TY - JOUR
T1 - Guide to research in academic global surgery
T2 - A statement of the Society of University Surgeons Global Academic Surgery Committee
AU - Saluja, Saurabh
AU - Nwomeh, Benedict
AU - Finlayson, Samuel R.G.
AU - Holterman, Ai Xuan L.
AU - Jawa, Randeep S.
AU - Jayaraman, Sudha
AU - Juillard, Catherine
AU - Krishnaswami, Sanjay
AU - Mukhopadhyay, Swagoto
AU - Rickard, Jennifer
AU - Weiser, Thomas G.
AU - Yang, George P.
AU - Shrime, Mark G.
N1 - Funding Information:
There was no financial support specifically for the preparation of this manuscript. Dr Jayaraman is supported in part through NIH 2P60MD002256-10 grant to Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Health Disparities, Clinical Faculty Scholars Program. Dr Shrime is funded by the GE Foundation Safe Surgery 2020 Project and the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Global surgery is an emerging academic discipline that is developing in tandem with numerous policy and advocacy initiatives. In this regard, academic global surgery will be crucial for measuring the progress toward improving surgical care worldwide. However, as a nascent academic discipline, there must be rigorous standards for the quality of work that emerges from this field. In this white paper, which reflects the opinion of the Global Academic Surgery Committee of the Society for University Surgeons, we discuss the importance of research in global surgery, the methodologies that can be used in such research, and the challenges and benefits associated with carrying out this research. In each of these topics, we draw on existing examples from the literature to demonstrate our points. We conclude with a call for continued, high-quality research that will strengthen the discipline's academic standing and help us move toward improved access to and quality of surgical care worldwide.
AB - Global surgery is an emerging academic discipline that is developing in tandem with numerous policy and advocacy initiatives. In this regard, academic global surgery will be crucial for measuring the progress toward improving surgical care worldwide. However, as a nascent academic discipline, there must be rigorous standards for the quality of work that emerges from this field. In this white paper, which reflects the opinion of the Global Academic Surgery Committee of the Society for University Surgeons, we discuss the importance of research in global surgery, the methodologies that can be used in such research, and the challenges and benefits associated with carrying out this research. In each of these topics, we draw on existing examples from the literature to demonstrate our points. We conclude with a call for continued, high-quality research that will strengthen the discipline's academic standing and help us move toward improved access to and quality of surgical care worldwide.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.surg.2017.10.013
DO - 10.1016/j.surg.2017.10.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 29221877
AN - SCOPUS:85037033884
SN - 0039-6060
VL - 163
SP - 463
EP - 466
JO - Surgery
JF - Surgery
IS - 2
ER -