Perhaps now I’m good enough
Posted on Saturday 5th April 2008
The full reference is: Chalwin RP, Moran JL, Graham PL. The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of the adult respiratory distress syndrome: review and quantitative analysis. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2008;36(2):152-61.
This may not be the be-all and end-all, and only having one article in press is hardly groundbreaking, but it is a start. It also helps to supplement my CV and shows initiative. Perhaps if I had thought of this earlier, getting a job back home might have been easier.
Doing this has given me an appreciation of how difficult research is. It took over 8 months, 24 re-drafts and many long writing and editing sessions to complete. That was just for a review of existing literature let alone starting from scratch. In the next couple of months I will be starting a formal research trial and am already anticipating a long road before it makes it into print. All of this is worthwhile however as one of the requirements of my training is to undertake a clinical study.
Unfortunately I can’t publish the finished product as the journal now holds copyright. However I will send a copy on to anyone interested when I get one myself.
