SURGERY AND ANAESTHETICS Surgical Education, Research and Training (SERT) Institute The Surgical Education, Research and Training (SERT) Institute was established at RNSH in 2017. An initiative of the RNSH’s department of surgery and anaesthesia, the Northern Clinical School of the University of Sydney and the senior surgical staff at the hospital, the objectives of the SERT Institute are to support surgeons in pursuing evidence-based practice, promote surgical research, training and education in all surgical departments and create new academic career opportunities for surgeons. Improving the surgical care and achieving the best outcomes for patients is a high priority for all surgeons. Our surgical research typically includes investigations and assessments of new surgical approaches and techniques, collaborative translational research, and improving current practices through data analysis and clinical audit.
NEW RESEARCH ACTIVITY REPORT In 2020 the RNSH SERT Institute led an initiative to produce the inaugural Surgical Research Activity Report, a collation of research conducted and published across the RNSH departments of surgery from January 2018–December 2020. The full report can be located on the SERT Institute Website (https:// surgery.rnsh.org/the-surgical-research-activity- report-2018-2020/). This report highlights the large volume of research activity and peer-reviewed publications conducted across all of surgery at RNSH. A combined total of 187 peer-reviewed publications were produced by RNSH surgeons in 2020 alone, with all 14 RNSH surgery departments contributing to this evidence output. Several surgery departments continue strong collaborations with universities, various external research institutes, as well as numerous NGO and industry partners to support current surgical research activity. These partners include the University of Sydney, UTS, UNSW Sydney, Medtronic, Engeneic, Biotronik, Cancer Council NSW and the Garvan Institute.
The SERT Institute continues to grow with a strong commitment to clinical and translational research, the teaching of today and tomorrow’s surgeons and improvements in patient care.
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