ASiT/SARS Research Skill course

ASiT/SARS Research Skill course

27 March 2009
£40 (plus conference registration)

The inaugural ASiT/SARS Research Skill course will be held at this years conference. This course, run in association with the Society of Academic and Research Surgeons, will provide an overview of the field of academic surgery, covering topics from the role of the surgeon in basic laboratory science to how to perform clinical trials. In addition it will provide practical advice on how to design a project, and how to apply for funding and ethical approval. It includes an interactive workshop on how to critically appraise published papers, run by the editors of the British Journal of Surgery.

This course will be invaluable to surgeons at all stages of their training, both to those with a career interest in academic surgery, and those performing or considering a period of laboratory or clinical research. The focus is in providing practical advice on carrying out all types of surgical research.


Course Programme

9.00-9.30 Registration

9.30-9.40 Introduction and Welcome
Mr Stephen McNally, Clinician Scientist, University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

9.40-10 The Role of Research in Surgery and Surgical Training
Mr Mike Wyatt, Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Honorary Reader, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle

10-10.30 The Surgeon at the Laboratory Bench
Professor Stephen Wigmore, Professor of Transplantation, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

10.30 11 Clinical Trials
Mr Dileep Lobo, Associate Professor & Reader, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham


11-11.30 Coffee


11.30-13.30 Appraising the Literature
Workshop looking at performing a literature search and critical appraisal of published papers
Prof Alderston, Birmingham


13.30-14 Lunch


14-15.30 Study Design Workshop
The basics of study design including an introduction to power calculations etc
All faculty


15.30-15.50 Coffee


16-16.20 Planning your research project
Professor Stephen Wigmore, Professor of Transplantation, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

16.20-16.40 Applying for Grants and Ethical Approval
Stephen McNally, Clinician Scientist, University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

16.40-17.00 Implementing research findings into clinical practice
Mike Wyatt, Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Honorary Reader, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle

17.00-17.30 Discussion and Close