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After attempting to prepare a presentation of my work at a conference during my second year of candidacy, that too was knocked back. As such, I have yet to ever present my work at a public forum.<\/p>\n<p><b>Short-term solution:<\/b>\u00a0I fired that supervisor due to a list of attributes that negatively impacted my work, such as this situation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">This issue, and its short-term solution, doesn\u2019t get to the issue at hand.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I\u2019m out of practice since I haven\u2019t presented my work ever in public. I don\u2019t know what I need to improve, I\u2019ve never received open feedback on my efforts, and I haven\u2019t benefited from establishing a professional network\u2014all things which are usually addressed through conference attendance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">It\u2019s now getting to the point where, if I don\u2019t take some initiative, my research will be presented for the first time at my mid-candidature review.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>Presented for the first time!<\/i>\u00a0<b><i>At the mid-candidature review.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">That\u2019s awful.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Students should have opportunities to present their work far earlier than this. I saw the milestones come and go\u2014the annual conference in 2017, the annual conference in 2018, and a handful of other opportunities that I could have easily attended if not for the interference of an academic who was ill-suited to supervision.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u2018You have other things to worry about\u2019, they told me, \u2018focus on your thesis.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I was told this when I had just started my thesis and when I was preparing for my Confirmation of Candidacy. I knew that this couldn\u2019t possibly be true, because I had attended an annual conference for my industry\u2019s professional body during my Honours degree \u2013 I had\u00a0<i>plenty<\/i>\u00a0of other things to do at that point, and I still managed to present a paper at the roundtable session. \u2018You have other things to worry about\u2019 never stopped me before \u2013 a wedding, a dissertation, and family drama certainly wasn\u2019t enough to impede my ability to present! So, why would a significantly lighter workload get in the way at this stage?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">(I later learned, \u2018you have other things to worry about\u2019 was code for \u2018I need to have you available for my research projects,\u2019 which was 100% not going to happen.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Now I have a much more competent supervisor on my team and the first recommendation they put forward was that I attend a conference.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Yes,\u00a0<i>finally<\/i>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">So, I registered for two events: a \u2018meet the CEO\u2019 event of a hospital in the jurisdiction that I will be collecting data from and a state-level conference of a professional body that registers practitioners and academics in a related field. I\u2019m still yet to present my work.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">So, what do I do?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Long term solution:<\/b>\u00a0Take the bull by the horns.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">As the saying goes, \u2018if you want to get it done right, you might as well do it yourself.\u2019 Often espoused by frazzled mothers watching their children fuddle an easy chore, I\u2019m going to adopt this stance as the deadline as my own submission date approaches. I have less than two years to finish my doctoral project \u2013 data collection, writeup, paper drafting, the lot \u2013 and I still have so many activities that I want to undertake before then. I want to\u00a0<i>teach,*<\/i> dangnabit\u2026 and I want to<b>\u00a0<\/b>present my work.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">*<i>Despite an earlier blog post about pedagogy and teaching experiences, I queued up those posts in anticipation of being a tutor in <\/i><i>Semester<\/i><i> 1, 2018. Like with conference attendance, this fired supervisor <\/i><i>of mine <\/i><i>also blocked the opportunity to gain teaching experience despite my insistence and preparation. <\/i><i>It\u2019s<\/i><i> a long story.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I want to present my work because it\u2019s a good study, and a worthwhile project. I know this is so, because I have engaged with stakeholders at every turn. My research is wanted, it\u2019s warranted, and it\u2019s heavily based on requests both from the media and literature. It\u2019s time, folks. There are people that want to hear what I have to say \u2013 all I need is an outlet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>So, how am I going to succeed?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I\u2019m going to apply for every presentation opportunity that comes my way from this point onward.<br \/>I\u2019m going to host my own \u2018Meet and Greet\u2019 session through the professional institute where I am a member. I\u2019m going to run volunteer tutorials for staff interested in research. I\u2019m going to go back to my undergraduate university and seek alumni presentation opportunities. This way I can hone my presentation skills for different target audiences; professional management, clinicians, nurses, and general academics. I\u2019m fully expecting to fall flat on my face in the first few tries but I am determined to \u2018get the hang of it\u2019 by the time I graduate. Next year, I will formally apply to run tutorials as a casual staff member at my local university so I can finally put teaching experience on my resume.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I\u2019m not going to let this issue define how the rest of my candidacy progresses. So, I will practice my presentation skills, I will communicate my research to stakeholders and interested parties, and I will graduate as a well-rounded researcher with a complete toolkit of all the skills required: research, literature reading, analysis and synthesis, academic writing skills, research paper publications, presentation skills, science communication skills, teaching, lecturing, interviewing, grant applications, ethics applications, research proposals, information pamphlets, conference abstracts, and cold-pitch emails.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I\u2019m going to get it done, and this problem-solving post is going to help me get there.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Madeleine Kendrick (<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIKendrick94\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>@MIKendrick94<\/i><\/a><i>) is a PhD candidate (Scholarship Recipient, Full-time), an Academic Research Assistant, and a Business Consultant. This story was published on August 6, 2018, on Madeleine\u2019s blog, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mkendricksite.wordpress.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><i>Research &amp; Beyond<\/i><\/a><i> (available <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mkendricksite.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/06\/problem-solving-a-doctoral-case-study\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>), and has been republished here with her permission.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem:\u00a0A supervisor let me down spectacularly, and through their direct impact, my skill set is somewhat lacking. How it occurred:\u00a0I was \u2018steered away\u2019 (discouraged) from attending conferences during the first year of my candidacy. 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