Reminder: Data Update Required for GlobalSurg 2 Patient Records Thank you to everyone who has updated their records in REDCap to include gender on the patient demographics form. Could we please remind all collaborators, especially those who entered data at the beginning of the study, to log back into their REDCap accounts and add the [...]
August Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration Final data collection dates for GlobalSurg 2 The last date for standard patient enrolement into GlobalSurg 2 is July 31st 2016 Standard 30 day follow-up data collection should be completed by August 30th 2016 Data entry deadline Please ensure all data is entered into REDCap by 23:59 (GMT) September 11th [...]
Call for Validators for GlobalSurg 2 The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration Recruiting validators for GlobalSurg 2 Validation is an important part of the study ensuring that data collected is of high quality. We are now looking for a team of validators for GlobalSurg 2. To act as a validators you should: be a qualified doctor or nurse [...]
Urgent Data Update Required for GlobalSurg 2 The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration Urgent Data Update Required for GlobalSurg 2 Patient Records Dear GlobalSurg 2 collaborators, it has come to our attention that there is no place to record gender in the patient demographics records in REDCap. We apologise for this oversight and request all collaborators [...]
Final chance to be part of GlobalSurg 2 The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration GlobalSurg 2 data collection must be completed before 31 July 2016 Have you collected your data for GlobalSurg 2 yet? GlobalSurg 2 now has less than one month remaining for data collection If you have received approval for the project at your [...]
June Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration The GlobalSurg 1 paper has now been published in the July print edition of BJS. Mortality of emergency abdominal surgery in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. British Journal of Surgery, Volume 103, Issue 8, pages 971–988, July 2016 The publication is available to read for free on the BJS website by clicking [...]
May Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration Click here to read the GlobalSurg 1 publication GlobalSurg 1 in the press! Publication of the GlobalSurg 1 manuscript has generated media coverage around the world with both print and online media outlets covering the story. Visit our blog where you'll find links to the stories Was GlobalSurg [...]
April Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration Half way through GlobalSurg 2 The response to GlobalSurg 2 has been truly fantastic! Thank you to everyone who has deposited their data via REDCap. The study is now half way through the data collection period and we have 2731 patient records deposited in our secure database. Congratulations to our collaborators in Belarus, Sweden and [...]
March Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration GlobalSurg 2 Update We now have over 700 patient records deposited via the REDCap data collection tool. Please remember if you are using a paper data collection form to transfer your records to REDCap Thank you to everyone who has already contributed their data Congratulations to our top recruiting centres [...]
February Newsletter The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration GlobalSurg II data collection is happening now! Data collection for GlobalSurg 2 has got off to a great start. Thank you to everyone who has already contributed their data Congratulations to our top recruiting centres in January, in no particular order: Simplemente Evita, Argentina Department of General Surgery, [...]
