The Importance of Research

Commander William T Ryker, from “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” very astutely pointed out that “A cook is only as good as his ingredients.” This is a principle that holds true in several different areas, including medicine and research. Emergency general surgery (EGS) as a specialty represents the culmination of the ques t to respond to the changing nature of trauma surgery (increasing nonoperative management), the need to have adequate surgical coverage for emergency cases while not overly burdening other specialties, and especially, subspecialties, and the daily operating room schedule.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Invited Commentary Source Type: research