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Surgical education research programmes are necessary to ensure the provision of up-to-date surgical training and evaluation to maximise patient safety and care. This chapter aims to provide an overview of the components involved in setting up and running a surgical educational research programme within an academic surgical department. It describes the basic steps in setting up surgical research projects and addresses the factors influencing a productive surgical educational research programme.
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Ahmed, K., Ashrafian, H., Paraskeva, P. (2010). How to Organise an Educational Research Programme Within an Academic Surgical Unit. In: Athanasiou, T., Debas, H., Darzi, A. (eds) Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71915-1_45
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