Originally Posted by AcronymAllergy

I'm honestly not sure how most other programs work, but in mine, our research and practicum/clinical teams are basically the same thing. A lot of our research is based on data we gather from clinical evaluations, so being able to blend the two ends up being a very efficient (and appreciated) setup. Actually, even on my externships, all of my research was based out of data gained through clinical work/databases we setup.

I never did any RAing myself, but did TA my first couple years, and then taught my own class before moving on to solely clinical funding sources.

So to answer your question: in general, yep, my research time was essentially one and the same as my clinical time. The only outside time I spent was on lit searching and writing; all of the actual data collection and entry was fairly automated through excel spreadsheets, or was a part of our clinical activities and so was worked into practica hours.

Not counting my thesis, which was a separate, interesting, and painful experience.