Practical Guide to Pragmatic Clinical Trials in Surgical Education Research

Karl Y Bilimoria; Jason S Haukoos; Gerard M Doherty

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6690

Practical Guide to Pragmatic Clinical Trials in Surgical Education Research

JAMA Surg. 2024 May 1;159(5):582-583. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6690.

Authors

Karl Y Bilimoria¹, Jason S Haukoos^{2

3}, Gerard M Doherty⁴

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora.
³ Statistical Editor, JAMA Surgery.
⁴ Moseley Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 38170517
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.6690

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Plain language summary

This Guide to Statistics and Methods provides an overview of the key features of pragmatic trials within the context of surgical education research using examples from the Flexibility in Duty-Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees trial.

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MeSH terms

General Surgery* / education
Humans
Pragmatic Clinical Trials as Topic
Research Design