Juggling clinical and academic work

Dividing your time between clinical and academic work can be challenging.

• Keep both your clinical and academic supervisors ‘in the loop’.
• Let them know well in advance about:
  
  
  • deadlines (grants, exams)
  • periods of absence (conference attendance, workshops)
  • ARCP requirements (academic and clinical)
• Decide how you will divide your time. Monitor whether you are achieving this (keep a log of time spent on each).
• Set yourself clinical and academic goals. Monitor whether you are making progress in both areas.
• Be flexible: recognise and accept that there will be times when you will need to focus more on one than the other.
• Ensure that you have both a clinical and academic mentor / role model.