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Research & Outcomes Evaluation
Research & Outcomes Evaluation Committee
(Click for Terms of Reference)
Purpose
To support research and evaluation activities of the Surgical Oncology Network by providing guidance and assistance to Network surgeons with research projects, feasibility studies and measurement of practice improvement. Committee members will provide guidance and feedback with the development of projects that will lead to improved surgical oncology practice and increased knowledge in the field of surgical oncology. The Committee will oversee data collection and database development initiatives of the SON. The ROE Committee will work closely with the Clinical Practice Committee on developing outcomes reporting mechanisms and models.
Roles & responsibilities
Research
- Review project proposals and make recommendations, with feedback, to the Executive Finance Committee for approval, resubmission or non-approval of projects.
- Review proposals to ensure that the project is in keeping with the objectives of the SON.
- Mentor internally generated scientific research ideas, facilitate study direction, and improve the study hypothesis, design and implementation.
- Provide formal, timely, consistent processes for evaluating and prioritizing projects.
- Conduct a rigorous and consistently applied review of the methodology, ethics, budget and/or resources required from SON.
- Prioritize the project from scientific and internal resource perspectives.
- Encourage multidisciplinary cooperation in research between basic scientists, clinical scientists, including all professional practice groups at the Agency as appropriate to the advancement of the scientific knowledge of surgical oncology.
- Review project proposal template on an annual basis and update as required.
- Review SON Resident Travel Awards applications and make recommendations for funding to the Council Executive. Where appropriate applications will also be reviewed by the relevant Chair of the Surgical Tumour Group. The quality and significance of the research will be considered.
Quality Improvement of Practice
- Oversee the implementation of mechanisms to support, evaluate and measure quality improvement in the practice of surgical oncology across the province.
- Oversee the development of data collection and database development initiatives of the SON.
- In conjunction with the Clinical Practice Committee, oversee the development of an outcomes reporting model/process.
- In conjunction with the Clinical Practice Committee, oversee the development of practice audit and quality improvement initiatives.
- Provide input on the research and information/data needs of the Surgical Tumour Groups.
Data Collection and Stewardship of SON Databases
- Ensure that all projects involving databases and data collection follow the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) guidelines.
- Ensure that appropriate processes are followed and required documentation completed – e.g. Privacy Impact Assessment; ethics applications/approval.
Members
What can the ROE committee do for you?
The skills of the members of the ROE Committee and the SON staff enable us to help and advise you on:
- Study design/research outline
- Statistical methodology
- Extract data from existing databases within the BC Cancer Agency
- Data collection
- Database design
- Database creation
- Data integration
- Statistical analysis
- Data reporting
History/Archive
- A retrospective review of T1a breast cancer and the role of axillary dissection using ten years of data for women in British Columbia.
- Development of a methodology for leveraging information from the Canadian Institute for Health Information hospital discharge database (CIHI/DAD) for surgical oncology reporting. A poster was created describing this process and has been displayed at conferences in 2003.
- Design and implementation of a software tool for the extraction, loading and transformation of the CIHI/DAD information into a datamart.
BC Atlas
Past publications and presentations for all involved in the Surgical Oncology Network
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