Our Stories – Case Studies from St Andrews
Dr Phil Walmsley
Clinical Senior Lecturer & Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
“The thing to realise is that Medicine has changed now. Once upon a time it was a clinical career for the main part, but now there’s an increased recognition for portfolio careers, meaning you can tack on anything you want to … Could be education, research, private work, politics, or healthcare improvement, a whole range of things … The important thing is that there’s no right or wrong way to do it“
Listen to our interview with Phil - HERE!
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“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t be an academic in Primary Care. Academic General Practice is fantastic. I have a career that is the envy of most of my peers. The flexibility, the autonomy, the control that I have over it, and the joy that I get in doing all the different things”
Listen HERE for insights from Sarah!
Dr Sarah Mills
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Academic General Practice
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Dr Andrew Blaikie
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology
“I’m a Clinical Academic, but I’d say my main strengths really are teaching, mentorship, supervision and the development of ideas”
“I was perhaps a bit of a disillusioned Medical Student, and I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to be when I grew up, but it was in my GP training rotation I realised I quite liked this and this was probably for me [ophthalmology] … My top tip would be to be able to recognise your strengths and look around to see who you can work with to get the best results”
Listen to Andrew's interview - HERE!
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“Growing up I always thought I’d want to be more of a scientist than a clinician. I went with Medicine, but that curiosity for science stuck with me“
“I didn’t really know anything about academia at all, but there was an email that came through about doing summer projects. So I actually just sent Prof. Sullivan an email to say I was really interested in his work and asked for a chat, and so then he introduced me to the big world of academia … Now I’m tailoring and applying the skills that I learnt to my own interests”
Hear from one of our previous students, Nimue - HERE!
Nimue Romeikat
Student
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Our thanks go to Dr Daniel Underwood for his assistance conducting these interviews. As well as being a postdoctoral research in our Infection & Global Health Division in the School, Daniel is also the host of the Innately Science Podcast, which you can listen to here.