Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
J Travel Med. 2010 Nov-Dec;17(6):410-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00466.x.
Travel medicine is the medical subspecialty which promotes healthy and safe travel. Numerous studies have been published that provide evidence for the practice of travel medicine, but gaps exist.
The Research Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) established a Writing Group which reviewed the existing evidence base and identified an initial list of research priorities through an interactive process that included e-mails, phone calls, and smaller meetings. The list was presented to a broader group of travel medicine experts, then was presented and discussed at the Annual ISTM Meeting, and further revised by the Writing Group. Each research question was then subject to literature search to ensure that adequate research had not already been conducted.
Twenty-five research priorities were identified and categorized as intended to inform pre-travel encounters, safety during travel, and post-travel management.
We have described the research priorities that will help to expand the evidence base in travel medicine. This discussion of research priorities serves to highlight the commitment that the ISTM has in promoting quality travel-related research.
旅行医学是促进健康和安全旅行的医学专科。已经发表了许多提供旅行医学实践证据的研究，但仍存在差距。
国际旅行医学学会（ISTM）研究委员会成立了一个写作小组，通过电子邮件、电话和小型会议等互动过程审查现有的证据基础，并确定了初步的研究重点清单。该清单提交给了更广泛的旅行医学专家小组，然后在 ISTM 年会上进行了介绍和讨论，并由写作小组进一步修订。然后对每个研究问题进行文献检索，以确保已经进行了足够的研究。
确定了 25 个研究重点，并将其分类为旨在为旅行前咨询、旅行期间安全和旅行后管理提供信息。
我们已经描述了将有助于扩大旅行医学证据基础的研究重点。对研究重点的讨论旨在强调 ISTM 在促进高质量旅行相关研究方面的承诺。
