NIHR Infrastructure Doctoral Research Training Camp.
In July 2018 I attended the annual National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Infrastructure Doctoral Research Training Camp. I thought that I’d share some thoughts and reflections on this summer camp, if anyone else is thinking of attending. What is the camp? As the name suggests, it is an annual training camp for students doing doctoral studies (such as a PhD. The 'infrastructure' bit means that you have to be working as part of the NIHR Academy. This includes a number of things, such as the research schools and biomedical research centres . I am working with the Health Economics and Outcome Measurement theme of the Yorkshire and Humber Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (I should try fitting that onto a name badge one day...) hence I was eligible to attend. Attendance is by invitation only: you have to write a letter saying why you think you should go to apply. Luckily I was chosen to attend. The camp has a different them