Special Introductory Research ProjectsWho are these projects for?Anyone looking for a short introduction to research; from medical students, foreign elective students, interns, residents, registrars and allied health professionals. Further information about opportunities for working with the Cochrane Renal Group is available on the Centre for Kidney Research website Recent research students: working with the Cochrane Renal Group
Brendon NguyenI was able to work with the Cochrane Renal Group in 2010/11 thanks to a summer scholarship from the Sydney Medical School. My project was an update of a Cochrane systematic review of antifungal drugs for preventing fungal infections in solid organ transplant recipients. For students interested in clinical research, there are few more exciting places to learn than a Cochrane Review Group. Skills you develop whilst undertaking a systematic review are transferable to all areas of research, such as critical appraisal of medical literature, understanding trial methodology and writing a medical paper. For aspiring clinicians, these skills are also being increasingly valued by specialty training programs. Working at the Cochrane Renal Group provides an excellent opportunity to work with some of the leaders in nephrology and transplantation. It has certainly inspired me to undertake further clinical research in medical school and in the future. I would highly recommend it to any students interested in medical research. 
Anouk BadensAs part of my study I did an elective course at the CKR which lasted three months. I worked on a systematic review about probiotics for hepatic encephalopathy. Before I started this elective course, I had no experience at all in doing research so it was kind of a challenge. Working at the CKR was a great experience; partly due to the friendly and attentive CKR team! Everybody was willing to help me and I really learned a lot from them. Having Richard and Angela as my supervisors, I guess I couldn't be supervised any better. There were a lot opportunities to change and discuss all the different aspects of the review. I'm impressed by their knowledge about all kinds of research, as well as knowing how to report research very well. Besides the knowledge about doing research, it was a big experience to work in another country, speaking another language. Especially the presentations every Thursday, which were a good opportunity to improve my skills in speaking English. I never expected that I could learn all the different the skills of making a review in three months. I would really recommend an internship, elective course or summer scholarship at the CKR to everybody who wants to learn a lot about doing research and become part of a hard-working, nice and helpful team. |
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