BJSM Blog editors recently had the pleasure of interviewing Professor Nanette Mutrie MBE about her outstanding career in physical activity for health. We hope you enjoy reading what she had to say! Name: Nanette Mutrie Current role/position: Professor Emerita University of Edinburgh and Coaching and Education Officer Pickleball Scotland Could you give us a career path/journey […]
Tag: career development
‘What I wish I’d known then’ – Prof. Dr. Matthias Wilhelm
In this new BJSM blog series, we ask a range of senior practitioners and researchers in Sport and Exercise medicine about their career, and what advice they would give to students who may find themselves in the same shoes that they were once in. The series is kindly coordinated by Dr Corina Bello. What attracted […]
‘What I wish I’d known then’ – a new BJSM blog series!
In this new BJSM blog series, we ask a range of senior practitioners and researchers in Sport and Exercise medicine about their career, and what advice they would give to students who may find themselves in the same shoes that they were once in. The series is kindly coordinated by Dr Corina Bello. We start […]
A report from the GOTS Academy – Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
As the students´ department of the GOTS (German, Austrian and Swiss Society for Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Sports Medicine), the GOTS Young Academy introduces future physicians, physiotherapists and sports scientists to the different aspects of sports medicine. Despite the main focus on orthopaedic surgery and traumatology, the interdisciplinary character of sports medicine is given great importance. […]
Step 1 for better manuscripts: acknowledge the wounded writer
By Erin Macri, @Erin_Macri With ease, we can all recall the moments in grad school that brought us to our knees. The red pen all over an assignment, an endless list of reviewer comments, a rejected manuscript, an unsuccessful application for funding. And no matter how successful we are, writing challenges resurface throughout our careers. A […]
Eight tips to get on an editor’s good side
By Velvet Garvey (@velvetgarvey) Picture a small office, where 3 people sit working on computers. Ping! One of them gets a new email and groans. “Urgh, it’s Dr Jones. He’s got more amends for his paper.” “Let me guess, he’s added more commas!” Have you ever been Dr Jones, pedantically inserting unnecessary punctuation into an […]
Should trainee sports physician’s always be remunerated to provide medical cover at sports events?
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A BJSM blog series) By Dr Bhavesh Kumar Background There has been recent debate on appropriate remuneration for the provision of medical services at sports events by junior doctors involved in Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM). This has in part been prompted by a reduction in tariffs […]