From the Harvey E Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery, The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; Montreal, Quebec (Emil, Guadagno, Puligandla).
Division of Pediatric Surgery; Children's Hospital of British Columbia; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (Baird).
J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Dec 1;235(6):952-961. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000396. Epub 2022 Nov 15.
Clinical practice should be driven by high-quality research that produces evidence to inform best practices. Generation of such evidence is often challenging, particularly for smaller specialties, such as pediatric surgery, that treat many patients with rare diseases. Multi-institutional collaboration is seen as a major strategy to address these challenges. We have recently created the Canadian Consortium for Research in Pediatric Surgery, a national consortium that includes all major pediatric surgical services across Canada. The mission of the Consortium is to improve pediatric surgical care through high-quality collaborative research. In this article, we describe the rationale and methodology for creation of the Canadian Consortium for Research in Pediatric Surgery, demonstrate its achievements to date, and share a number of foundational concepts that are integral to its success. Our aim is to provide a model for creation of such consortia, ultimately leading to improvements in the quality of clinical research and patient care.
临床实践应该以高质量的研究为驱动，这些研究产生的证据可以为最佳实践提供信息。产生这样的证据通常具有挑战性，特别是对于儿科外科等较小的专业，因为它们治疗许多患有罕见疾病的患者。多机构合作被视为应对这些挑战的主要策略。我们最近创建了加拿大儿科外科研讨会，这是一个全国性的联合会，包括加拿大所有主要的儿科外科服务。该联合会的使命是通过高质量的合作研究来改善儿科外科护理。在本文中，我们描述了创建加拿大儿科外科研讨会的基本原理和方法，展示了其迄今为止的成就，并分享了一些对其成功至关重要的基本概念。我们的目标是为创建这样的联合会提供一个模式，最终提高临床研究和患者护理的质量。
