Advanced and alternative research methods for the acute care surgeon scientist

Jonathan P Meizoso; James Byrne; Vanessa P Ho; Matthew D Neal; Deborah M Stein; Elliott R Haut

doi:10.1136/tsaco-2023-001320

Advanced and alternative research methods for the acute care surgeon scientist

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Feb 21;9(1):e001320. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001320. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Jonathan P Meizoso^{1

2}, James Byrne³, Vanessa P Ho^{4

5}, Matthew D Neal⁶, Deborah M Stein^{7

8}, Elliott R Haut³

Affiliations

¹ DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
² Ryder Trauma Center, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
⁵ Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
⁶ Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁸ R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

Clinical research has evolved significantly over the last few decades to include many advanced and alternative study designs to answer unique questions. Recognizing a potential knowledge gap, the AAST Associate Member Council and Educational Development Committee created a research course at the 2022 Annual Meeting in Chicago to introduce junior researchers to these methodologies. This manuscript presents a summary of this AAST Annual Meeting session, and reviews topics including hierarchical modeling, geospatial analysis, patient-centered outcomes research, mixed methods designs, and negotiating complex issues in multicenter trials.

Keywords: biomedical research; epidemiology; methods; research.