Europe PMC Team

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Over 240 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) trainees recently
attended the 4th Annual meeting at the Midlands Hotel in Manchester
(November 30th -- December 1st). Despite the freezing temperatures
outside, the atmosphere inside was warm, welcoming and friendly.  
The term 'trainee' is probably quite inappropriate, as it evokes the
image of fresh young graduates. Here the trainees were a diverse group
(doctors, dentists, midwives, statisticians, health economists and other
allied health professionals). Many were senior fellows or clinical
lecturers. We have all heard about working young doctors with long
hours, but this group work exceptionally hard to manage a research
programme alongside their professional duties on the wards and
clinics.  
Events were chaired by Professor Jim Neilson, NIHR Dean for Training and
Dr Lisa Cotterill, Director of the NIHR Trainees Coordinating Centre.
Delegates heard an upbeat assessment of the future of National Health
Service (NHS) clinical research by Dr Russell Hamilton, Director of R&D
for the Department of Health (DH). Despite the climate of economic
uncertainty, the powers that be are convinced that clinical research
will continue to be an important and protected activity for the NHS. Sir
Iain Chalmers of the James Lind Library, delivered an inspiring lecture
on evidence-based medicine and illustrated this with his moving personal
experiences of Gaza in 1969/1970 and 2009/2010. Breakout sessions gave
delegates the opportunity to discuss personal perspectives on managing a
research career alongside clinical duties and focus on career
development issues.  
The meeting was attended on behalf of UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) by our
newly appointed Engagement Officer, Dr Mohammed Tasab. Delegates were
pleasantly surprised to learn of the range of useful tools and
clinically relevant content available from the UKPMC site. The [grant
lookup facility](http://ukpmc.ac.uk/GrantLookup/) and the availability
of UK clinical guidelines were of particular interest to many
participants.  
In association with the other UKPMC funders, the DH and the NIHR is an
important partner in the UKPMC initiative. They require that \[for
applications submitted from 1st April 2007\] peer-reviewed research
papers accepted for publication, and supported in whole or in part by
DH/NIHR, are deposited at the earliest opportunity -- and in any case
within six months -- in UKPMC.  
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Over 240 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) trainees recently attended the 4th Annual meeting at the Midlands Hotel in Manchester (November 30th – December 1st). Despite the freezing temperatures outside, the atmosphere inside was warm, welcoming and friendly. The term ‘trainee’ is probably quite inappropriate, as it evokes the image of fresh young graduates.

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UK PubMed Central report from NIHR ‘trainee’ meeting