Applications for internship scheme 2017 now open

Back in August we updated you on our nurse and allied health professional internship scheme, giving you an insight into the 2016 cohort of interns and the projects they were working on. With the 2016 cohort now coming to an end, we're excited to announce that applications for 2017 are now open. Why apply?The internship scheme provides fantastic opportunities for occupational therapy, podiatry, physiotherapy and nursing final year students/recent graduates who have an interest in clinical research into the personal impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs).Interns can expect to:obtain first-hand experience of working in a centre of excellence of RMD research work alongside some of the UK’s leading nurse and allied health researchersuse state-of-the-art equipment and evidence-based effective practicereceive formal education, supervision, evaluation and mentoring in researchbe involved in a self-contained research study and data collection processexperience the research governance processbecome part of a specialist network of new researchers and intern alumni.“The internship has completely changed my outlook on everything and I now aspire to a career in research and ultimately achieving a clinical academic role.”2016 internEvaluation from the 2016 interns has demonstrated how valuable the scheme is in introducing the brightest interns to a network of world-renowned rheumatology researchers and linking their clinical roles with the latest researc...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news