Emelia Pasternak-Albert; Maximizing Opportunities as a Student
Duration: 29 mins
Publication Date: 31 Mar 2025
Next Review Date: 31 Mar 2028
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13690
Description
How can medical students identify potential supervisors? How can you make the most out of opportunities whilst studying at university? Why are challenges and failures important for career development? All this and more answered as Dr. Clara Faria interviews Emelia Pasternak-Albert, 2024 ACAMH Clinical Trainee of the Year Award winner, about her experience as a medical student and aspiring clinical academic child and adolescent psychiatrist.
Learning Objectives
1. How to identify potential supervisors and how to make a competitive application.
2. Insight into the National Youth Peoples Advisory Group for the Centre for Mental Health from a lived experience perspective.
3. Advice for current medical students who want to get their first research experience in psychology and how to make the most out of these opportunities.
4. The importance of challenges and failures in career development.
