Visits from foreign professors
The Centre for Innovative Medical Technology (CIMT) is regularly visited by good collaboration partners from near and far - lately it has mostly been from afar. We have had visits from both Professor Anne Snowdon from Ontario, Canada and Professor Anthony Smith from Queensland, Australia.
ANNE SNOWDON
Anne Snowdon was in Odense in connection with her inaugural seminar as a professor at the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and CIMT. At the inaugural seminar, she spoke about her experience with supply chain management in the healthcare sector. Supply chain management involves creating some surrounding structures so that we have better control over where patients, products (e.g. medicine, food, clothing, beds), suppliers etc. are located in order to optimise the processes and always have the right product in the right amount available.
The aim in relation to the patients is better treatment and fewer errors, because we can better follow the treatment. In relation to the organisation, the purpose is to save resources, when we only store the products we need, for example, and things do not get lost.
ANTHONY SMITH
Anthony Smith's professorship at the Department of Clinical Research, SDU and CIMT has recently been extended by another five years, so there is plenty of time to work on exciting projects in both Denmark and Australia. Anthony regularly visits Denmark and has well-established collaborations with researchers and PhD students from Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark.
During this visit, he gave a presentation for a special edition of the CIMT Academy, where he talked about his work as an editor for the journal Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Anthony encouraged anyone interested to sign up as a peer reviewer. Being a peer reviewer is a chance to take responsibility for your field of expertise and expand your network. As a peer reviewer, you are forced to read articles, so you cannot avoid learning new things and being updated on the latest research.
Anthony also gave good advice on what to be aware of if you want to publish in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare or other journals. One must, among other things, note:
- a good article tells a story (in as few words as possible)
- that title and content match
- that well-organised articles perform better; layout and structure matter
- proofreading - please get linguistic help from an English expert
- projects must be translatable to other national structures and contexts
- that your systematic review has not already been carried out - they see many of them