"Doing research" is how I describe what I do to the family, kids and friends, however actually doing research is a bit more complicated than it might first sound. I started my PhD last October and in my own mind had imagined getting out there and stuck in almost instantly. I'd imagined I would be interviewing participants and coming up with ground-breaking theories that would revolutionise pharmacy practice across the UK, or even the globe! In my head, doing research was intrinsically linked to actually finding something out, either through reading, collecting or analysing data. However I soon realised that there was a lot more to doing research.
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