Trauma surgery moves fast. Clinical decisions and treatment of injured patients must occur expeditiously, or patients suffer. Trauma research also moves fast, and new high-quality studies about treatment of injured patients frequently reshape the field and our understanding of best practices. Historically, medicine relied on the dissemination of best practices through publication of manuscripts and the endorsement of trusted physicians to change practices. However, implementation of research has proven to be slow. When research does not reach the bedside, patients are not offered proven therapies or are treated with dated or ineffective therapies. Implementation science, or the rigorous studying of the timely uptake of evidence into routine practice, is the next vital frontier in surgery, with the potential to have a profound positive effect on the care provided to our patients.
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