Key Priority Area 3
Research
3.1 Strengthen the capacity of surgical departments to undertake research. The SERT Institute administered a surgeon engagement survey to identify barriers to academia, research and clinical audit. The barriers identified include work life balance, limited resources to support research and clinical audit, and a lack of awareness regarding pathways to achieving academic titles. The survey findings have been presented and discussed at various forums, shared with the executives and has guided SERT Institute planning. To support surgeon’s capacity to undertake research and quality improvement activities, the SERT Institute is exploring the establishment of a project support officer that would support ethics applications and monitoring and statistical analysis. In addition, the DASO Unit provides support to departments with no dedicated data resource to improve or develop bespoke databases and facilitate clinical audits, M&M’s and overall patient outcome reporting and research. In 2023-2024, databases were developed for Breast, Hands, Ophthalmology, Burns and Plastics and Colorectal services, in addition to an upgrade to the Orthopaedic Spinal Trauma Database.
A new database was developed to support clinical audit, registry reporting and research projects for the NSLHD Trauma Service.
3.2 Foster and promote a collaborative research culture across surgery.
In 2020, the inaugural RNSH Surgical Research Activity Report 2018- 2020 was published. This was a compilation of 3 years research across all surgical subspecialties. Following positive feedback, the next iteration covered 2021-2022 and included all DoSA services (ICU, Trauma, Anaesthesia, Pain & Allergy management services).
Future research activity reports will be published every 2 years. The next edition covering 2023-2024 will be published in 2025.
From 2018-2022, RNSH surgeons published over 900 research manuscripts, with over 100% increase in activity in 2022 compared to 2018 (Figure 1).
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