title: Improvement of research quality in the fields of orthopaedics and trauma: a global perspective.
abstract: The international orthopaedic community aims to achieve the best possible outcome for patient care by constantly modifying surgical techniques and expanding the surgeon's knowledge. These efforts require proper reflection within a setting that necessitates a higher quality standard for global orthopaedic publication. Furthermore, these techniques demand that surgeons acquire information at a rapid rate while enforcing higher standards in research performance. An international consensus exists on how to perform research and what rules should be considered when publishing a scientific paper. Despite this global agreement, in today's "Cross Check Era", too many authors do not give attention to the current standards of systematic research. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to describe these performance standards, the available choices for orthopaedic surgeons and the current learning curve for seasoned teams of researchers and orthopaedic surgeons with more than three decades of experience. These lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the topics that will significantly influence the research development as we arrive at an important globalisation era in orthopaedics and trauma-related research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. dr.hana.fayaz@hotmail.de
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mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000592:standards; D013038:Specialization / Q000592:standards; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*