Research

Research and evidence

Technology should be introduced alongside evidence. ASTI helps members design, join and report studies on surgical technology.

Areas of interest

Evaluation of new technology

Study designs suited to devices and digital tools, including registries, prospective cohorts and staged evaluation frameworks.

Outcomes and safety reporting

Consistent reporting of outcomes, learning curves and adverse events when technology is introduced.

Artificial intelligence in surgery

Model development and validation, data governance, bias, and how performance is described.

Human factors and training

How teams learn, adapt and work safely with unfamiliar systems.

Health economics and access

Cost, capacity and equity considerations in adoption across the United Kingdom.

Trainee-led collaborative studies

Multi-centre projects with a clear protocol, supervision and authorship policy.

How we work

Principles for society-supported studies

Studies have a written protocol and appropriate approvals before data collection begins.
Authorship and contributorship are agreed at the outset.
Data are handled in line with UK data protection law and local information governance.
Commercial involvement, funding and equipment loans are declared.
Findings are reported whether or not they favour the technology.
Summaries published by ASTI are informational and are not guidance.

Register a research interest

Members can tell us which areas they would like to contribute to. This is a record of interest only; it does not commit you or the society to a project.