QAC

Principal Members

Prof. Velmurugan Kandasamy
MS Ortho., DNB Ortho.,

^{Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Institute of Child Health, Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.}

Dr. Kumar Sellappan
MS Ortho.,

^{Department of Orthopaedics, Government Dharmapuri Medical College Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India}

Dr. Hemantha Kumar
MS Ortho.,

^{Department of Orthopaedics, Government Dharmapuri Medical College Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India}

Dr. Thiruvenkita Prasad
MS Ortho.,

^{Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Chennai.}

Dr. Sathish Muthu
MS Ortho.,

^{Orthopaedic Research Group, Tamil Nadu, India}

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Associate Members

Dr. Seenivasan Poikaialwar
MD.,

^{Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, Stanley Medical College, Tamil Nadu, India.}

Dr. Senthil Kumaran
MD.,

Department of Paediatrics, Government Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India

Dr. Natarajan
MS., FLS.,

^{Sanjay Hospital, Palani,
TamilNadu, India}

Dr. Sayee Sundar Alagusundaramoorthy
MD.,

^{Institute of Interventional Nephrology,University of Kentucky, Lexington USA}

Dr Hari Krishnan Nair

^{Clinical Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine.}

Dr. Kirubanand Senniappan
MD., DM.,

^{Department of Anaesthesia, Narayana Health Care, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India}

Publications

•  Only 50% of randomized trials have a high level of confidence in arthroscopy and sports medicine" -a spin-based assessment

•  Analysis of Spin in RCTs of Spine Surgery Using ORG-LOC Grading Tool

•  The efficiency of machine learning-assisted platform for article screening in systematic reviews in orthopaedics

•  Fragility Analysis of Statistically Significant Outcomes of Randomised Control Trials in Spine Surgery - A systematic review

•   Analysis of Reference Practices among Practicing Orthopaedicians in India

•  Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis in Spine Surgery-How Good Are They in Methodological Quality? A Systematic Review

•   Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "Fragility Analysis of Statistically Significant Outcomes of Randomised Control Trials in Spine Surgery A systematic review”

•  Analysing Spin in Abstracts of Orthopaedic Randomized Controlled Trials with statistically insignificant primary endpoints

ORG – QAC Convention June 2019

•   Spin in research articles was the subject of the convention.

•   A literature review on the spin in research articles was presented.

•   Proposal for a cross-sectional Knowledge, Attitude and Practise (KAP) survey on the On-The-Go Reference Practices (OTG-R) among practicing Orthopaedicians was approved.

•   Proposal to develop a grading system for randomized control trials based on the spin as a utility tool for clinicians was approved.

ORG – QAC Convention Jan 2020

•  Results of the OTG-R survey and a grading system for RCTs based on spin in abstracts were analysed.

•   A consensus on the negative impact of spin in research articles on practising orthopaedicians and the need for a grading tool for spin in RCTs was achieved.

•   Motion to approve the proposed grading system of RCTs based on spin in abstracts interpreting it as Level Of Confidence (LOC) in RCTs (after changes as per the expert recommendations) was passed.

•  Research proposals to evaluate the LOC in RCTs in sub-specialities of Orthopaedics were approved.

ORC – QAC Convention June 2020

•  Results of evaluation of spin in the RCTs in sub-specialities of Orthopaedics were presented.

•   Concise Objective REport (CORE) recommendation to replace the abstract was formulated and approved.

•   CORE Recommendation

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ORG – QAC Convention Jan 2021

•   Identification of CONSORT adherence of the RCTs was the theme of the year.

•   Methodology to analyse the CONSORT adherence was presented.

•   Protocol was approved by the committee.

ORG – QAC Convention June 2021

•   Results of the study evaluating the CONSORT adherence of the RCTs in spine surgery and sports medicine was presented.

•   Methods to improve the CONSORT adherence was discussed.

ORG – QAC Convention Jan 2022

•   Reliability of the research impact measurement tools was the theme of the year.

•   Methodology to analyse the reliability of the individual research impact gauging tools commonly employed in the research community was presented.

•   Protocol was approved by the committee.

ORG – QAC Convention June 2022

•   Results on the analysis of the reliability of the research impact gauging tools commonly employed in the research community was presented.

•   Methods to improve their calculation of research impact was discussed.

•   Communication was made to the individual tool formulators for the lacunae identified through this evaluation and suggestions of the ORG-QAC to improvise their tools were conveyed.

ORG – QAC Convention Jan 2023

•   Impact of various LLM models on healthcare was the theme of the year.

•   Pros and cons of models like BioBERT and ChatGPT were discussed.

•   Proposals for research using LLM tools in healthcare.

ORG – QAC Convention June 2023

•   Methodology was formulated for analysing the usefulness of commonly used LLM platforms in On The Go referencing by Orthopaedicians.

•   The ROMENS classification to categorize On The Go referencing questions into six broad categories based on their purpose.

•   The ORG Relevance Grading System (ORGS) was created to evaluate the relevance of answers provided by LLM tools for specific clinical questions.