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A shift towards laboratory-based research in the UK has led to reductions in translational work and practice evaluation in academic surgery.
Highlights a shift in UK surgical research funding towards basic science at the expense of translational and clinical evaluation.
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Potential erosion of UK translational surgery research; leaves open optimal funding balance for clinical evaluation.
Surgical research includes basic science and laboratory-based in vitro investigation, translational work to develop in vitro findings into investigations and treatments, and clinically oriented work to evaluate and improve current practice. Academic surgery has undergone a shift in priorities and funding in the UK. A move towards laboratory-based research has led to reductions in translational work and practice evaluation, an issue highlighted by Bell in 2003.
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Jeevan et al. (2010) conducted a review in Surgical research funding and delivery. A shift towards laboratory-based research in the UK has led to reductions in translational work and practice evaluation in academic surgery.
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