Surgeon Outcomes
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Development of a framework for the delivery of Surgeon-specific outcome data to inform patients regarding surgical quality in gastro-intestinal cancer surgery
IRAS ID
192108
Contact name
George B. Hanna
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
II. OBJECTIVES
1. To establish the level of patient understanding of surgeon-specific data as it is presented currently.
2. To define the surgeon-specific outcomes that are of interest to patients and to rank these in terms of relative importance.
3. To generate a patient-centered framework for the presentation of surgeon-specific data in a manner than is understandable by patients.III. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
In 2013, the publication of Surgeon specific outcomes generated much discussion in the national press and much debate regarding the validity of the published results amongst the surgical community. These results were predominately presented as a measure of case volume and in-hospital mortality for the previous year. Surgeons are typically committed to measurement and critical analysis of their own surgical outcomes and open reporting of their personal results is a logical extension of this. However given the small sample size studies, many surgical bodies felt this may lead the public to misleading conclusions and wrongly characterize good surgeons as under-performing. The provision of more robust data is essential to allow patients to be accurately informed regarding their treating surgeon. However, previously no study has assessed the influence of the quantity, quality and method of presentation of surgeon specific data upon patient understanding.REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0844
Date of REC Opinion
27 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion