>> Dear Professors Neugebauer and Dreinhöfer, what is the current status of health services research in surgery?
Neugebauer: There is now an articulated willingness to conduct health services research because this can of course also serve as quality control. But for clinicians, especially surgeons, health services research does not seem to be bloody enough, even though it has long been clear to many that the future of the field of surgery is linked to health services research.

One track criticized the fact that surgeons in particular are not trained well enough in health services research.
Neugebauer: Not only in health services research, but also in clinical research. This has now improved significantly in clinical research. The study center of the German Society for Surgery and the Surgical Study Network (CHIR-Net) regularly carry out further training courses. The CHIR-Net, which has been funded by the BMBF for six years, has created an almost nationwide research infrastructure with over 200 affiliated clinics to carry out clinical studies on surgical issues. An absolute success story, but unfortunately the funding is about to expire, which is why we are currently urgently looking for follow-up financing.
Methodologically, health services research is much more demanding than clinical research because the variety of methods is greater.
We offer so-called pre-conference seminars on the part of the German Network for Health Services Research, including here at the DKOU Congress. In addition, since last year there has been a four-day spring school with various modules from beginners to professionals. In addition, topic-related symposiums take place at the annual meetings of the professional societies under the motto [email protected].

Have these measures and actions been adopted?
Neugebauer: All in all you can say,

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