Positive and negative aspects of a career in academic paediatrics
| Positive | Potential challenges |
|---|---|
| Dedicated time for research within training programme | Achieving clinical competencies within a reduced time frame |
| A ‘toolkit’ of skills highly relevant to clinicians intending to follow an academic or clinical career | Location of centres of excellence for research versus intended clinical training location |
| Flexibility | Isolation from other clinical academic trainees |
| Time management, leadership and management skills | Financial considerations of any ‘unbanded’ research blocks |
| Networking and opportunity to travel | Competitive aspect of grant success and career progression |
| Wide and varied career opportunities | Long-term job security |
| Improve patient health | |
| Ability to innovate, make new discoveries | |
| Autonomy |