Main description:

Surgical education is a rapidly expanding area of surgical research and career interest, and as the  Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Fall Courses (www.aasurg.org) and International courses offer more and more specialty tracking there is a greater need for an accompanying textbook to supplement the material presented in the courses.   Success in Academic Surgery:  Health Services Research is a unique and portable handbook that focuses on clinical trials. It includes new educational materials which are necessary to address: (1) the rapid evolution and rise of novel research methodologies in basic science and clinical/educational research and (2) the changing environment for academic surgeons.   Success in Academic Surgery:  Health Services Research is a valuable text for medical students, surgical residents and others considering a career within surgery.

Feature:

Success in Academic Surgery:  Health Services Research is a handy, portable text which offers practical guidance on developing a career within surgical education
 
Written by expert authors from around the world who are members of the Association for Academic Surgery
 
 Contains full color illustrations

Back cover:

Success in Academic Surgery: Health Services Research is a unique handbook which will help researchers and surgeons in obtaining National Institutes of Health funding and other grants, as well as breaking through the barriers to developing a career in academic surgery.

Aimed at surgical residents and young surgical faculty, Success in Academic Surgery: Health Services Research is written by expert authors from around the world who are members of the Association for Academic Surgery, and it offers a practical and personal insight on working in academic surgery.

Contents:

Part 1. Main Research Areas.- 1. An Introduction to Health Services Research.- 2. Comparative Effectiveness Research.- 3. Understanding Variations in the Use of Surgery.- 4. Health Policy Research in Surgery.- 5. Studying Surgical Disparities: It’s not all Black and White.- 6. Measuring Health Care Quality in Surgery: Strategies, Limitations, and Currently Available Initiatives.- 7. Using data for local quality improvement.- Part 2. Emerging Areas of Research.- 8. Implementation Science and Quality Improvement.- 9. Understanding and changing organizational culture in surgery.- 10. Assessing patient-centered outcomes.- 11. Studying What Happens in the OR.- 12. Collaborative Quality Improvement.- Part 3. Tools of the Trade.- 13. Large Databases used for Outcomes Research.- 14. Methods for Enhancing Causal Inference in Observational Studies.- 15. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: a Clinical Exercise.- 16. Medical Decision-Making Research in Surgery.- 17. Survey research.- 18. Qualitative research methods. Part 4. Career Development.- 19. Engaging Students in Surgical Outcomes Research.- 20. Finding a Mentor in Outcomes Research.- 21. What Every Outcomes Research Fellow Should Learn.- 22. Funding Opportunities for Outcomes Research.- 23. Choosing your first job as a surgeon and health services researcher.- 24. Building a Health Services Research Program.