Research
Research
The University Clinic for Orthopaedics at Pius Hospital combines the three main tasks of patient care, research and teaching. Research contributes to recognising the causes of clinical pictures and developing new treatment procedures. Established therapy algorithms and standards are thus constantly reviewed and further developed.
Our aim is to provide the best possible patient care. In order to guarantee this in the future, a large number of studies are carried out in our clinic to analyse patient safety and satisfaction.
Research focus
The main areas of research at the University Clinic of Orthopaedics include
- Patient safety and satisfaction
- Computer-assisted surgery (robotics, etc.)
- Artificial intelligence
- Infection research
- Regenerative cartilage therapy
- Arthrofibrosis
- Pes planovalgus
- Rehabilitation after joint replacement
Internal clinic register
All of our patients are included in our in-house clinical register.
This register allows us to constantly record and monitor the quality of our own care. This enables us to guarantee a high level of patient safety and satisfaction in the future. Subjective and objective parameters are recorded in the register both pre- and post-operatively. Support is provided by our clinical study management team.
Research work as part of the medical degree programme
One of the special features of the medical degree programme in Oldenburg is the early introduction of students to research. In the so-called Longitudinal Research Curriculum (LFC), students first learn the most important basics of scientific work in small groups and later as part of a larger research project. Students should learn to deal critically with research work, to conduct their own research and to write scientifically.
The aim is to conduct research on a self-chosen or given scientific question and then write their own research paper. The questions range from literature research to patient surveys or sample analyses. Students can write their major research paper at the University Clinic of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery. In addition to topics suggested by us, students are also welcome to suggest their own topics in order to develop ideas for small research projects together.
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Promotion
Interested and committed students have the opportunity to apply for a doctorate at our clinic at any time. If you are interested, please send your enquiry to the following email address:
Study Nurse
Study assistants - also known as "study nurses" - are important members of the research team at the University Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at Pius Hospital Oldenburg. There are currently two study assistants working in our department. As the link between the researchers involved in the studies and the participating patients and, if applicable, their relatives, they play an essential role in the implementation of clinical studies.
In addition to caring for patients throughout the duration of the study, their main responsibilities include data collection and documentation and, depending on the study, laboratory logistics or assisting with study-related medical examinations.
Voluntary Scientific Year
School leavers with an interest in studying or research-related training can gain their first experience in science and research as part of a Federal Voluntary Service (BFD) at the University Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery Pius Hospital during a "Voluntary Scientific Year" (FWJ). The FWJ volunteers work for a period of 12 months (usually from September to August) in a research project of our working group and support the respective research team in the scientific work process. If interested, FWJ students can also sit in on courses in the department and in the clinic to gain an initial insight into medical studies and everyday clinical practice. In addition, the FWJ students take part in seminars and workshops at the University of Oldenburg on various research-related topics.
For more information about the FWJ in general, how to apply and which requirements and deadlines apply, please visit the University of Oldenburg homepage at: https: //uol.de/fwj
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Cooperations
The University Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at Pius-Hospital Oldenburg cooperates with numerous institutions both in patient care and in research and teaching.
In the context of research and teaching, there are close links at national level with the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Medical University of Hanover (MHH) in the Diakovere Annastift as well as with other departments of the MHH, the Department of Health Services Research at University Medicine Oldenburg, the University Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology at University Hospital Oldenburg, the Reha-Zentrum am Meer Bad Zwischenahn, the Clinic for Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics at Leer Hospital and the Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at Brandenburg University Hospital.
There are also numerous intensive research co-operations at international level. The very close and fruitful cooperation with the Department of Orthopaedics and the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) should be emphasised in particular.
The very successful collaboration between our clinic and our colleagues at the UMCG since the founding of the European Medical School/University Medicine Oldenburg is reflected in jointly supervised doctorates (so-called joint PhDs), jointly acquired third-party funding and publications in relevant international journals. The focus of the cross-border research cooperation with the UMCG is on comparing the care of orthopaedic patients in both countries.
Examples of joint research projects include
- the comparison of medical rehabilitation after hip replacement (funded by the German
pension insurance Bremen - Oldenburg),
- the investigation of the influence of patient characteristics and the different
healthcare systems on the outcome after arthroplasty treatment (funded by the
Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture [MWK]),
- Health services research focussing on periprosthetic infection (funded by the
European Union).