TY - JOUR
T1 - The orthopaedic research scene and strategies to improve it
AU - Rankin, Kenneth Samora
AU - Sprowson, Andrew
AU - McNamara, Iain R
AU - Akiyama, Tsuyoshi
AU - Buchbinder, Rachelle
AU - Costa, Matthew L
AU - Rasmussen, Suni
AU - Nathan, Saminathan Suresh
AU - Kumta, Shekhar
AU - Rangan, Anna M
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Trauma and orthopaedics is the largest of the surgical specialties and yet attracts a disproportionately small fraction of available national and international funding for health research. With the burden of musculoskeletal disease increasing, high-quality research is required to improve the evidence base for orthopaedic practice. Using the current research landscape in the United Kingdom as an example, but also addressing the international perspective, we highlight the issues surrounding poor levels of research funding in trauma and orthopaedics and indicate avenues for improving the impact and success of surgical musculoskeletal research.
AB - Trauma and orthopaedics is the largest of the surgical specialties and yet attracts a disproportionately small fraction of available national and international funding for health research. With the burden of musculoskeletal disease increasing, high-quality research is required to improve the evidence base for orthopaedic practice. Using the current research landscape in the United Kingdom as an example, but also addressing the international perspective, we highlight the issues surrounding poor levels of research funding in trauma and orthopaedics and indicate avenues for improving the impact and success of surgical musculoskeletal research.
UR - http://www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/96-B/12/1578.short?rss=1
U2 - 10.1302/0301-620X.96B12.33990
DO - 10.1302/0301-620X.96B12.33990
M3 - Article
VL - 96-B
SP - 1578
EP - 1585
JO - The Bone & Joint Journal
JF - The Bone & Joint Journal
SN - 2049-4394
IS - 12
ER -