Staying balanced with the latest issue of The Researcher

The second issue of The Researcher, published to raise awareness of research careers among nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, is now available to read in digital format.

Created by Health Education England (HEE), NHS Research and Development North West (NHS R&D NW) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) along with early career researchers and award-winning writer Rob Young, The Researcher reveals real-life stories of what it’s really like to undertake a research career.

Following a successful launch issue in July 2016 (read some 4,100 times) this issue explores the theme of balancing clinical research and roles beyond the workplace.

Editorial team member Dr David Keane, Clinical Scientist at St James’ Hospital in Leeds, explained why he became involved:

My interest in the magazine comes both from what I will get out of the work and from hopefully generating something that can help a whole community of early career researchers to embark on a journey and to find their way through the uncertain periods of the early stages of a research career.

Nicki Latham, Executive Director of Performance and Development at HEE, added:

Following the positive reception of the first issue, I am delighted that we’ve been able to produce another high quality publication to help support our researchers and hopefully encourage those not already involved in research to become more curious about how they can improve patient care and the part research can play in doing so.

I enjoyed reading all your feedback, but this tweet summed it up: ‘Informative, insightful, interesting – everything a newsletter should be and most importantly has a heart #whywedoresearch’.

Readers are encouraged to feedback their views on the magazine by adding #TheResearcherMagazine to their Twitter posts.

HEE supports clinical academic careers for health professionals and aims to increase numbers of staff undertaking clinical research across all clinical and public health professions. Visit the HEE website to find out more about HEE’s work in nurturing clinical academic careers.