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Improving surgical care with CTANZ
The RACS Clinical Trials Network Australia and New Zealand (CTANZ) – was formed in 2017 to provide a structure for RACS Trainees, junior doctors, and medical students to lead and be involved in high quality surgical research and trials.
The RACS Clinical Trials Network Australia and New Zealand – or CTANZ – was formed in 2017 to provide a structure for RACS Trainees, Junior Doctors, and medical students to lead – and be involved in – high quality surgical research and trials.
Since then, CTANZ has driven improvements in surgical care by enabling investigator-led multi-centre trials to be carried out in Australia and New Zealand.
CTANZ has proven valuable to trainees, who work at the coalface of surgical care, and are able to identify gaps in knowledge and procedure. These gaps are the genesis of future clinical studies, changing patient care for the better.