STARSurg is a student-led collaborative that empowers medical students to participate in national research studies related to surgery. It facilitates annual research projects involving over 1000 collaborators across multiple medical schools. Participating students gain transferable skills in research, audit, and evidence-based practice while making meaningful contributions through studies published in top journals. STARSurg aims to promote a culture of student engagement in research through training, online resources, and recognition of student work.
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STARSurg - student audit and research collaboration presentation
1. Student Audit and Research in Surgery
National Collaborative Audit & Research Group
www.STARSurg.org
What is STARSurg?
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Medical Student Audit & Research
⢠Why participate in research?
â âDoctors as clinicians.. Doctors as Scientists..â (1)
â Professional and personal development
⢠Is student research important? â Yes
â Evidence-based medicine
â Heparin, Insulin, Sino-Atrial Node â student discoveries! (2)
⢠Is participation easy? â Not currently
â Many obstacles exist (3)
(1) Tomorrowâs Doctors 2009
(2) Stringer et al 2009
(3) Nikkar-Esfahani et al. 2012
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Principles of STARSurg
⢠Empower student researchers
⢠Facilitate academic engagement
⢠Promote research & audit training
⢠Build a culture of collaboration
⢠Promote evidence-based practice
⢠Meritocratic recognition
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What to Expect?
⢠Annual , student-led national project
⢠Bi-annual research training meetings
â Ethics and research governance
â Data collection and analysis
â Paper review and critique
⢠Online training modules
⢠Signposting to further opportunities
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Why get involved?
⢠Transferable skills
⢠Learn about audit and research
⢠Evidence of participation in audit
⢠PubMed citable authorship
⢠CV enhancement
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First STARSurg Project: 2013
âImpact of postoperative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on adverse
events after gastrointestinal surgeryâ
British Journal of Surgery (Impact Factor: 5.21; top-5 world surgical journal)
15. New Initiatives
⢠Online Twitter Journal Club
⢠Successfully published a number of journal letters
⢠Foundation in Research & Audit Skills taught course
⢠Full-day or afternoon course run by STARSurg
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STARSurg Publications
Main Collaborative studies:
STARSurg Collaborative. Impact of post-operative non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory drugs on adverse events after gastrointestinal surgery. British
Journal of Surgery, 2014; 101(11): 1413â1423. PMID: 25091299.
STARSurg Collaborative. Multicentre prospective cohort study of body mass
index and postoperative complications following gastrointestinal surgery.
Br J Surg. 2016 Aug;103(9):1157-72.
Our Educational Evidence Base:
Chapman SJ, Glasbey JCD, Khatri C, Kelly M, Nepogodiev D, Bhangu A,
Fitzgerald JE. Promoting Research and Audit at Medical School: Evaluating the
Educational Impact of Participation in a Student-Led National Cohort Study.
BMC Medical Education 2015, 15:47. PMID: 25879617.
STARSurg Collaborative. Medical research and audit skills training for
undergraduates: An international analysis and student-focused needs
assessment. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2018 Jan;94(1107):37-42.
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Ongoing Charity Development
SURG Foundation
Registered charity number 1159898
http://globalsurg.org/http://www.starsurg.org/
PLEASE DONATE HERE:
https://www.givey.com/surg_foundation
1a) Medical student research at present â why is it important to participate in research? â Tomorrowâs Doctors hold it as a core competency â students need to develop as clinicians and also scientists.
1b) We need to build the next generation of academics â student must develop key academic skills
2) Student research is important to promote evidence-based medicine.
3) Participation is not easily â students are motivated but obstacles exist. How can we overcome therse?
STARSurg may be the answer. Principles:1) To empower medical students to participate in and lead high quality research
2) To facilitate research training and promote excellence in research
3) To build a culture of collaboration. Collaboration (âthe power of manyâ) will ultimately benefit medical research and patients
4) Engrain evidence-based practice into everyday clinical activities
STARSurg is more than just a national project.
Participation will ultimately lead to participation in a high quality, protocol-guided, student-led national study/audit
Free, training meetings will be held to facilitate research training
Online training modules will supplement meetings and participation
Further opportunities â trainee-led groups etc.
1)Transferable skills = employment = success. They are VALUABLE
2) Medical schools often require evidence of participation in audit â this may count towards
3) Ultimate product will be a paper with all authors pubmed citable
4) CV enhancement at all stages â training, paper, collaboratating
The STARSurg model supports collaborators and ensures high quality delivery of the study
A staggering 253 students collected data from 31 schools in 109 hospitals
They results were published in the British Journal of Surgery â Europes Premier Surgical Journal