Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2018 Jan;160(1):23-28.
doi: 10.1007/s00701-017-3351-5. Epub 2017 Nov 4.

The British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative: Five years on

Aswin Chari  1 , Aimun A Jamjoom  2 , Ellie Edlmann  3 , Aminul I Ahmed  4 , Ian C Coulter  5 , Ruichong Ma  6 , Paul May  7 , Paul M Brennan  2 , Peter J A Hutchinson  3   8 , Angelos G Kolias  9   10 ; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative
Affiliations
Review

The British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative: Five years on

Aswin Chari et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Jan.

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.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Collaborative research model used by the BNTRC. The BNTRC committee is composed of the individual study leads and representatives from the BNTA. Each study has a study steering committee and local leads (LL) at each neurosurgical centre
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Bhangu A, Fitzgerald JE, Kolias AG. Trainee-led research collaboratives: a novel model for delivering multi-centre studies. ANZ J Surg. 2014;84:902–903. doi: 10.1111/ans.12797. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Bhangu A, Kolias AG, Pinkney T, Hall NJ, Fitzgerald JE (2013) Surgical research collaboratives in the UK. Lancet 382:1091-1092 - PubMed
    1. Brennan PM, Kolias AG, Joannides AJ, Shapey J, Marcus HJ, Gregson BA, Grover PJ, Hutchinson PJ, Coulter IC, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (2017) The management and outcome for patients with chronic subdural hematoma: a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study in the United Kingdom. J Neurosurg 127:732-739 - PubMed
    1. British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (2015) BNTRC Constitution. https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/ff5354_85ddd6533bf64f8bad64cbeec1f68816.pdf. 2017
    1. Coulter IC, Kolias AG, Marcus HJ, Ahmed AI, Alli S, Al-Mahfoudh R, Borg A, Cowie CJ, Hill CS, Joannides AJ, Jones TL, Kailaya-Vasan A, Livermore JL, Narayanamurthy H, Ngoga D, Shapey J, Tarnaris A, Gregson BA, Gray WP, Nelson RJ, Hutchinson PJ, Brennan PM, UK Neurosurgical Research Network, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (2014) Proposal for a prospective multi-centre audit of chronic subdural haematoma management in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Br J Neurosurg 28:199–203 - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources