The phrase "gain first-hand experience" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to acquire knowledge or understanding directly from personal involvement or observation. Example: "In order to fully understand the complexities of the business, it is essential to gain first-hand experience by working in different departments."
Münsterberg admitted that he had 'never taken part in a telepathic experiment or in a spiritualistic séance', justifying his reluctance to gain first-hand experience by referring to 'experiences of some friends', who 'had spent much energy and time and money on such mysteries, and had come to the conviction that all was humbug' (ibid.: 77).
Students may get gain first-hand experience through laboratory rotations and attending research group meetings.
Channel 4 originally planned to have Mr Kilroy-Silk spend a week in a Gypsy encampment so he could gain "first-hand experience of their way of life".
Research and learning go beyond the classroom and lab, as students gain first-hand experience in the field and community through their academic work, internship and extracurricular activities.
After leaving Germany, Michael lived in Southeast Asia as a Henry Luce Scholar to gain first-hand experience with renewable energy integration in unelectrified regions of Laos and Cambodia.
Returning to Robin Shelley's initial tip on travelling to gain first-hand experience of your social mission, Forkan discussed how his unique childhood, spent travelling and volunteering across the world, caused him to witness first-hand the devastation of natural disasters.
In the evaluation component of the rotation, fellows gain first-hand experiences in the diagnosis and treatment of autism and its psychiatric co-morbidities and collaboration with the clinical team.
Students on the journey conduct interdisciplinary field investigations and gain first-hand experiences in a wide range of environments.
Participant reflections also highlighted the value of programme's experiential, interactive curriculum in creating opportunities for boys to reach their own conclusions and to gain first-hand experiences of being subjected to harmful expressions of masculinity, such as feeling powerless or being stereotyped.
Bier also gained first-hand experience of the disabling headache related to dural puncture.
But as they gained first-hand experience of combat, the soldiers' attitude changed.
