Abstract
Global surgery is an emerging academic discipline that is developing in tandem with
numerous policy and advocacy initiatives. In this regard, academic global surgery
will be crucial for measuring the progress toward improving surgical care worldwide.
However, as a nascent academic discipline, there must be rigorous standards for the
quality of work that emerges from this field. In this white paper, which reflects
the opinion of the Global Academic Surgery Committee of the Society for University
Surgeons, we discuss the importance of research in global surgery, the methodologies
that can be used in such research, and the challenges and benefits associated with
carrying out this research. In each of these topics, we draw on existing examples
from the literature to demonstrate our points. We conclude with a call for continued,
high-quality research that will strengthen the discipline's academic standing and
help us move toward improved access to and quality of surgical care worldwide.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 05, 2017
Accepted:
October 4,
2017
Footnotes
There was no financial support specifically for the preparation of this manuscript. Dr Jayaraman is supported in part through NIH 2P60MD002256-10 grant to Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Health Disparities, Clinical Faculty Scholars Program. Dr Shrime is funded by the GE Foundation Safe Surgery 2020 Project and the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
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