Sheree Bekker (@shereebekker) joined RealScientists all the way back in July and is a research fellow at the Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP) at Federation University Australia. Which by the way is in an OLD GAOL :O
Just heading in to my office @ACRISPFedUni – we are based in the Old Ballarat Gaol pic.twitter.com/ybq7UXcuLj
— Pallavi / @RealScientists (@realscientists) July 30, 2017
Sheree also covered the little known basics of injury prevention, as well as tackling some heavy topics like sexual harassment and discrimination, as well as a very cool sci/art exhibition.
#BLOOD17 Piece bringing awareness to organ trafficking pic.twitter.com/OnnGHUPk4g
— Pallavi / @RealScientists (@realscientists) August 2, 2017
And always remember, injuries are predictable, preventable, and not accidents!
In other words, evidence-based interventions to prevent sports injuries do exist…
— Pallavi / @RealScientists (@realscientists) August 3, 2017
Sheree kindly completed our exit interview, with her answers to be found below.
In general terms, how did you find your week as a curator?
I loved it! The community is so welcoming and was highly engaged – and I value the new connections I made.
It can be a shock talking to so many. Did you find the sudden rush of interactions (good and bad) daunting?
No, I really enjoyed it! I found the community to be highly welcoming and interested.
What were the highlights?
The spontaneous conversations that emerged.
Is there anything you wanted to get out of / do on the RS account that you didn’t manage to fit in?
I wanted to engage further on certain topics I raised, but found that I had to keep the conversation topics moving along or I feared I would get stuck on one element for days.
Did you have a plan? If so, did you stick to it?
I had a rough plan in my head, mostly did stick to it.
Do you have any tips or advice for future RS curators?
I was somewhat surprised at the ‘lay’ audience (highly educated lay audience) & pleasantly surprised at their interest in me and my work. I quickly realised that my own twitter is quite an academic bubble – so this changed how I approached the rest of the week.
What other people or accounts should people follow if they enjoyed your tweets this week?
@BJSM_BMJ
@CarolineFinch
Thanks once again Sheree from all of us here at RealScientists HQ. If you missed anything from Sheree’s week, the tweets are all collated at the following link.