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IDEAL Collaboration
@IDEALCollab
International group improving the evidence base & evaluation of surgery, interventional procedures & medical devices.
Oxford, United Kingdom
Joined December 2011
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    Surgical robotics are amongst the most complex devices entering healthcare - but how should we evaluate them? Published in Nature Medicine the IDEAL Robotics Colloquium outlines the latest guidance to aid researchers evaluating surgical robots: nature.com/articles/s4159… (1/9)
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    Keen to hear from surgical innovators needing help designing IDEAL Stage studies. We will evaluate what we all learned to help the future evolution of IDEAL. bit.ly/2ObT71U @NDSurgicalSci @hani_marcus @aswinchari @MaroeskaRovers @AndreasObermair @willboltontiger @ajcook
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    Are you a surgical/medical device innovator? Heard of the IDEAL Framework for evaluating the stages of your research but not sure how best to apply the study design principles? Get in touch - our IDEAL expert methodologists can help you bit.ly/3pmHm6w @NDSurgicalSci
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    Development of a surgical competency assessment tool for sentinel lymph node dissection by minimally invasive surgery for endometrial cancer @AndreasObermair ijgc.bmj.com/content/early/…
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    We are delighted to welcome @hani_marcus as a member of our IDEAL Council. Hani is Assoc Prof at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, and UCL Institute of Neurology. He is currently leading work to consolidate IDEAL principles for pre-clinical evaluation of devices
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    Thanks to @MaroeskaRovers and all @NlIdeal organising team for a fantastic #IDEAL2021 and @yellenge for their excellent technical online environment. Not to forget @CollinHoeve for that memorable IDEAL song! and @katjastaartjes for her inspirational talk on teamwork for success
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    We are delighted to welcome @pedroramirezMD to our IDEAL Council. Pedro is Editor-in-Chief, @IJGConline , David M. Gershenson Distinguished Prof in Ovarian Cancer Research & Director of Minimally Invasive Surgical Research & Education, Dept. Gynaecologic Oncology @MDAndersonNews
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    Delighted to announce the publication of our IDEAL Reporting Guidelines. Couldn't have happened without the excellent Working Group @BlazebyJ @MaroeskaRovers @JoelJhhmd @ag_kolias @janetmartinwho @thomasllewis @riazagha @FeinbergJoshua ,Chris Pennell and the Delphi Participants
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    Are you developing a protocol to evaluate a new surgical technique or medical device? Would you appreciate some extra advice on your study design and methods? We are offering a new free service to help you - find out more bit.ly/3ixkH3X @NDSurgicalSci
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    DECIDE-AI: new reporting guideline for early-stage, live clinical evaluation of #artificialintelligence systems, jointly published in @NatureMedicine and @bmj_latest, will support the transparent appraisal of the technology and its translation to bedside.
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    Today we'd have been in Amsterdam at #IDEAL2020 @NlIdeal we'll have to wait until Apr 21. However we've been busy organising a FREE online meeting for 3rd July "How should we evaluate innovations in a crisis?" bit.ly/2zu3RRO Register soon bit.ly/2UDkxh1
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    Our new IDEAL Reporting Guidelines are now available on the @EQUATORNetwork Library of reporting guidelines. We hope they will help improve the quality of surgical research manuscripts submitted to journals equator-network.org/reporting-guid…
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    DECIDE-AI: new reporting guidelines to bridge the development-to-implementation gap in clinical #AI, placing humans at the center of the evaluation process. Now inviting experts to our Delphi. dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591… @NDSurgicalSci @NatureMedicine
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