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Welcome to the new WMRC committee for 2021-2022 from across the West Midlands! We look forward to the exciting new projects and opportunities coming up this year!
@kayani1995 @chay_desai @dnepo @yanelizabethli @john_piedad @da_chaudhry
EAGLE 🦅 (doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znad370) was a cluster-RCT of an educational intervention to reduce anastomotic leak rates following right colectomy
It demonstrated the potential of quality improvement interventions to improve patient outcomes in surgery 🌟
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#CLARITY builds on EAGLE to improve the management of right iliac fossa pain in the UK 🏥
CLARITY’s approach: evidence-based guidance and decision-support tools for the management of right iliac fossa pain 🎯
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This trial places surgical trainees at the forefront of tackling a major emergency general surgery challenge in the UK 🗻
Find out about benefits, including collaborative authorship: claritytrial.co.uk 🤝
In 2020, RIFT (doi.org/10.1002/bjs.11440) identified large variation in the management of right iliac fossa pain in the UK ↔️
· Inconsistent imaging 🩻
· Varied admission rates 🏥
· Heterogenous operative decisions 🩺
🔑 message: emergency pathways must be strengthened
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Enter #CLARITY: a cluster-RCT of an education package to improve right iliac fossa pain management in the UK 🎯
CLARITY builds on RIFT to develop evidence-based diagnostic pathways for surgeons 👩⚕️👨⚕️
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Anticipated outcomes:
· Fewer unnecessary tests 🚫
· More accurate diagnoses ⏱️
· Better patient outcomes ⬆️
Join this effort: claritytrial.co.uk 🤝
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The pilot phase of #CLARITY has just been completed! @STARSurgUK
Find out more about the trial’s aims and how you can get involved ⬇️
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Our aims:
✅ Optimise RIF pain care
✅ Reduce unnecessary admissions
✅ Improve patient outcomes
Next steps:
1️⃣ Randomise our first batch of sites 🔢
2️⃣ Expand our collaborative network 👥
3️⃣ Move one step closer to transforming RIF pain care 🏥
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If you are interested in our innovative surgical study, this is your chance 🫵
Find further details here: claritytrial.co.uk
Follow #CLARITY, @WMRC_UK & @STARSurgUK for updates! 💫
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WMRC retweeted
📢We are thrilled to announce the first two speakers 🗣️ of the Research for Greener Surgery Conference 2024:
@JessamyBagenal and Hugh Montgomery!
Join us as they share insights on creating a greener, more sustainable future🌱
Get your ticket today! ➡️ tinyurl.com/GreenSurg24
WMRC retweeted
10 reasons to come to our Greener Surgery meeting - free, daytrip, lots of takeaways
We're making progress in the pilot phase of CLARITY! 🏥
1⃣ Nine pilot sites in the UK
2⃣ Education module developed
3⃣ Feedback from local leads
Benefits of joining the main phase ⬇️
Find out more: claritytrial.co.uk
We’re excited to launch CLARITY, an educational cluster-RCT for acute appendicitis, with @STARSurgUK! 🚀
📍 We’ve launched at 1️⃣0️⃣ pilot sites in the UK, with the main phase beginning this Autumn!
🔗 claritytrial.co.uk
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Our intervention includes an education module developed with the West Midlands Surgical Deanery and @escp_tweets 📚
Aim: improve diagnostic accuracy in appendicitis ⬆️
Outcomes: non-operative admission and negative appendicectomy rates 🔢
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WMRC retweeted
Brilliant early progress for @SABRE_IBD! - safety of continuing or pausing #ibd tx 💉 💊 before any intermediate-to-major risk elective op
2️⃣0️⃣ sites so far! More info & sign up below! Great collab. med/surg project for Drs and AHPs! @ibdseb @BSGTrainees
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