The West Midlands Research Collaborative lead the way. Now many trainee research collaboratives have followed. A recent article in the Lancet highlights this. The WMRC has recently published ROSSINI (Reduction Of Surgical Site Infection using a Novel Intervention), their first … Read More
People turned up!
Thank you to everyone who attended the first RSTN Trials Day. Over 65 delegates contributed to the lively discussions. Prof. Dion Morton opened the day with an inspiring talk on the importance of clinical trials and the impact they can have … Read More
When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?
A quote from John Maynard Keynes used to illustrate a recent Minerva entry in the BMJ. They reported a recent article in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, titled “A decade of reversal”. The study took ten years of articles from the … Read More
NRC Meeting 2013: speakers announced
National Research Collaborative Meeting 2013 The NRCM on December 6th in London is set to be the biggest yet with up to 150 delegates from across the UK. It will be hosted by the London Surgical Research Group. The event, which … Read More
RSTN Trials Day 2013
We have had a fantastic response and the Reconstructive Surgery Trials Day 2013 is now fully booked. We are trying to secure some more places and so you can still register and will be placed on the waiting list. The … Read More
2nd Clinical Trials Methodology Conference
The 2nd Clinical Trials Methodology Conference will be held in Edinburgh on 18th – 19th November 2013. “The conference will provide a perfect forum for the exchange of new ideas amongst all individuals with an interest in clinical trials. We … Read More
NRC Meeting 2013
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Deadline 31st August The National Research Collaborative Meeting 2013 on 6th December, is for surgical trainees up and down the country who want to work together to deliver research and audit at scale. Tickets are FREE. Details at www.nationalresearch.org.uk. Abstracts are now … Read More
Are clinical trial data shared sufficiently?
The BMJ recently had a head-to-head piece that was an interesting read. The subject was publication of clinical trial data. John Castellani put the case for the status quo and Ben Goldacre, of Bad Science fame, argued for greater publication … Read More
Meeting POSTPONED: Trials in orthopaedic and plastic surgery
The RSTN had been granted 10 places for this one day meeting in Oxford. It has just been postponed to January 2014. We will advertise the event when a new date is set. Lectures will cover: Developing a research question … Read More
The RSTN is pleased to announce that the British Association of Hand Therapists is now affiliated to us. We look forward to collaborating with them on clinical trials in the future. For more information on the BAHT, check out their … Read More