The British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative: Five years on

Aswin Chari; Aimun A Jamjoom; Ellie Edlmann; Aminul I Ahmed; Ian C Coulter; Ruichong Ma; Paul May; Paul M Brennan; Peter J A Hutchinson; Angelos G Kolias; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative

doi:10.1007/s00701-017-3351-5

The British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative: Five years on

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Jan;160(1):23-28. doi: 10.1007/s00701-017-3351-5. Epub 2017 Nov 4.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
² Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre and University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK.
⁶ Department of Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁷ Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre, Liverpool, UK.
⁸ Surgery Theme, Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
⁹ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK. angeloskolias@gmail.com.
¹⁰ Surgery Theme, Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK. angeloskolias@gmail.com.

Abstract

Since its inception in 2012, the British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC) has established itself as a robust example of a trainee-led research collaborative. This article summarises the work of the collaborative over its first 5 years of existence, outlining the structure, its research projects, impact and future directions.

Keywords: Clinical trials; Collaborative; Research; Resident; Trainee.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Internship and Residency*
Neurosurgery / education*
Neurosurgical Procedures / education*
Research

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding