Emily Spencer - Life After the PhD: My Fellowship Application
About this episode
Emily Spencer discusses her journey and challenges in applying for a postdoctoral fellowship as she nears the end of her PhD.
Emily Spencer narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. With less than five months of PhD funding left, Emily found herself doing the opposite of what felt sensible. Instead of locking in on her analysis, she spent two months preparing a postdoctoral fellowship application. In this blog she writes about the strange shift from career fog to a clearer sense of direction, the reality of using conversation analysis on video recordings of GP consultations involving people with dementia, and why letting go of her data at the end of her PhD started to feel impossible. A useful listen for anyone navigating the awkward gap between thesis submission and whatever comes next. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-life-after-the-phd-my-fellowship-application/ -- -- Emily Spencer is a PhD Student at University College London looking at improving how GPs communicate with people with dementia and their family carers about their future care. Emily previous had a 5 year career break to pursue a career as a musician, and has previously undertaken research on improving the care people with dementia receive from their GP practice, as well as end-of-life and palliative care provision…
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