Dr Anna Volkmer - The making of the clinical academic…the façade is slipping

Dr Anna Volkmer, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Anna questions how you sustain the Academic element of being a 'Clinical Academic', and how many hours per week justtifies keepin the title? And is it possible to be a commited academic whilst also being a dedicated clinician? A solid bout of imposter syndrome coming through whilst waiting on Fellowship application decisions... Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-the-making-of-the-clinical-academicthe-facade-is-slipping/ -- Dr Anna Volkmer is a Speech and Language Therapist and researcher in Language and Cognition, Department of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London. Anna is researching Speech and language therapy interventions in language led dementia and was once voted scariest speech and language therapist (even her children agree). If you would like to write for us, or join out team of regular contributors, drop us a line - [email protected]