The second international GlobalSurg cohort study is set to launch in October - November 2015. GlobalSurg 2 will have two important components: 1. A second international cohort study, addressing a globally relevant quality improvement target 2. A questionnaire-based assessment of audit and research capacity, evaluating barriers to engagement with these processes within the global surgical community We warmly invite you to collaborate! We are looking [...]
GlobalSurg: January Newsletter #2 The Global Surgical Outcomes Study On the behalf of GlobalSurg, we would like to both congratulate and thank all collaborators for their efforts in delivering this unique international project. Preliminary analysis of data is proving very exciting and we look forward to sharing these findings with the wider global healthcare community. There remains [...]
Lots of exciting news from the GlobalSurg collaborative this month as our project launches worldwide! Features of this months newsletter include: 1. GlobalSurg Data Collection begins! The dataset you are producing will be unique in providing a global perspective on outcomes following emergency abdominal surgery. 2. GlobalSurg Training Modules and Videos: We have created a short [...]
The next few months are about testing feasibility of whether social media can deliver a clinical outcomes project. A surgical topic is well placed to meet this need – patients undergoing specific operations are easily identifiable, and they have clear endpoints. We will send out information about the website via Twitter, Facebook and a multitude [...]