Papers by Soham Bandyopadhyay
BackgroundMedical school assessments, clinical placements and teaching have been disrupted by the... more BackgroundMedical school assessments, clinical placements and teaching have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ADAPT consortium was formed to document and analyse the effects of the pandemic on medical education in the United Kingdom (UK), with the aim of capturing current and future snapshots of disruption to inform trends in the future performance of cohorts graduating during COVID-19.MethodsMembers of the consortium were recruited from various national medical student groups to ensure representation from medical schools across the UK. The groups involved were: Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Medical Students Group (FMLM MSG); Neurology and Neurosurgery Interest Group (NANSIG); Doctors Association UK (DAUK); Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) Student Members Group and Medical Student Investigators Collaborative (MSICo.org). In total, 29 medical schools are represented by the consortium. Our members reported teaching postponement, examination status, alternative...
Delivering Large-Scale Neurosurgical Studies in the UK: The Impact of Trainees
World Neurosurgery
Letter to the Editor: “The Impact of COVID-19 on International Neurosurgical Electives”
World Neurosurgery
BMJ Open
IntroductionChildhood cancers are a leading cause of non-communicable disease deaths for children... more IntroductionChildhood cancers are a leading cause of non-communicable disease deaths for children around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted on global children’s cancer services, which can have consequences for childhood cancer outcomes. The Global Health Research Group on Children’s Non-Communicable Diseases is currently undertaking the first international cohort study to determine the variation in paediatric cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the short-term to medium-term impacts on childhood cancer outcomes.Methods and analysisThis is a multicentre, international cohort study that will use routinely collected hospital data in a deidentified and anonymised form. Patients will be recruited consecutively into the study, with a 12-month follow-up period. Patients will be included if they are below the age of 18 years and undergoing anticancer treatment for the following cancers: acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Burkitt lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, Wilms t...
Laparoscopic Surgery Training in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review Protocol
Protocol to conduct a scoping review of the types and programmes, enabling and inhibitory factors... more Protocol to conduct a scoping review of the types and programmes, enabling and inhibitory factors as well as trainee and patient outcomes of laparoscopic surgery training in LMICs.
Management and Outcomes of Intracranial Fungal infections in Africa: A Scoping Review Protocol
This is a Scoping Review on the Management and Outcomes of Intracranial Fungal infections in Africa
Specialist Workforce Density (SAO): Systematic Review Protocol
Surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia (SOTA) care are essential aspects of healthcare, howe... more Surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia (SOTA) care are essential aspects of healthcare, however globally there are great disparities in access to safe, affordable surgery. In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) reported these health disparities and proposed a set of indicators to evaluate a country's surgical system, including specialist physician surgical, anesthesia, and obstetric workforce density (SAOD). To meet population needs for surgical volume and decrease mortality associated with limited access to surgical care, the LCoGS estimated a minimum goal of 20 surgeons, anesthetists, and obstetricians per 100,000 population in low and middle-income countries. The vast majority of low- and lower-middle income countries did not meet this standard in 2015, with much sub-Saharan Africa served by less than 3 SAO specialists per 100,000. In concert with other indicators, SAOD is critical to surgical access because without a provider to do the surgery or anest...
Additional file 8 of Exploring UK medical school differences: the MedDifs study of selection, teaching, student and F1 perceptions, postgraduate outcomes and fitness to practise
Additional file 8. Graphs 841 to 1050 (pages 141 to 175).
Additional file 2 of Exploring UK medical school differences: the MedDifs study of selection, teaching, student and F1 perceptions, postgraduate outcomes and fitness to practise
Additional file 2. Excel file of raw data and kNN-imputed data, RawAndImputedData.xlsx
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 2021
Volume 148, Number 1 • Viewpoints 167e Fig. 1. Standard bifocal safety glasses with +1.00 diopter... more Volume 148, Number 1 • Viewpoints 167e Fig. 1. Standard bifocal safety glasses with +1.00 diopter strength.
BJS Open, 2021
Background Core Outcome Sets (COS) are a consensus-based agreed minimum set of outcomes that shou... more Background Core Outcome Sets (COS) are a consensus-based agreed minimum set of outcomes that should be measured and reported in all studies within a research field. Common Data Elements (CDEs) are the minimum data points that should be collected regarding the characteristics of population, condition and intervention. The use of COS and CDEs minimises research wastage by increasing the cross-comparison and meta-analysis of study findings. Objective The primary objective was to collate and describe the current process of developing core outcome sets and common data elements in published research pertaining to clinical neurosciences. The secondary objective was to identify the clinical neuroscience subspecialties that have developed COS and CDEs, the countries of origin of authors, and the process through which COS and CDEs were developed. Design A search between 2000-2020 of the top 40 Impact Factor neurosurgical and neurological journals was conducted. A scoping review was performed ...
International Journal of Medical Students, 2021
Many medical students are both skilled and experienced in healthcare research, statistical analys... more Many medical students are both skilled and experienced in healthcare research, statistical analysis and evidence synthesis; assets that can be deployed to great effect in order to conduct research and contribute to the body of evidence - particularly in outbreak situations where senior doctors may be redeployed to clinical duties, thus ensuring that the next generation of academic clinicians’ interest and knowledge does not go in vain. Here, we document the process by which a group of medical students across the world, with senior support, harnessed their enthusiasm and the power of technology to play leading roles in an international multi-centre study run by the Global Health Research Group on Children’s Non-Communicable Diseases (Global Children’s NCDs). Many lessons have been learnt from the successful operationalisation of this study, which we hope to impart in this article. Our operations team consisted of: a social media team who manage our various accounts; a graphic design ...
Institutional racism and national lockdowns – Author's reply
The Lancet, 2021
BMJ Global Health, 2021
BackgroundGlobal surgery has recently gained prominence as an academic discipline within global h... more BackgroundGlobal surgery has recently gained prominence as an academic discipline within global health. Authorship inequity has been a consistent feature of global health publications, with over-representation of authors from high-income countries (HICs), and disenfranchisement of researchers from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). In this study, we investigated authorship demographics within recently published global surgery literature.MethodsWe performed a systematic analysis of author characteristics, including gender, seniority and institutional affiliation, for global surgery studies published between 2016 and 2020 and indexed in the PubMed database. We compared the distribution of author gender and seniority across studies related to different topics; between authors affiliated with HICs and LMICs; and across studies with different authorship networks.Results1240 articles were included for analysis. Most authors were male (60%), affiliated only with HICs (51%) and...
Introduction Childhood cancers are a leading cause of non-communicable disease deaths for paediat... more Introduction Childhood cancers are a leading cause of non-communicable disease deaths for paediatric patients around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted on global children’s cancer services, which can have consequences for childhood cancer outcomes. The Global Health Research Group on Children’s Non-Communicable Diseases (Global Children’s NCDs) is currently undertaking the first international study to determine the variation in paediatric cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the short to medium term impacts on childhood cancer outcomes. Methods and analysis This is a multicentre, international, cohort study that will use routinely collected hospital data in a de-identified and anonymised form. Patients will be recruited consecutively into the study, with a 12 -month follow-up period. Patients will be included if they are below the age of 18 years and undergoing anti-cancer treatment for the following cancers: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Burkitt’s Ly...
Introduction COVID-19 led to global disruption of healthcare and many students volunteered to pro... more Introduction COVID-19 led to global disruption of healthcare and many students volunteered to provide clinical support. Volunteering to work was a unique medical education opportunity; however, it is unknown whether this was a positive learning experience. Methods The COVID Ready 2 study is a national cross-sectional study of all medical students at UK medical schools. We will compare opinions of those who did and did not volunteer to determine the educational benefit and issues they faced. We will use thematic analysis to identify themes in qualitative responses, in addition to quantitative analysis. Results The primary objective is to explore the effect of volunteering during the pandemic on medical education in comparison to those who did not volunteer. Our secondary objectives are to identify: whether students would be willing to assume similar roles in a non-pandemic setting; if students found the experience more or less beneficial than traditional hospital placements and reaso...
Frontiers in Surgery, 2021
Introduction: Intracranial suppurations account for a significant proportion of intracranial mass... more Introduction: Intracranial suppurations account for a significant proportion of intracranial masses in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly among children. The development of better imaging equipment, antibiotics, and surgical techniques has enabled significant progress in detecting and treating intracranial abscesses. However, it is unclear whether these advances are accessible and utilised by LMICs. In this review, we aimed to describe the landscape of paediatric intracranial suppurations in LMICs. Methods: This scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O'Malley framework. MEDLINE, EMBASE, WHO Global Index Medicus, AJOL and Google scholar were searched for relevant articles from database inception to January 18th, 2021. Publications in English and French were included. Results: Of the 1,011 records identified, 75 were included. The studies, on average, included 18.8 (95% CI = 8.4–29.1) children (mean age: 8.2 years). Most children were male (62.2%, 95...
Letter: Is the Stupp Protocol an Expensive and Unsustainable Standard of Care for Glioblastoma in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings? A Call to Action!
Neurosurgery, 2021
Frontiers in Surgery, 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in research activity while restricting data ... more Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in research activity while restricting data collection methods, leading to a rise in survey-based studies. Anecdotal evidence suggests this increase in neurosurgical survey dissemination has led to a phenomenon of survey fatigue, characterized by decreased response rates and reducing the quality of data. This paper aims to analyze the effect of COVID-19 on neurosurgery surveys and their response rates, and suggest strategies for improving survey data collection.Methods: A search was conducted on March 20, 2021, on Medline and EMBASE. This included the terms “neurosurgery,” “cranial surgery,” “spine surgery,” and “survey” and identified surveys written in English, on a neurosurgical topic, distributed to neurosurgeons, trainees, and medical students. Results were screened by two authors according to these inclusion criteria, and included articles were used for data extraction, univariable, and bivariable analysis with Fisher's ...
The IReCaB (incision Research Capacity Building): Research Skills Training Through a Trainee-led Online Course
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2021
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