National: NOSTRA – Northern Surgical Trainee Research Association 

The Northern Surgical Trainees Research Association (NOSTRA) was relaunched in March 2015 by a group of surgical registrars, core trainees and foundation doctors. The goals of NOSTRA are to inspire, encourage and motivate surgical trainees to participate in high quality, well-designed multicentre clinical research. The collaborative template has been extremely successful in other regions across the UK and we hope to replicate similar success in the North East.

NOSTRA aims to empower trainees to conduct and lead clinical research projects and will support trainees with study design, protocol development, statistical analysis, ethical application, grant writing and study management. We invite trainees and medical students at all levels to attend the NOSTRA meetings and get involved.

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National: European Student Research Collaborative (Eurosurg) 

EuroSurg is a European medical students and surgeons network who collaborate together to run high-quality, multi-centre, international studies

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National: Global Surgical Collaborative (GlobalSurg) 

The GlobalSurg Collaborative was established to represent practising surgeons from all around the world. We conduct collaborative international research into surgical outcomes by fostering local, national and international research networks.

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National: Student Audit and Research in Surgery Collaborative (STARSurg) 

Student Audit and Research in Surgery (STARSurg) collaborative is the first national, student-led audit and research network with representation from all clinical medical schools in the UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI).

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National: Breast Cancer Trainee Research Collaborative Group (BCTRCG)

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National: Vascular & Endovascular Research Network (VERN)

The Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN) is a multidisciplinary collaborative for those involved or interested in the care of individuals with vascular conditions.

VERN welcomes vascular surgical trainees, interventional radiologists, vascular scientists, vascular nurses, students and researchers. VERN aims to help facilitate multi-centre cross-specialty research and audit.

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We currently don’t have a local research collaborative here in the North East and Cumbria. If you would like to set up your own local collaborative please have a look at the resources at the National Research Collaborative website. 

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National: Reconstructive Surgery Trials Network 

The RSTN is the UK clinical trials and collaborative research network for plastic surgery and hand surgery. It is for all levels of clinician, including medical students through to consultants. It aims to improve the evidence base for the treatments we provide patients.

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We currently don’t have a local research collaborative here in the North-East in Cumbria. If you would like to set up your own local collaborative please have a look at the resources at the National Research Collaborative website.

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National: British Urology Researchers in Surgical Training (BURST) 

The BURST Research Collaborative is a research group comprising primarily of Urological Registrars in the UK. The aim of the BURST Research Collaborative is to produce high impact multi-centre audit and research which can improve patient care.

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National: Trainee Collaborative for GU trainees of Audit, Research and Quality improvement projects (T-CARQ)

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We currently don’t have a local research collaborative here in the North-East in Cumbria. If you would like to set up your own local collaborative please have a look at the resources at the National Research Collaborative website.

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National: INTEGRATE (The UK ENT Trainee Research Network)

INTEGRATE is the UK Trainee Research Collaborative Network. We are an entirely voluntary nonprofit unincorporated association, established in 2015 with the following aim: To support trainee engagement in ENT research and audit in the UK through meaningful participation in multicentre collaborative projects.

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We currently don’t have a local research collaborative here in the North-East in Cumbria. If you would like to set up your own local collaborative please have a look at the resources at the National Research Collaborative website.

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National: Maxillofacial Trainee Research Collaborative (MTReC) 

MTReC is a trainee led and delivered research network, which now has a presence in most Maxillofacial Surgery units across the UK. Our aim is to deliver high quality, clinically relevant, trainee led research.

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National: CONNECT (Child Oral health NatioNal rEsearch CollaboraTive

CONNECT (Child Oral health NatioNal rEsearch CollaboraTive) is the only dental trainee-led collaborative research group in the UK.  Our aim is to conduct high quality, trainee-led, multi-centre research in the field of child oral health with the ultimate aim of improving care for our patients and their families. In addition, we aim to provide trainees with research experience, offering the opportunity to lead or support a research project, as well as research training in organised study days and events, such as academic breakfast and lunch & learn, at our annual national conference.

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National: British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative

The British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative was founded in 2012 as an initiative of the British Neurosurgical Trainee Association (BNTA).

Our collaborative is supported by the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS), the UK Neurosurgical Research Network (UKNSRN) and the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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Local

We currently don’t have a local research collaborative here in the North East and North Cumbria. If you would like to set up your own local collaborative please have a look at the resources at the National Research Collaborative website.

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National: Paediatric Surgical Trainees Research Network (PSTRN) 

Our team is made up of trainees at various stages of training, with consultant advisers from around the country.
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We have trainees from sixteen paediatric surgical centres across the UK including Northern Ireland and Scotland.
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We collaborate with other trainee groups in the UK, and have links to other societies including the Trainees in Paediatric Surgery (TRIPS), British Association of Paediatric Surgery (BAPS), and the Association in Surgeons in Training (ASiT).
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New members are always welcome, please get in touch if you are interested joining our steering group, or in participating in any of our active projects.

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We currently don’t have a local research collaborative here in the North East and North Cumbria. If you would like to set up your own local collaborative please have a look at the resources at the National Research Collaborative website.

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National: Cardiothoracic Trainees Research Collaborative 

A national research group with the aims of promoting research amongst trainees and medical students and provide the opportunity for trainee led research projects with collaboration between cardiothoracic units across the UK

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We currently don’t have a local research collaborative here in the North East and North Cumbria. If you would like to set up your own local collaborative please have a look at the resources at the National Research Collaborative website.

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National: Research and Audit Federation of Trainees (RAFT)

As an umbrella organisation, RAFT acts as the exoskeleton for Trainee Research Networks in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care that are spread across the UK. This allows us to conceive and conduct pan-UK projects on a scale not previously possible. This in turn is helping anaesthetic trainees to be one of the major driving forces behind recent strides in collaborative perioperative research and audit.

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Local: INCARN

Incarn.net is the research and QI collaborative for trainees in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in the North East and North Cumbria.  We have undertaken a number of projects relating to anaesthesia, intensive care and perioperative medicine and are always open to new ideas from trainees at any stage and regardless of previous experience in research and QI!

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Local: NETRiON

NETRiON is an accessible research collaborative aiming to lower barriers to participation in ophthalmology research design and delivery. Projects are trainee led but draw on a broader community of undergraduates, foundation year doctors, consultants and university academics.

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Local: North East Trainee Clinical Research in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (NET-CROG)

A trainee led initiative to create a regional network to improve trainee involvement in clinical trials and to undertake regional audits and studies.

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National: UK Audit and Research Collaborate in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (UK-ARCOG)

Set up in 2014, a trainee led initiative to work together on large audit and research projects to engage UK trainees in research and to improve healthcare services locally and nationally.

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