Welcome! We are a group of researchers and clinicians interested in different facets around surgery: aspects before, during and after surgery. Our research focuses both on those who access surgery and surgeons who deliver surgery. We are interested in how patient care and wellbeing can be enhanced and, alongside this, how to promote surgeon health and wellbeing.
Surgery is a significant physiological stress on the human body. Most people don’t attempt to complete a physically demanding event like a marathon without first training the body to cope with the stress, and surgery should be no different. Prehabilitation is used to prepare patients for surgery through interventions that typically involve a combination of exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial support.
Surgeons, rightly, focus on how best to optimise aspects of surgical care for patient’s benefit. However, in parallel, surgeons can experience high levels of musculoskeletal pain, stress and burnout. These experiences can impact on quality of life and career length. We are interested in helping surgeons identify and manage these challenges to improve surgeon health and wellbeing.
A third arm of our research is focused on medical and surgical education. We conduct research examining how to optimise training pathways for different surgical specialties and how we can use cutting-edge simulation to enhance specialty training.
We work collaboratively with surgeons, in order to consider the direction and focus of work as well as all stages of the research journey. Surgeons deliver research and we actively deliver research with BRIDGES. Should you be interested in getting involved in our research – whether to chat to us informally or to collaborate, please complete the contact form.
