Clinical practice and research
AOA continues to provide support to members interested in or currently undertaking research. Research efforts also include expanding and optimising the AOA National Joint Replacement Registry’s (AOANJRR) capabilities and strengthening its global reach and influence by expanding data-collection and analysis capability.
Aims
- To further develop a community of practice in musculoskeletal evidence-based medicine, learning and continuous quality improvement
- To expand and optimise AOANJRR’s research capability to drive strategic research, and to further strengthen its leadership, global reach and influence
- To enhance the data collection and analysis capability of the AOANJRR and facilitate musculoskeletal research to assist members to measure clinical outcomes
- To utilise musculoskeletal research outcomes to provide leadership in ethical, evidence-based, cost-effective and sustainable orthopaedic practice to continually reduce the burden of musculoskeletal disease
- To strengthen research literacy amongst the membership
- To continue to strengthen clinically relevant research to support AOA’s national and international recognition
- To utilise musculoskeletal research outcomes to provide leadership in ethical, evidence-based, cost-effective and sustainable orthopaedic practice to continually reduce the burden of musculoskeletal disease.