{"id":145,"date":"2020-05-22T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T10:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/?p=145"},"modified":"2020-05-22T11:38:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T10:38:02","slug":"my-experience-of-working-in-rd-lylah-irshad-medical-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/2020\/05\/22\/my-experience-of-working-in-rd-lylah-irshad-medical-student\/","title":{"rendered":"My experience of working in R&amp;D &#8211; Lylah Irshad, Medical Student"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-146\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/05\/Lylah_Irshad-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Lylah Irshad, Medical Student\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/05\/Lylah_Irshad-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/05\/Lylah_Irshad-250x165.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/05\/Lylah_Irshad.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lylah Irshad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I volunteered to be part of the medical student support scheme, I did not imagine that I would become part of a COVID-19 research team. When I started out in R&amp;D, I had relatively little research experience. However, 7 weeks later and my knowledge and understanding have grown immensely. This unique opportunity has enabled me to be involved with the latest research developments throughout the COVID-19 response.<\/p>\n<p>My roles in R&amp;D have ranged from recording minutes in senior research group meetings, to searching for missing information in large datasets. I have also spent time collecting data about patients recruited to clinical trials, where my experience as a medical student proved particularly useful in understanding clinical information, such as respiratory values and inflammatory markers.<\/p>\n<p>By attending weekly research facilitation group meetings, I now understand the various stages and requirements of clinical trials, from CMO approval, feasibility and set-up, through to entry of patient information onto databases. Working alongside key members of the COVID-19 research team, I have a new appreciation of the efforts that go into research trials.<\/p>\n<p>Since my first day, I felt like part of the team and was warmly welcomed by everyone in R&amp;D. The past two months have highlighted the importance of effective communication and teamwork. Working in R&amp;D has been both a learning curve and also a highly enjoyable experience. I would like to thank everyone in R&amp;D for their kindness and hospitality and wish them all the best throughout the COVID period!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I volunteered to be part of the medical student support scheme, I did not imagine that I would become part of a COVID-19 research team. When I started out in R&amp;D, I had relatively little research experience. However, 7 weeks later and my knowledge and understanding have grown immensely. This unique opportunity has enabled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/2020\/05\/22\/my-experience-of-working-in-rd-lylah-irshad-medical-student\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My experience of working in R&amp;D &#8211; Lylah Irshad, Medical Student&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":710,"featured_media":146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28,3],"tags":[29,30,14],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid19","category-covid19-covid19","category-medicine","tag-covid19","tag-medical-students","tag-placement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/710"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/mdsstudentblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}