European Society of Surgical Oncology study on the methodology behind international collaborative research studies including GlobalSurg.

1. International collaborative
surgical studies
Dr Edward Fitzgerald
@DrEdFitzgerald

3. What is collaborative research?
Meritocratic group authorship Building global networks
Snap-shot methodology
Align projects to clinical needs Any hospital, any where
High-quality, protocol-led Empowering grass-roots surgeons
Building research capacity
Prospective, bedside-level patient data
Large-scale participatory research

4. What it is (and what it isn’t)
EFFICIENT
EFFECTIVE
ECONOMICAL
Protocol-led, core data set, snap-shot methodology
Global penetrance, rapid completion and turn-around
Minimal financial support, own time, low burden

5. How is it delivered?
Peer reviewed
protocol
disseminated
globally
Collaborator
registration
online
Country leads
coordinate
Complete online
training module
Online central
support and
troubleshooting
14-day snapshot
data collection
within 6-month
window for
participation
Online data
upload and
central analysis

8. Mortality 3 x higher in low- compared with high-HDI countries
Collaboration Driven High-Impact Results
GlobalSurg Collaborative. BJS 2016; 103: 971–988
10,745 patients357 hospitals 58 countries

10. www.globalsurg.org

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14. • Website: www.globalsurg.org
• Email: enquiry@globalsurg.org
• Twitter: @GlobalSurg
@DrEdFitzgerald
jeffitzgerald@gmail.com
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