Part 1. Main Research Areas -- 1. An Introduction to Health Services Research -- 2. Comparative Effectiveness Research -- 3. Understanding Variations in the Use of Surgery -- 4. Health Policy Research in Surgery -- 5. Studying Surgical Disparities: Itâ€{u382E}ot all Black and White -- 6. Measuring Health Care Quality in Surgery: Strategies, Limitations, and Currently Available Initiatives -- 7. Using data for local quality improvement -- Part 2. Emerging Areas of Research -- 8. Implementation Science and Quality Improvement -- 9. Understanding and changing organizational culture in surgery -- 10. Assessing patient-centered outcomes -- 11. Studying What Happens in the OR -- 12. Collaborative Quality Improvement -- Part 3. Tools of the Trade -- 13. Large Databases used for Outcomes Research -- 14. Methods for Enhancing Causal Inference in Observational Studies -- 15. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: a Clinical Exercise -- 16. Medical Decision-Making Research in Surgery -- 17.Â{u3D72}vey research -- 18. Qualitative research methods. Part 4. Career Development -- 19. Engaging Students in Surgical Outcomes Research -- 20. Finding a Mentor in Outcomes Research -- 21. What Every Outcomes Research Fellow Should Learn -- 22. Funding Opportunities for Outcomes Research -- 23. Choosing your first job as a surgeon and health services researcher -- 24. Building a Health Services Research Program.

Success in Academic Surgery: Health Services Research is a unique handbook which will help researchers and surgeons in obtaining National Institutes of Health funding and other grants, as well as breaking through the barriers to developing a career in academic surgery. Â{u0069}med at surgical residents and young surgical faculty, Success in Academic Surgery: Health Services Research is written by expert authors from around the world who are members of the Association for Academic Surgery, and it offers a practical and personal insight on working in academic surgery.