title: Surgery and Research: A Practical Approach to Managing the Research Process.
abstract: Following a practical project management method is essential in completing a research project on time and within budget. Although this concept is well developed in the business world, it has yet to be explored in academic surgical research. Defining and adhering to a suitable workflow would increase portability, reusability, and therefore efficiency of the research process. In this article, the authors briefly review project management techniques. The authors specifically underline four main steps of project management-definition and organization, planning, execution, and evaluation-using practical examples from their own multidisciplinary plastic surgery research team.
authors.affiliation: Ann Arbor, Mich. From the Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School.
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Swiatek
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mahmoudi
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care