Student Audit and Research in Surgery National Collaborative Research Group
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Medical Student Research• Why participate in research?
– “Doctors as clinicians.. Doctors as Scientists..” (1)
– Professional and personal development
• Is student research important? – Yes– Evidence-based medicine– Heparin, Insulin, Sino-Atrial Node – student discoveries! (2)
• Is participation easy? – Not currently– Many obstacles exist (3)
(1) Tomorrow’s Doctors 2009(2) Stringer et al 2009(3) Nikkar-Esfahani et al. 2012
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Principles of STARSurg
• Empower student researchers
• Facilitate research training
• Build a culture of collaboration
• Promote evidence-based practice
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What to expect:
• National, student-led project
• Bi-annual research training meetings―Ethics & Research governance―Data collection and analysis―Paper review and critique
• Online research training modules
• Signposting to further opportunities
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Why get involved?
• Transferable skills
• Learn about audit and research
• Evidence of participation in audit
• PubMed citable authorship
• CV enhancement
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The STARSurg Model
Steering Committee
Regional Co-ordinators
Collaborators
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STARSurg 2013
• 253 student collaborators
• 31/33 medical schools represented
• Data delivered from 109 hospitals
• Published in British Journal of Surgery
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STARSurg 2013“Impact of postoperative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on adverse
events after gastrointestinal surgery”
British Journal of Surgery (Impact Factor: 5.21; top-5 world surgical journal)
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PubMed Citable
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25091299
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STARSurg 2014
All Medical Schools in UK & Ireland
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New Initiatives• Online monthly Twitter Journal Club
• Research Skills taught course
• Buddy Scheme available to those who collaborate• Aim to link students into post-graduate collaboratives
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