• Question: what is the most rewarding thing you have done within your whole career ?

    Asked by xleoniex to Vicki, Greg, Nuruz, Jo, Claire, Jane on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by katecourtney, jimbob69, yasmin123, leep, pbuckley.
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      Greg FitzHarris answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Rewarding…. hmmm….
      the things i find rewarding are

      1.finishing a set of experiments, and seeing them published… and knowing its RIGHT
      2. seeing the more junior people in the lab (PhD students and Postdocs) doing well with therir experiments, and helping where i can
      3. Classroom teaching atb university – i dont do much of it,,, but its extremely uplifting on those occasions that you can tell that the students have actually learnt something in the class.

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      Vicki Onions answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      cor – thats a tough one – i think it was presenting at a conference where i got really really good comments and questions and other scientists were really interested in my work and thought it was good – that did no end of good to my levels of confidence and made me realise that I did good science and i should have more faith in my abilities!

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      Claire O'Donnell answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      When you ask about a rewarding thing I suppose it’s something that makes you feel you’ve contributed something.
      You have to wait a long time for results in what I dp now and it tends to make a difference to people you don’t know and will never meet.
      It was different in nursing. Someone once named their baby after me (see my profile). I sat with someone for 8hrs while her husband died which was immensely sad but she said it made a real difference. I think it would be hard to top those two

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      Jo Broadbent answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I trained in public health for 5 yrs. I finished training last year and got the Consultant in Public Health job I trained for for all that time. It was rewarding to successfully complete the training plus get my dream job. This job allows me to improve health services for hundreds of thousands of people, which is even more rewarding – feeling my work is v worthwhile and has made a real difference to people.

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      Jane Cleal answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I have been training/teaching a student inorder for her to get a PhD: this is the higher degree that you get so that you can become a scientist and be called ‘Dr’. It has been great seeing her learn about the topic and get new skills so that she will soon go off and be a fully fledged scientist!

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