BMJ 1995;310:249-251 (28 January)

Education and debate

How To Do It: Participate in an international conference

William A M Cutting, senior lecturer a

a Department of Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 1UW

Attending an international conference should be instructive and fun. But it can also be alarming and lonely. Although participating in scientific conferences is now almost essential to medical career development, no medical school describes how to make the most of the opportunity as part of its curriculum. Here are some hints on how to get yourself organised so that the experience can be both scientifically productive and enjoyable. In essence, you should travel, see places, meet people, make friends, and identify one or two ideas that you can apply in your own work or research.

Objectives of participating in a conference

Education is the most obvious objective, the one that you declare on the application form even if the location is the Bahamas and the company you have in mind is not purely professional. However, brushing up on forgotten facts and obtaining the latest information in . . . [Full text of this article]


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