurovascular Imaging
Reviewer > 40 Journals Approximately 50 papers pa
handed
Original Research Article
• Very prestigious • Establishes your research credentials • More interesting
• Time consuming ++ • Fraught with difficulties
notes • Explain classifications
Outcomes: Presenting the Project
• Do it • Presentations should
be professional • Limit slides • Minimise information