Approaching Spine Research in an Outreach Setting: What Type of Infrastructure is Conducive for Conducting Research?

This article will describe what encompasses an ideal outreach program as it relates to spine, how to manage cost in an outreach setting, collection of outcome data, and maintaining long-term follow-up. As one of the criticisms of medical outreach is the relative paucity of outcome data, this article discusses methods to collect and report outcomes abroad. We also discuss the value of translating outcome questionnaires to different languages and cross-cultural comparisons. In addition, relatively rare pathologies are often seen with greater frequency abroad. These patients are ideally suited for a focused case series than can guide treatment decisions.

Source: Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques - July 31, 2018 Category: Surgery Tags: Research Methodology Source Type: research