TY - JOUR
T1 - Delivering Large-Scale Neurosurgical Studies in the UK: The Impact of Trainees
AU - Chari, Aswin
AU - Piper, Rory J.
AU - Edlmann, Ellie
AU - Woodfield, Julie
AU - Brennan, Paul M.
AU - Turner, Carole
AU - Jenkinson, Michael D.
AU - Hutchinson, Peter J.
AU - Kolias, Angelos G.
AU - Fountain, Daniel M.
AU - Ma, Ruichong
AU - Coulter, Ian
AU - Ahmed, Aminul
AU - Jamjoom, Aimun A.b.
AU - Rasul, Fahid T.
AU - Craven, Claudia
AU - Poon, Michael T.c.
AU - Jung, Josephine
AU - Tailor, Jignesh
AU - Islim, Abdurrahman I.
AU - Waqar, Mueez
AU - Venturini, Sara
AU - Bandyopadhyay, Soham
AU - Borchert, Robin
AU - Gillespie, Conor S.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank all members of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons and the British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative for supporting large-scale clinical studies in the UK. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that the article content was composed in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Funding Information:
The majority of health care in the UK is delivered within the National Health Service (NHS). Many neurosurgical studies have been funded by the UK’s largest funder for health and social care research, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Founded in 2006, the NIHR works in close partnership with the NHS and funds studies that, specifically, will impact the care and outcomes of patients within the NHS. This does not limit the studies to being conducted in the UK and the success of many of the trials listed above is attributable to strong international collaboration and recruitment.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - The UK neurosurgical community has a track record of delivering high-quality, practice-changing clinical research studies, facilitated by a robust clinical research infrastructure and close collaborations between neurosurgical centers. More recently, these large-scale studies have been conceived, developed, and delivered by neurosurgical trainees, working under the umbrella of the British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). In this paper, we outline the current landscape of large-scale neurosurgical studies in the UK, focusing on the role of trainees in facilitating this research. Importantly, we focus on our experience of trainee-led studies, including the development of the network, current challenges, and future directions. We believe that a similar model can be applied in different settings and countries, which will drive up the quality of neurosurgical research, ultimately benefiting future neurosurgical patients.
AB - The UK neurosurgical community has a track record of delivering high-quality, practice-changing clinical research studies, facilitated by a robust clinical research infrastructure and close collaborations between neurosurgical centers. More recently, these large-scale studies have been conceived, developed, and delivered by neurosurgical trainees, working under the umbrella of the British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC). In this paper, we outline the current landscape of large-scale neurosurgical studies in the UK, focusing on the role of trainees in facilitating this research. Importantly, we focus on our experience of trainee-led studies, including the development of the network, current challenges, and future directions. We believe that a similar model can be applied in different settings and countries, which will drive up the quality of neurosurgical research, ultimately benefiting future neurosurgical patients.
U2 - 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.002
M3 - Article
SN - 1878-8750
VL - 161
SP - 343
EP - 349
JO - World neurosurgery
JF - World neurosurgery
ER -