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Are neurosurgeons too busy to do research?
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Autoren
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Josephine Jung
- King’s College Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
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Meriem Amarouche
- King’s College Hospital, Neurosurgical Training Programme, London, United Kingdom
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Gordan Grahovac
- King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Richard Selway
- Spire Alexandra Hospital , Impton Lane, Kent, United Kingdom
| Veröffentlicht: | 9. Juni 2017 |
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Objectives: Does a busy clinical environment preclude conducting research? We aim to answer this question by identifying whether the volume of clinical activity at UK neurosurgical units correlates with their academic production.
Methods: Reviewing 15 years of SBNS programmes, data on abstract acceptance was recorded on all UK neurosurgical units. Sample-based analysis was used to confirm proportion of abstracts turned into peer-reviewed publications. The clinical activity was determined using the 2015 Neurosurgical National Audit Programme report.
Results: On average, units submitted 2 abstracts per SBNS conference (range 0-6.5). Total number of abstracts accepted over 15 years ranged between 12 and 208 with the top 5 scoring units being Addenbrooke's hospital (n=208), NHNN (n=167), King's College hospital (n=133), the Walton Centre (n=127) and Leeds General Infirmary (n=94). 0 to 40% of abstracts were turned into publications with Hope Hospital Salford having the best conversion rate. The median number of procedures performed in 2015 was 7114.5 (range 3588-12318) with the top 5 hospitals being Hope Hospital Salford, the Walton Centre, NHNN, Addenbrooke's Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Clinical activity correlated positively with SBNS abstract submission (Pearson test, p=0.0169) and abstracts publication (p=0.0242).
Conclusions: The availability of huge amounts of clinical material is the reason rather than the barrier to research publication. It therefore seems that we are never too busy to do research!
