Creating favorable conditions for increased quantity of high-quality clinical studies in surgery

摘要

Nowadays, surgeons in China, especially those who are working in teaching hospitals affiliated to universities, concentrate their research efforts in basic researches mainly because these researches can generate scientific articles in journals of high impact factors which are essential for career advancement, job promotion and securing research grants. Clinical surgical research is generally considered as less important because the influence of generating evidence on clinical practice has not been fully recognized by clinicians in China. Furthermore, there is a relative lack of financial and administrative support for clinical surgical research. Finally, surgeons in China in general need to further improve the knowledge and means to conduct good clinical research.