The SMHP Research Academy, an introduction with Dr. Melanie Tidman

About this episode

Dr. Melanie Tidman introduces the SMHP Research Academy, a program designed to help clinicians conduct and publish research.

Inside the SMHP Research Academy: How Practitioners Can Turn Real-World Results Into Published Science When the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP) launched the Journal of Metabolic Health in late 2023, one question quickly rose to the surface: How do we help frontline clinicians, many of whom have never conducted research, learn to design, run, and publish high-quality studies? Enter Dr. Melanie Tidman. A professor, researcher, and longtime SMHP member, Melanie recognized a gap, and built a solution. The result is the SMHP Research Academy , a fully supported, step-by-step pathway that teaches practitioners how to take research ideas from concept to publication. In this podcast episode, she walks listeners through what the Academy offers, why it exists, and how it's already helping clinicians produce peer-reviewed science. Below is a summary of what you'll hear, but the full interview is worth every minute. A One-of-a-Kind Resource for Practitioners Melanie created the Academy in early 2024 with a clear mission: make research accessible to clinicians working in the real world. "I had the vision back then to create an academy where our members who have never done…

People in this episode

Hosts: Doug Reynolds, Pam Devine

Guest: Dr. Melanie Tidman

Topics covered

• research education
• clinical practice
• metabolic health
• scientific publishing
• healthcare practitioners

Keywords

• research academy
• metabolic health
• clinical research
• health practitioners
• scientific studies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners, Journal of Metabolic Health, SMHP Research Academy

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